2025 Agenda
Explore the agenda featuring the hot topics that will be covered at the event.
Agenda at a glance
Take a look at the hot topics at this year's banking and payments event.
Day 1
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STAGE 1
Banking strategy and innovation
CEO keynotes
Revolut case study
Leaders Forum panel discussion
Startup City
Founders' journeys panel and Q&A
STAGE 1
Banking strategy: the key drivers
Chief Economist forum
Navigating regulatory and policy change
Challenger bank growth strategy
STAGE 2
Payments infrastructure
Cross border payments
ISO 20022
Instant payments
Modernising architectures
STAGE 3
Digital ID and authentication
EU Digital Identity Wallets
The Large-Scale Pilots
Digital ID and fraud
Next-gen authentication
STAGE 4
AI and operations
AI case study
Streamlining workflows
Coding and software development
Optimising operations
STAGE 5
Workshop:
vulnerability and accessibility
Achieving digital excellence for all
Group discussion
Startup City
Green transition opportunities
Innovative SME solutions
STAGE 1
CX and engagement
Protecting vulnerable customers
The AI revolution in CX
Personalisation
Customer strategic priorities
STAGE 2
Open banking payments
The latest on the SPAA
A2A global successes
Commercial propositions
STAGE 3
Anti-financial crime
Vulnerable customers
AML and perpetual KYC
Preventing APP fraud
Data, analytics and AI
STAGE 4
Legacy modernisation
Creating the agile bank
Cloud migration
Data maturity roadmap
Core modernisation
STAGE 5
Workshop:
AI governance
Establishing effective AI governance
Group discussion
Startup City
Scale-up strategies
Cross-border expansion
STAGE 1
Consumer lending
Orchestrating the housing ecosystem
AI in credit risk modelling
Optimising collections
Embedded lending strategies
STAGE 2
Payment wallets and cards
Google Pay case study
The latest on the EPI's Wero
Adding value to cards
Alternative payment methods
STAGE 3
Resilience and security
Navigating global regulation
IT security to third party risks
AI and cybersecurity
DORA compliance
Startup City
The venture capitalist view: what to look for in a winning start-up
Overcoming partnership pain points
The Official After Party
Day 2
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STAGE 1
Open banking commercial models
NatWest Boxed: BaaS case study
The Future Entity: latest from OBL
Premium APIs and BaaS commercial models
Startup City
Identity and fraud solutions
Empowering future generations
STAGE 1
Open finance
FIDA: open data in Europe
The UK smart data roadmap
Future of open banking, insurance and pensions
Open data beyond finance
STAGE 2
Optimising payments for merchants
Evolution of eCommerce
One-click payments
SoftPoS and self-checkout
Acquirer propositions
STAGE 3
Building Societies: mortgage innovation
High LTV product innovation
Seamless mortgage journeys
First-time buyer market
Product strategies
STAGE 4
Green Transition
Modelling and mitigating climate risk
ESG compliance: data and reporting
Green financing innovation
StartUp City:
Bank Workshop
Bank participants will identify a pain point from their own organisation to generate a problem statement for start-ups to address
STAGE 1
Digital currencies and blockchain
The digital euro
The regulated liability network
Smart contracts
Commercial and central bank digital currencies
STAGE 2
Better serving SMEs
The SME banking experience
Streamlining corporate onboarding
Treasury management
SME lending
STAGE 3