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Tokenisation of customer information

Markku Mehtälä, Founder & CEO, MePIN, speaks about how PSD2 affects payment authorisation and future-proofing security platforms for new devices and standards.

23 February 2016

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How can blockchain help the business problem?

Professor Tony O’Donnell, Head of Research and Innovation, Infosys Finacle, discusses how blockchain may fit into a bank’s strategy, and the implications of regulation around distributed ledger technology.

23 February 2016

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Bitcoin distracted from blockchain potential

Davide Girompini, Global Leader Payments and Transaction Services, IBM, speaks about the options banks have when trying to innovate cost-effectively, and how distributed ledger technology can be applied in the financial services industry.

22 February 2016

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Avoiding a society of digital haves and have nots

Ahead of her keynote at Mobile World Congress this week, Ann Cairns, President of International Markets, MasterCard Worldwide, discusses the importance of digital inclusion in avoiding fractures in society, and the technologies and partnerships that can work to ensure financial inclusion globally.

22 February 2016

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Strength needed in financial centres

John Heaps, Chairman, Yorkshire Building Society, outlines developments in the financial industry in Yorkshire, and the importance of ensuring financial centres of excellence have substance behind them.

19 February 2016

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Blockchain will transform payments ecosystem

Ruth Wandhöfer, Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi, speaks about why movement towards a cashless society is slow and what the future may hold for the role of banks and money in the context of distributed ledger technologies.

18 February 2016

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‘Innovate in the UK, succeed anywhere’

On the occasion of an inward mission of London of Nordic-Baltic fintechs, The Lord Mayor of London, Alderman The Lord Mountevans, speaks about what the UK can offer fintech start-ups.

18 February 2016

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Building on regional financial services foundation

James Wharton MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Communities and Local Government with responsibility for the Northern Powerhouse, discusses Government’s view of regional fintech centres and what steps are being taken to ensure growth.

17 February 2016

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Changing compliance landscape for corporates

Richard Ransom, Payments Product Marketing Manager EMEA, Bottomline Technologies, discusses the increased compliance burden for corporates and what approaches they can take to tackle this challenge.

17 February 2016

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Innovation in KYC and client on-boarding

Neil Jeans, Financial Crime Compliance & Risk Consultant, Thomson Reuters, discusses the need for innovation in KYC, and how regulators are responding to innovation in the financial services industry.

16 February 2016

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Start-ups should concentrate on sales

Jonathan Gittos, Angel Investor and Entrepreneur, and Dealmaker, UKTI, outlines the challenges fintech start-ups face when trying to get investment - and why the UK fosters an innovative environment for these new entrants.

15 February 2016

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Social and political ramifications of new money

Dr. Markos Zachariadis, Assistant Professor of Management & Information Systems, Warwick Business School, and Dr. Nathaniel Tkacz, Associate Professor at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, University of Warwick, discuss the value of bringing together industry professionals and academics to debate payments innovations, and where the trend of digitalisation of money may take us.

15 February 2016

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Simplification and innovation from blockchain

John McLean, CTO and Vice President, Software Group Europe, IBM, outlines the potential benefits of blockchain for financial institutions, what opportunities an open source approach allows, and what 2016 may hold for industrial blockchain development.

08 February 2016

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Instant payments becoming the new normal

Alessandro Baroni, CMO, Equens, outlines the challenges posed to the industry by immediate payments, and how real-time is faring in Europe.

08 February 2016

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Financial Cartography

Kimmo Soramäki, Founder, Financial Network Analytics, discusses his approach to making sense of big data with maps showing interconnections in data, and explains the reasons behind moving the company from Finland to the UK.

05 February 2016

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The transformative power of blockchain

Brian Donegan, Head of Operations, eBusiness, ICT Development, Isle of Man Government, discusses the challenges digital currency creates for regulators and the potential government applications for blockchain technology.

04 February 2016

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PSD2 and strategies for banks

Petri Syvänne, Head of Accenture Payment Services Nordic and Ilkka Ruotsila, Nordic Head of Accenture Strategy for Banking & Financial Services, speak about how banks should prepare for PSD2 and the strategies banks should adopt in dealing with the regulation.

03 February 2016

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Horizontal change in the payments industry

Paul Thomalla, SVP Global Corporate Relations & Development, ACI Worldwide, speaks about whether business or technology drivers are changing the payments landscape, and the role of regulation in disrupting the industry.

01 February 2016

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The final move to becoming a cashless society

Gunnar Berger, Head of Cash Management Solutions, Nordea, outlines the potential of real-time payments to give Sweden the final push to become cashless, and discusses whether banks are ready to work alongside new entrants.

01 February 2016

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‘From disruption to real world change’

Erica Åhman, Head of Nordics, SWIFT, speaks about the value of this year’s SWIFT Nordics Regional Conference in Oslo for the Norwegian and Nordic communities, and what important global payments topics will be discussed, alongside securities and an Innotribe session.

29 January 2016