24TH SEPTEMBER 2024
RADISSON BLU MANCHESTER AIRPORT
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CONTENTS
We’re delighted that you have chosen to join us at the Smarter Payments Summit – a unique event, tailor-made to meet your individual requirements. We have carefully planned out your itinerary to ensure your time here is worthwhile: Connect with businesses relevant to your current and forthcoming projects in our matchmade one-to-one meetings.
Our Partners
Seminars
‘AI Month: Leveraging artificial intelligence for e-commerce success’
‘Artificial Intelligence Month: AI is revolutionising digital payments – but is it a doubleedge sword?’
Delegates
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ITINERARY
TUESDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER
08.45 - 09.30
Opening Presentation
‘Driving competition in payments through open banking’
Andrew Self
Payment Systems Regulator
Milano Suite
09.40 - 10.00
Seminar
‘Lurking in the Shadows: Insider Fraudthe Latest Pandemic’
Claire Maillet
University of Portsmouth
Milano Suite
10.05 - 13.05
Face to Face Meetings
Manchester
13.05 - 13.50
Networking Buffet Lunch Collage Restaurant
13.55 - 14.15
Seminar
‘Open banking: lessons, learnings and looking at the next wave of adoption’
Deepak Colluru
Go Cardless
Milano Suite
14.20 - 14.40
Seminar
‘New Money - New Payments’
Ruth Wandhofer
Leximar
Milano Suite
14.40 - 16.45
Face to Face Meetings
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE MONTH: AI IS REVOLUTIONISING DIGITAL PAYMENTS – BUT IS IT A DOUBLE-EDGE SWORD?
Aquick check of the news and it’s clear that Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming all areas of digital life – and the payments landscape is no exception. From fraud detection to personalised recommendations, AI is reshaping the way we transact and interact with financial services. However, its adoption comes with both significant benefits and challenges… Benefits of AI in Digital Payments:
• Enhanced Fraud Detection: AI algorithms can analyze vast datasets to identify patterns and anomalies indicative of fraudulent activity, protecting both consumers and businesses.
• Personalized Customer Experiences: AI-powered recommendation engines can offer tailored payment options and products, enhancing customer satisfaction and loyalty.
• Streamlined Processes: AI can automate routine tasks, such as customer onboarding and payment processing,improving efficiency and reducing costs.
• Improved Risk Assessment: AI can assess customer risk more accurately, enabling businesses to make informed decisions about credit limits and payment terms.
• Enhanced Customer Service: AI-powered chatbots can provide 24/7 customer support, answering queries and resolving issues efficiently.
Challenges of AI in Digital Payments:
• Data Privacy Concerns: The use of AI in digital payments raises concerns about data
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AI is a powerful tool that can revolutionize digital payments. However, its adoption requires careful consideration of the benefits, challenges, and ethical implications. By addressing these factors, businesses can harness the power of AI to enhance customer experiences, improve efficiency, and mitigate risks”.
privacy and security. Businesses must ensure compliance with regulations like GDPR.
• Algorithmic Bias: AI algorithms can be biased if trained on biased data, leading to unfair or discriminatory outcomes.
• Technical Challenges: Implementing and maintaining AI systems can be complex and resource-intensive.
• Job Displacement: The increased automation enabled by AI could lead to job displacement in certain areas of the financial services industry.
Key Considerations for E-commerce and Banking Sectors:
• Ethical Implications: Businesses must consider the ethical implications of using AI, including transparency and accountability.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with relevant regulations, such as those governing data protection and financial services.
• Continuous Learning and Adaptation: AI models need to be continuously updated and retrained to adapt to changing fraud patterns and customer preferences.
• Human Oversight: While AI can automate many tasks, human oversight is still essential to ensure accuracy and ethical decision-making.
AI is a powerful tool that can revolutionize digital payments. However, its adoption requires careful consideration of the benefits, challenges, and ethical implications. By addressing these factors, businesses can harness the power of AI to enhance customer experiences, improve efficiency, and mitigate risks.
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SEMINARS
TUESDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER
08.45 – 09.30
Andrew Self Senior Manager Payment Systems Regulator
“Driving
competition in payments through open banking”
The PSRs vision for competition in payments, within its wider strategy. The PSRs vision for Open Banking payments in the context of the Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee.
Update on our priorities for open banking payments and next steps.
Andrew Self is a senior manager in the Payment Systems Regulator’s policy team. He leads on the PSRs work on open banking. Andrew has a background in regulatory policy, joining the PSR in 2021 from Ofgem, Great Britain’s energy regulator, where he oversaw reforms to network charging arrangements.
09.40 – 10.00
Claire Maillet PHD Researcher
University of Portsmouth
“Lurking
in the Shadows: Insider Fraud - the Latest Pandemic”
Claire will discuss her PhD thesis on insider fraud; something previously not necessarily thought of as a significant financial crime threat (Shepherd andButton, 2019). However, this has since changed.
• Insider fraud methodologies
• Common motivations for its perpetration
• Red flags
• Prevention strategies
• Best practices
Claire Maillet is a multi-award-winning counter-fraud expert. Alongside her full-time job, Claire undertakes a PhD at the University of Portsmouth, researching insider fraud in FinTechs, which she is due to complete in 2026.
Claire is a seasoned national and international public speaker, speaking about internal and external fraud, disability and inclusion - as she is a person who stammers. In January 2024, Claire launched ‘fraudible’ - a video podcast combining counter-fraud practice and academic fraud theory. In May 2024, Claire launched a series of webinars exploring imposter syndrome and mental wellbeing in the industry, entitled ‘Fight the Fraud – Feel a Fraud’.
TUESDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER
13.55 - 14.15
Deepak Colluru DirectorProduct Management Go Cardless
14.20 – 14.40
Ruth Wandhofer CEO & Founder Leximar
“Open banking: lessons, learnings and looking at the next wave of adoption”
This year marked the sixth anniversary for open banking in the UK. In that time, we’ve seen clear and consistent growth with early adopters, where businesses and customers can already see the benefits. Whilst we’re heading in the right direction, the road to mainstream adoption is a long one. GoCardless recently commissioned research to understand where the next big wave of adoption will come from and the key things the wider ecosystem needs to do to get us there.
Join Deepak Colluru, Director of Product Management at GoCardless, to discover the key findings from the research and lessons from six years of working closely with customers to develop open banking capabilities.
Deepak Colluru is the Director of Product Management at GoCardless, leading the charge on GoCardless’ embedded finance proposition. Deepak joined GoCardless in 2017 but has over 20 years of experience in engineering and product management. He previously co-founded an edtech company for which he had a successful exit. Prior to his entrepreneurial journey, he also held positions at Deloitte and Symantec. He has a Bachelors degree in Computer Science and an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from London Business School and still regularly supports LBS initiatives.
“New Money - New Payments”
This presentation will uncover some of the current and future challenges to a broader Open Banking adoption in the UK. We will also take a look at Europe and the US to compare and contrast.
• From Bitcoins to CBDCs
• CBDC: what is it? Why do we need it?
• Key design and purpose questions to ask
• CBDC projects: stocktake
• Global CBDC landscape
• EU and UK CBDC timeline
• Zooming in on the Digital Sterling
• Conclusions
Chief Curiosity Officer, Dr. Ruth Wandhöfer is an author, speaker, advisor & educator on the digital economy and the future of finance, money and society, operating at the nexus of data, identity, regulation and technology innovation.
Identified as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Finance 2012 by Treasury Risk Magazine, she received the ‘Women in Banking and Finance Award for Achievement’ in 2015, is a global ‘Women in Fintech Senior Leader’ of Innovate Finance and a Top 10 Global Fintech Influencer - Fintech Power 50.
Dr. Ruth Wandhöfer has been instrumental in shaping the future of finance for over two decades and continues to explore the business and societal implications of technology innovation in light of increasingly centralised structures.
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DELEGATES
Accor
Birmingham County Football Association
BP Plc
Christian Aid
Compass
Coop
Crown Commercial Service
Decathlon UK
EDF Energy
Eurotunnel
Guernsey Finance
Jaguar Land Rover
Jet2Holidays
John Lewis Partnership
LNER
LullaBellz
New Balance
On the Beach
Pearson
Premier Farnell
Sainsbury’s
Virgin Media O2
VSO
Your Golf Travel
Zuto
Property, Guest Tech & Innovation Manager - ENA
Finance Manager
Chief Architect - Fuel & Convenience Retail
Treasury Manager
Epos & Payments Product Manager
Payments Manager
Payments Team Leader
Head of Payments Services
Payment & Fraud Prevention Leader
Solution Specialist
Product Owner of Payments & Collection
Payments Consultant
Business Envoy
Global Payments Strategy & Operations Lead
Product Owner
Product Manager - Finance
Senior Payments SME
Retail Product Manager
Head of Finance
Head of Ecommerce
Transactional Finance Manager
Digital Accounting Manager
Senior Business/Analyst (Payments)
Director, Global Source to Pay
Senior Manager, Accounts Payable Operations
Global Manager Finance Compliance and Processes
Online Fraud Risk Manager
Senior Manager - Fraud Insight
Finance & Operations Lead
Head of Accounts Payable & Transactional Finance
Accounts Payable Supervisor
Finance Director
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
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SUPPLIER DIRECTORY
Adyen
07535 350 300 / adilla.khan@adyen.com
Adyen is the financial technology platform of choice for leading companies. By providing end-to-end payments capabilities, data-driven insights, and financial products in a single global solution, Adyen helps businesses achieve their ambitions faster. With offices around the world, Adyen works with the likes of Facebook, Uber, H&M, eBay, and Microsoft.
Airwallex
07787 120 145 / harry.herbert@airwallex.com / airwallex.com/uk
Airwallex is a leading global financial platform for modern businesses, offering trusted solutions to manage everything from payments, treasury, and spend management to embedded finance. With our proprietary infrastructure, Airwallex takes the friction out of global payments and financial operations, empowering businesses of all sizes to unlock new opportunities and grow beyond borders. Proudly founded in Melbourne, Airwallex supports over 100,000 businesses globally and is trusted by brands such as Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more.
07718 152 859 / chris.toon@bottomline.com / bottomline.com/uk/solutions/ptx Bottomline
About Bottomline Bottomline helps businesses transform the way they pay and get paid. A global leader in business payments and cash management, Bottomline’s secure, comprehensive solutions modernize payments for businesses and financial institutions globally. With over 30 years of experience, moving more than $10 trillion in payments annually, Bottomline is committed to driving impactful results for customers by reimagining business payments and delivering solutions that add to the bottom line. Bottomline is a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, one of the largest software private equity firms in the world, with more than $130 billion in assets under management. For more information visit www.bottomline.com. Bottomline and the Bottomline logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Bottomline Technologies, Inc.
Checkout.com
Checkout.com processes payments for thousands of companies that shape the digital economy. Our global digital payments network supports over 145 currencies and delivers high-performance payment solutions across the world, processing billions of transactions annually. With flexible and scalable technology we help enterprise merchants boost acceptance rates, reduce processing costs, combat fraud, and turn payments into a major revenue driver. Checkout.com Where the world checks out. 02073 233 888 /
831 478 /
Ecommpay is an international payment service provider and direct card acquirer. Holding Visa / Mastercard Principal Member status, we deliver bespoke payment solutions for e-commerce clients worldwide. Ecommpay set out to revolutionise the payments market in 2012, building a fully customisable technological solution to meet the needs of the world’s fastest-growing businesses. Five years later, our intelligent online payment solution has made us the partner of choice in helping clients launch into emerging markets, achieve higher transaction approval rates, lower chargeback ratios and maximise revenues. What makes us unique is how we work with each of our clients. We transform how merchants do business, turning complex payment challenges into bespoke, practical solutions that deliver tangible results. We’re collaborative and curious and go beyond limitations to create your future payment platform today.
07944 288 942 / dan.bebb@encoded.co.uk / encoded.co.uk Encoded Ltd
Encoded is an independent UK Payment Orchestrator, with a comprehensive platform and gateway allowing merchants flexibility and control of their payment ecosystem. Encoded’s payment solutions also help organisations become PCI DSS compliant and protect customer data while offering an excellent customer experience. We understand that customers like to pay in different ways, whether online, by phone, via selfservice or speaking to a real person. Whether you choose a fully automated Interactive Voice Response (IVR), an agent-assisted solution, mobile or online payments, Encoded’s seamless solutions have been designed to give customers choice and the confidence their payments are secure. Encoded provide: Payment Orchestration & Gateway Services | Least Cost Acquiring | E-Commerce Payments | IVR & Agent-Assisted Payments | Alternative Payments - ApplePay, GooglePay, Paypal | Fraud Prevention Platform | PayByLink | Tokenisation Encoded’s customers include –Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Mini, Toyota, The Wine Society, LUSH, Sigma Connected and many utility companies including Jersey Telecom & Severn Trent Water.
Forter is the Trust Platform for digital commerce. We make accurate, instant assessments of trustworthiness across every step of the buying journey. Our ability to isolate fraud and protect consumers is why Nordstrom, Sephora, Instacart, Adobe, Priceline and leaders across industries have trusted us to process more than $500 billion in transactions. Our deep understanding of identity and use of automation helps businesses prevent fraud, maximise revenue and deliver superior experiences for their consumers. Learn more at www.forter.com.
GoCardless
At GoCardless we believe bank payments are the best way to pay and get paid. And bank account data is a powerful tool for businesses to make better, faster decisions. So we’re making it easy to use both. Collect payments – domestic or international – without the chasing, stress, or expensive fees. We help you face your payment challenges head-on, from automatically recovering failed payments, to challenging chargebacks, and fighting fraud – without compromising your customers’ payment experience. 85,000+ businesses around the world trust us to power their payments, processing over $30 billion each year. From small businesses up to global enterprises – including DocuSign, Expensify, and Tripadvisor. Plus, securely access data from your customers’ bank accounts to enhance your products and manage risk. We enable connections to 2,300+ banks across Europe, so you can connect with your customers no matter who they bank with.
Ravelin provides sophisticated technology and dedicated support to help online businesses prevent advanced fraud threats and accept payments confidently.
Stripe
07425 648 399 / ashf@stripe.com / stripe.com
Stripe is a technology company that builds payments and financial infrastructure for the internet. We provide a unified platform designed to solve the complexity of money movement and accepting payments using Stripe, companies can power growth by improving conversion rates, driving international expansion, and developing new business models. We also help companies beat fraud, send invoices, issue virtual and physical cards, get financing, manage business spend, and much more. Millions of businesses of all sizes—from startups to large enterprises—use Stripe’s software and APIs to accept payments, send payouts, and manage their businesses online. Our products power payments for retailers, subscriptions businesses, software platforms, and marketplaces.
Techwave Consulting UK Limited
07386 715 612 / marc.matthews@techwave.net / echwave.net
Techwave is a leading global IT services company that specialises in digital transformation, enterprise application services, and engineering services. Founded in 2004, the company operates in over 11 countries with its headquarters in Exton, Pennsylvania. The company is known for its customer-centric approach, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to drive business innovation and efficiency. By focusing on tailored solutions that meet the unique needs of its clients, Techwave has established a strong reputation for delivering high-quality, scalable, and sustainable IT services. Engage with Techwave to understand how our expertise in payment processing, cross border payments, corporate and international payments, payments rails integrations, payments data management, FX Solutions, UI / UX development, blockchain solutions, ISO 20022 migration and regulatory compliance can elevate your business.
Telesign
07395 152 322 / pnicholson@telesign.com / telesign.com
Telesign, a part of the Proximus Group, provides Continuous Trust™ to leading global enterprises by connecting, protecting, and defending their digital identities. Telesign verifies over five billion unique phone numbers a month, representing half of the world’s mobile users, and provides insights into the remaining billions. The company’s powerful machine learning and extensive data science deliver identity risk recommendations with a unique combination of speed, accuracy, and global reach. Telesign solutions provide fraud protection, secure communications, and enable the digital economy by helping companies and customers to engage with confidence. Learn more at www.telesign.com and follow us on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @Telesign.
Tink Financial Services Ltd
+46 706 947 739 / maelle.kismoune@tink.com / tink.com
Tink is the market leader in open banking, enabling banks, fintechs and merchants to build data-driven financial services. Whether that’s making account-to-account payments, onboarding new customers, making better credit decisions or creating money management tools. A wholly owned subsidiary of Visa, Tink has over 6,000 connections to banks with the ability to reach hundreds of millions of people across 19 markets. Since its creation in 2012, Tink has powered the pioneers of open banking and now serves some of the world’s largest financial institutions, taking processes that are filled with friction and replacing them with seamless experiences that eliminate complexity for consumers. We power the new world of finance.
07920 050 448 / david.cooper@truelayer.com / truelayer.com
TrueLayer is Europe’s leading open banking payments network. We power smarter, safer and faster online payments by combining real-time bank payments with financial and identity data. Businesses big and small use our products to onboard new users, accept money and make payouts in seconds, and at scale. We’re live across 21 countries and over 10 million users trust us to process their transactions. Though we’re not stopping here. We’re on a mission to change the way the world pays. And we won’t stop until we’ve unlocked the full potential of payments.
07890 248 063 / kat.marangos@volt.io / volt.io Volt
Volt is building the global infrastructure for real-time payments. Our payment network is the first to unite domestic account-to-account schemes to a single interoperable standard. Scaling and enterprise businesses use it to accept real-time payments, initiate payouts and manage funds. Volt is headquartered in London, has offices in Berlin, Warsaw, Kraków, Sydney and São Paulo, and enables payments in 31 markets across the UK, the EU, Brazil and Australia.
6th November 2024
Hilton London Canary Wharf
The Fraud Prevention Summit offers an opportunity to meet with like-minded specialists, attend educational seminars and meet with some of the most innovative suppliers in the market. This event will assist buyers with their fraud projects in this constantly changing and evolving landscape.
From Fraud Management Software, AI, Multifactor Authentication, Risk Prevention Solutions to Chargeback Protection – the Summit covers all areas for you to successfully manage and combat challenges within the fraud sector.
Explore how our event unfolds here
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Hilton London Canary Wharf
SEMINARS
Join educational sessions and panels led by top industry experts. Discuss current trends and best practices to enhance your skills and knowledge.
ONE-TO-ONE MEETINGS
The summit pairs buyers with leading suppliers through personalised one-to-one meetings, fostering connections and exploring business opportunities in a relaxed setting.
NETWORKING
Like-minded individuals will have the chance to connect with peers, build new business relationships, strengthen existing ones, and discuss industry advancements.