Agenda
Companies throughout Europe are facing strong economic headwinds as inflation rises above 10 percent and interest rates at the ECB hit 2 percent and rising. Whilst economic forecasts predict slower growth in 2023, the European economy is forecast to pick up to 1.5% growth and inflation to fall to 2.6% in 2024, according to the European Commission. Yet the underlying fundamentals in Europe are strong, with budget deficits and unemployment rates across Europe remaining stable, as business holds firm through the downturn and recovery. The long trajectory for European business is upwards and the role of payments in propelling efficiency in B2B transactions, as well as optimising working capital in that process, is essential to the success of commerce. In this conference, business, banks and technology partners discuss the latest iterations and markers in the evolution of the European B2B payments ecosystem, and share ideas, experiences and insights on how corporates can improve, integrate and innovate commercial payments systems for greater wins.
Welcome address
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Paul Nicholson
Head of Content, CPI
Paul Nicholson
Head of Content, CPI
March 28th 2023-
09:00amWelcome address
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Moderator
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David Harrison
Founder,
PaySavi
David Harrison
Founder,
PaySavi
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023David has over 25 years’ experience in the payments industry and was previously with a major UK Commercial Card issuer before being asked to join Visa Europe. He held a series of senior leadership positions including Head of Commercial Card Products, Head of Government Services, Head of European Market Development and Regulatory Workstream leader. David established PaySavi in 2018 to develop payment optimisation solutions for scheme, issuer, fintech and business association clients in EMEA, North America and Asia Pacific. PaySavi is also an approved supplier of Payment Consultancy Services to UK Government organisations. Since 2021, David has been working with Hi55, a new platform financing the payroll of any employer, whilst paying their staff sooner, and is currently Head of Cards & Payments.
State of the Market
The impact of high inflation, elevated rates and lower growth on European corporates
Europe’s economic outlook has weakened due to rising inflation, interest rate hikes and lower growth forecasts, with a technical recession Q1 2023 and projected growth between 0.2-0.6 percent for the year, according to various forecasts by the EIU, IMF, and ECB. Higher energy prices caused by Russia cutting supplies in response to EU sanctions is the key factor driving inflation. In this session we analyse the impacts of inflation on business in Europe, including the tech sector, how higher rates are influencing spending, investment and borrowing, and the impacts on corporate liquidity and working capital.
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Kate Parker
Senior Analyst,
Economist Intelligence Unit
Kate Parker
Senior Analyst,
Economist Intelligence Unit
March 28th 2023-
09:15amState of the Market
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Towards PSD3: Keeping pace with the regulatory evolution of commercial payments in Europe
Regulation of payments in Europe is complex with multilayered supervision. As the European Commission evolves regulation beyond PSD2 with consultations towards PSD3, several institutions, in the ECB, EBA and FCA in the UK as well as national payment systems regulators, all play a role in the shaping of the next iterations of payments policies. Key developments include secure customer authentication (SCA) review, and whether measures should be strengthened, buy now pay later (BNPL) regulation, open banking and finance regulation, currency conversion cost, as well as ongoing interchange review. Here regulatory stakeholders assess how changes will affect commercial payments for European businesses in the future.
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Anni Mykkänen
Senior Policy Adviser Payments & Innovation,
European Banking Federation
Anni Mykkänen
Senior Policy Adviser Payments & Innovation,
European Banking Federation
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Michael Salmony
Strategic Adviser,
European Third Party Providers Association (ETPPA)
Michael Salmony
Strategic Adviser,
European Third Party Providers Association (ETPPA)
March 28th 2023
Moderated by
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Monica Monaco
Director,
Trust EU Affairs
Monica Monaco
Director,
Trust EU Affairs
Based in Brussels for the past 19 years, Monica Monaco is the founder and managing director of TrustEuAffairs. TrustEuAffairs advises its clients on Eu legislative relevant initiatives. Monica is a member of the Society of European Affairs Professionals (SEAP) since 2004, and served as a member of the SEAP Board from May 2012 to May 2015.
Furthermore, Monica is Member of the Europol Virtual Currencies Taskforce and has served two mandates as Member of the European Commission Payment Systems Market Expert Group (PSMEG).
Monica’s areas of focus are financial services, payment systems and technology, new payments means such as mobile and crypto, as well as e-commerce. Monica has been Senior Manager for EU Relations and Regulatory Affairs in the Legal Department of Visa Europe for more than ten years, being responsible for the relations with the European Commission, the European Parliament and the European Council Working Group on Financial Services, as well as with various national regulators.
Before joining Visa Europe she has been working as a Consultant for both Andersen, Deloitte & Touche and the OECD in Paris, dealing with a variety of financial services matters. She also worked for the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, in the Committee on Parliamentary and Public Relations. Monica holds a Master’s Degree in Economics, European Law oriented, from L.U.I.S.S.- Guido Carli University in Rome, Italy -
David Harrison
Founder,
PaySavi
David Harrison
Founder,
PaySavi
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023David has over 25 years’ experience in the payments industry and was previously with a major UK Commercial Card issuer before being asked to join Visa Europe. He held a series of senior leadership positions including Head of Commercial Card Products, Head of Government Services, Head of European Market Development and Regulatory Workstream leader. David established PaySavi in 2018 to develop payment optimisation solutions for scheme, issuer, fintech and business association clients in EMEA, North America and Asia Pacific. PaySavi is also an approved supplier of Payment Consultancy Services to UK Government organisations. Since 2021, David has been working with Hi55, a new platform financing the payroll of any employer, whilst paying their staff sooner, and is currently Head of Cards & Payments.
Networking Session
Innovation and growth in the changing environment
Payment leaders in this session explore how the changed economic conditions in Europe of higher prices and rates coupled with lower growth, are impacting the development of the payments ecosystem in terms of investment in product development and innovation, how enterprises of all sizes are managing payments challenges, and how the digitisation of payment systems and technologies can help companies through the current environment.
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Brian Tomkins
Managing Director, Global Head of Commercial Cards, Global Payments Solutions,
HSBC Bank
Brian Tomkins
Managing Director, Global Head of Commercial Cards, Global Payments Solutions,
HSBC Bank
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Tom Bettelheim
Head of Payments Products,
ING Nederland
Tom Bettelheim
Head of Payments Products,
ING Nederland
March 28th 2023Tom Bettelheim is Head of Payments Products for ING in the Netherlands, responsible for all digital payment products for Retail and Business banking customers. His scope includes merchant acquiring, customer reporting and money transfer (including instant payments), with a strong emphasis on the digitalization of customer experience. He has been with ING since 10 years, working in a range of roles in Retail and Business Banking, including experience in global program management, commercial roles and product delivery. Tom is an advisory board member of the Dutch Payments Association.
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Rene Stynen
SVP of EMEA business development, Boost Payment Solutions
Rene Stynen
SVP of EMEA business development, Boost Payment Solutions
March 28th 2023Rene Stynen joined Boost Payment Solutions in 2006 to help build its business in EMEA, APAC and LAC, and currently serves as Head of Business Development for EMEA. Rene has 30 years of experience in commercial payments this year, starting out initially with Diners Club International, and prior to Boost having served in various roles at Citibank, as Head of Large Market & Public Sector Products at Mastercard Europe, and as Senior Consultant at Paytech Group.
Moderated by
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Patrick W. Diemer
Chairman, European Business Travel Association and Senior Advisor,
Arthur D. Little
Patrick W. Diemer
Chairman, European Business Travel Association and Senior Advisor,
Arthur D. Little
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023
Interactive Roundtables - Digitisation and payments transformation
The roundtables focus on the key areas of payments technologies that are evolving in corporate payment systems in Europe and the discussions will focus on their implementation and execution in a corporate context: Delegates choose 1
- AP/AR automation
- Digital Currencies
- Embedded Finance
- Virtual Cards
- Merchant Acquiring
- Spend Management
- Fintech partnerships
- Sustainability
- Regulation
- Growth Verticals
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Gregoire Toussaint
Director,
Edgar, Dunn & Company
Gregoire Toussaint
Director,
Edgar, Dunn & Company
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023Greg Toussaint is a Director in the Paris office with Greg 15 years of consulting experience with EDC in business strategy for clients in Asia, Europe, North and South America. Grégoire has worked in EDC London’s, Sydney’s and Paris’ offices and developed global perspectives on payments.
Within EDC, Greg leads EDC’s B2B Payments Practice and has developed specific expertise in retail and travel payments, working for all actors in the payments value chain (e.g. central banks, issuers, acquirers, payment schemes, merchants and payment providers). Outside of work, Greg plays the saxophone and loves baking cakes.
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David Harrison
Founder,
PaySavi
David Harrison
Founder,
PaySavi
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023David has over 25 years’ experience in the payments industry and was previously with a major UK Commercial Card issuer before being asked to join Visa Europe. He held a series of senior leadership positions including Head of Commercial Card Products, Head of Government Services, Head of European Market Development and Regulatory Workstream leader. David established PaySavi in 2018 to develop payment optimisation solutions for scheme, issuer, fintech and business association clients in EMEA, North America and Asia Pacific. PaySavi is also an approved supplier of Payment Consultancy Services to UK Government organisations. Since 2021, David has been working with Hi55, a new platform financing the payroll of any employer, whilst paying their staff sooner, and is currently Head of Cards & Payments.
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Sergio Ortega González
Head of Pivot Commercial Cards,
BBVA
Sergio Ortega González
Head of Pivot Commercial Cards,
BBVA
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023Sergio Ortega is responsible for BBVA Pivot Commercial Cards solution development enabling local, regional and global enterprises to homogeneously manage the expenses made with commercial cards in BBVA footprint (Europe & LAC). Sergio has more than 15 years of experience in Payments Systems, first in BBVA Spain (consumer issuing, acquiring and innovation) and since 2012 in global positions focused on commercial cards. He is leading BBVA Pivot Commercial Card solution business line development from scratch following design thinking & agile methodologies, coordinating cross-functional local, global, business & IT teams. Sergio has a Master Degree in Computer Science from Deusto University (Spain) and Aalborg University (Denmark). He also has an Executive MBA from Esade Business School (Spain).
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Patrick W. Diemer
Chairman, European Business Travel Association and Senior Advisor,
Arthur D. Little
Patrick W. Diemer
Chairman, European Business Travel Association and Senior Advisor,
Arthur D. Little
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Chris Holmes
Senior Vice President,
KAE Consulting
Chris Holmes
Senior Vice President,
KAE Consulting
March 28th 2023Chris is a Senior Vice President at KAE, a boutique strategic advisory firm. Chris joined KAE in 2007 and during this time, he has managed multiple high profile global projects across the payments space (focusing on various issuing and acquiring topics across both the commercial and consumer payments sectors), banking, FinTech, AltFi and telco industries. He also heads KAE’s FinTech practice.
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Frank Martien
Founder,
Windward Strategy
Frank Martien
Founder,
Windward Strategy
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023Strategy consulting and M&A advisory for payments has been Frank’s career since 1996 when he joined the boutique firm First Annapolis Consulting, Inc. (“FA”) where he focused on card strategy, launch, and optimization for networks, national & regional financial institutions, technology companies, and private equity firms in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Latin America. Following the acquisition of FA in 2017, Frank continued as a Managing Director within Accenture Strategy on the payments team. Windward Strategy, Inc. was founded by him in 2020 to provide strategy consulting with a focus on B2B payments.
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Matyas Fekete
Principal Consultant, KAE Consulting
Matyas Fekete
Principal Consultant, KAE Consulting
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023As a Principal Consultant at KAE, Matyas manages high-profile projects for KAE’s clients globally, including benchmarking, market sizing and proposition testing studies. During his 7 years at KAE, he has worked on a wide range of projects across Europe and North America, and has developed a particular expertise in payments, FinTech and corporate sustainability. Matyas also takes a leading role in KAE’s FinTech and sustainability related initiatives and regularly represents KAE at industry events.
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Carmela Mesquita
Head of Commercial Acceptance, Europe, Mastercard
Carmela Mesquita
Head of Commercial Acceptance, Europe, Mastercard
March 28th 2023
Lunch and networking
B2B marketplaces and ecommerce payments growth
The European B2B payments market is growing at 7 percent annually and currently is projected to reach $1.8 trillion by 2025, according to Statistica. In Germany alone, the market was 204 billion U.S. in 2021 and forecast to reach almost 313 billion U.S dollars 2025. In this session we take a look at the key drivers for growth, the evolution of payment technologies available to B2B merchants in Europe, including cards, payment apps and embedded payments, and how B2B markets are evolving in different countries and sectors, with perspectives from corporates, banks and fintechs in the B2B ecosystem.
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Thomas Farran
Head of Payments,
Vestas Wind Systems
Thomas Farran
Head of Payments,
Vestas Wind Systems
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Helena Forest
Head of Product EMEA Marketplace Solutions, Payments & Commerce Solutions,
J.P. Morgan
Helena Forest
Head of Product EMEA Marketplace Solutions, Payments & Commerce Solutions,
J.P. Morgan
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Johanna Waara
Head of Commercial Solutions Europe, Mastercard
Johanna Waara
Head of Commercial Solutions Europe, Mastercard
March 28th 2023Johanna Waara is Senior Vice President of Business Development, Commercial Solutions in Europe at Mastercard. Johanna brings over 15 years of experience in global Fintech where she has held leadership roles within business development, sales and marketing. Throughout her career, Johanna has worked with customer-centered product innovation and expansion strategies, whilst also collaborating with, and servicing, some of the largest corporates and payment companies world-wide. Prior to joining Mastercard, Johanna held the position of CCO within a technology software and solutions company where she led the commercial organisation with responsibility for sales, solution consultancy and client management in-line with the company’s ambitious international growth strategy. Johanna holds a Masters in Business Administration from Henley Business School, UK.
Moderated by
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Gregoire Toussaint
Director,
Edgar, Dunn & Company
Gregoire Toussaint
Director,
Edgar, Dunn & Company
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023Greg Toussaint is a Director in the Paris office with Greg 15 years of consulting experience with EDC in business strategy for clients in Asia, Europe, North and South America. Grégoire has worked in EDC London’s, Sydney’s and Paris’ offices and developed global perspectives on payments.
Within EDC, Greg leads EDC’s B2B Payments Practice and has developed specific expertise in retail and travel payments, working for all actors in the payments value chain (e.g. central banks, issuers, acquirers, payment schemes, merchants and payment providers). Outside of work, Greg plays the saxophone and loves baking cakes.
Optimising working capital in inflationary markets
With 23 million small businesses in the EU, representing 99 percent of all companies, the payments challenges of smaller firms is a core focus in the B2B payments markets. For many small businesses, working capital is a critical lever for business liquidity which can be challenging to sustain in an inflationary cycle and elevated rate environment. In this session we examine the challenges to maintaining optimal working capital, and the technical tools that can help a healthy cash conversion cycle, reducing DPOs and DSOs, to ensure good flows. We also take a look at factoring and reverse factoring (SCF) solutions for SMB companies involved in supply chains and ask how payment systems technologies and products can drive capital efficiency and optimisation.
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David Voss
Managing Director, Head of Commercial Card EMEA at Bank of America
David Voss
Managing Director, Head of Commercial Card EMEA at Bank of America
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Karim Bennaziz Houmane
Global head of commercial cards sales,
BNP Paribas
Karim Bennaziz Houmane
Global head of commercial cards sales,
BNP Paribas
March 28th 2023Appointed in September 2018 Global Head of Commercial Cards Sales at BNP Paribas, leading the Sales and Account Management team in Europe. Prior to this role, Karim was Vice President of the Global Clients Group team in Europe at American Express. He started his career at American Express in 1992 straight after graduation where he held several roles in Marketing and Key Account Management in Germany, in the UK and in France. Karim holds a Diplom-Kaufmann (MBA) from the Johannes-Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. He also holds a Specialised Master in “Consulting & Coaching for Change” from HEC Paris and Saïd Business School, Oxford University. Karim is actively engaged in change management, diversity & inclusion.
Moderated by
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Patrick W. Diemer
Chairman, European Business Travel Association and Senior Advisor,
Arthur D. Little
Patrick W. Diemer
Chairman, European Business Travel Association and Senior Advisor,
Arthur D. Little
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023
Networking Session
Merchant acquiring and acceptance in Europe
Merchants or suppliers on the sell side of the transaction have a host of different technologies available to them to accept payments from buyers. Often the choice of payment modality is driven by cost and speed of settlement. In this session merchants discuss their needs and pain points in payment acceptance and banks discuss their strategies and solutions to enable merchants in Europe to optimise their payment acceptance systems and processes with a holistic integrated payables solution.
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Linda Weston
Managing Director, Head of Core Product,
Barclaycard Payments
Linda Weston
Managing Director, Head of Core Product,
Barclaycard Payments
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023Linda Weston, Managing Director and Head of Core Product for Barclaycard Payments, has over 20 years’ experience in the Payments industry. In her current role she is accountable for leading the product team to deliver innovative, best in class commercial issuing and acquiring products including market leading value added and payment security services. Since joining Barclaycard in 2014 Linda has spearheaded a cultural change in product management approach, lead a transformational migration programme and driven the developed of a number of critical and inventive capabilities. Prior to joining Barclaycard Linda worked at J.P. Morgan where she was instrumental in establishing a Commercial Payments issuing business across EMEA from scratch. Her early career was with NatWest where Linda held a variety of Operational and Product roles.
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Magaly Charlier
Regional Vice President, B2B Product Management, Mastercard
Magaly Charlier
Regional Vice President, B2B Product Management, Mastercard
March 28th 2023Magaly Charlier is Vice President of B2B Product Management at Mastercard, based in London. She has extensive experience in card payments, cash management, e-invoicing and working capital solutions, including invoice-based payables and receivables finance. Prior to Mastercard, she worked for over 20 years in financial institutions and fintechs on product management, product development and business development roles. She is a member of the executive committee of the European E-invoicing Service Providers Association (EESPA) and co-chair of the Invoice Finance Working Group (IFWG).
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Carlos Pérez Rubio
Senior Principal Product Manager,
ACI Worldwide
Carlos Pérez Rubio
Senior Principal Product Manager,
ACI Worldwide
March 28th 2023As Product Manager, Carlos is passionate about helping customers growing and serving their customers. Before this, Carlos managed the Back Office products in ACI, used by issuers and acquirers to manage their card and merchant portfolios. Being part of the team that created these products, Carlos has worked for more than 25 years with customers around the world implementing retail payments solutions.
Originally from Spain, Carlos worked in corporate banking solutions for BBVA and Equifax Spain before moving to the UK, where he has lived since 2002. He likes to “entertain” the neighbours playing drums and guitar every now and then and is lucky to be a fan (and member) of Real Madrid.
Moderated by
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David Harrison
Founder,
PaySavi
David Harrison
Founder,
PaySavi
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023David has over 25 years’ experience in the payments industry and was previously with a major UK Commercial Card issuer before being asked to join Visa Europe. He held a series of senior leadership positions including Head of Commercial Card Products, Head of Government Services, Head of European Market Development and Regulatory Workstream leader. David established PaySavi in 2018 to develop payment optimisation solutions for scheme, issuer, fintech and business association clients in EMEA, North America and Asia Pacific. PaySavi is also an approved supplier of Payment Consultancy Services to UK Government organisations. Since 2021, David has been working with Hi55, a new platform financing the payroll of any employer, whilst paying their staff sooner, and is currently Head of Cards & Payments.
Sustainability, ESG and D&I in payments ecosystems
As companies and financial institutions are increasingly required to report on environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainability metrics to investors and shareholders, the payments industry, and the companies that provide solutions, also are embedding ESG KPIs in their operations. In payments, sustainability is increasingly part of supply chain agreements, and ESG scoring is a key feature in supplier selection. Within good governance, is the practice of positive diversity and inclusion policies within the company and the practice of attracting and retaining diverse talent in wider business. In this session we look at the implementation and impacts of ESG and D&I in the payments ecosystem and the benefits of positive policies for all.
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Lydie Charpin
Vice President, Corporate Travel & Spend Management Products,
Mastercard
Lydie Charpin
Vice President, Corporate Travel & Spend Management Products,
Mastercard
Lydie Charpin recently joined Mastercard as VP – Corporate Travel and Spend Management to expand T&E commercial card solutions for large enterprise. She is responsible for the overall T&E portfolio strategy and product management working closely with T&E partners. She is striving for innovation to reshape the future of corporate travel and expense management. Lydie brings to this position +15 years of experience in the travel industry, more specifically in business travel.
Prior to joining Mastercard, Lydie was VP- Cytric Solutions at Amadeus providing large enterprise corporations with an end-to-end T&E platform including travel booking, expense management, payment, mobile, duty of care, analytics. Lydie was responsible for the overall portfolio strategy, product management, presales & strategic bid, UX and marketing of the T&E platform with teams based in 15 countries.
Previously, Lydie was the Head of Payment Product Management, an emerging business line at Amadeus serving corporations and business travel agencies, as well online travel agencies and airlines / hotels / railways customers for their payment needs.
Lydie graduated from first-class French engineering school “Ecole Centrale Paris”. She is married, has four children, and is based in Sophia-Antipolis in France.
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Chris Holmes
Senior Vice President,
KAE Consulting
Chris Holmes
Senior Vice President,
KAE Consulting
March 28th 2023Chris is a Senior Vice President at KAE, a boutique strategic advisory firm. Chris joined KAE in 2007 and during this time, he has managed multiple high profile global projects across the payments space (focusing on various issuing and acquiring topics across both the commercial and consumer payments sectors), banking, FinTech, AltFi and telco industries. He also heads KAE’s FinTech practice.
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Simon Rendall
Head of Payments Business Architects, Lloyds Banking Group
Simon Rendall
Head of Payments Business Architects, Lloyds Banking Group
March 28th 2023Simon has been working in the payments industry for more than 20 years, having worked on everything from cheques to Open Banking to Confirmation of Payee and pretty much everything in between. He now leads a Business Design team covering the full breadth of payments activity for Lloyds, including most recently exploring the sustainability implications of different types of payments and how we might reduce our carbon footprint as we move our money.
Moderated by
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David Harrison
Founder,
PaySavi
David Harrison
Founder,
PaySavi
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023David has over 25 years’ experience in the payments industry and was previously with a major UK Commercial Card issuer before being asked to join Visa Europe. He held a series of senior leadership positions including Head of Commercial Card Products, Head of Government Services, Head of European Market Development and Regulatory Workstream leader. David established PaySavi in 2018 to develop payment optimisation solutions for scheme, issuer, fintech and business association clients in EMEA, North America and Asia Pacific. PaySavi is also an approved supplier of Payment Consultancy Services to UK Government organisations. Since 2021, David has been working with Hi55, a new platform financing the payroll of any employer, whilst paying their staff sooner, and is currently Head of Cards & Payments.
Networking reception
Welcome
Corporate case studies on payments transformation through process digitisation
Corporate case studies on payments transformation through process digitisation
In this session corporates in Europe talk through their digital payments transformation journeys, including the processes they went through to identify the need for change, building the business case, selecting software solutions, integrating AP/AR and STP digital solutions with legacy systems and ERP/TMS systems, the internal and external stakeholders involved, the cost benefits, and the positive outcomes for the business.
Enterprise Case Study – Roche
Insights in the processes of payment and collections on behalf of, virtual accounts, intraday statements and cash visibility, as well as analysis in payment tracking and correspondent banks.
Stefan Windisch, Finance Treasury Operations, Roche Finanz AG
European Case Study – MSC Cruises
Innovation in mobile payments services
Stefano Celada, Treasurer, MSC Cruises
10:10 Corporate payments transformation panel discussion and Q&A
Stefan Windisch, Finance Treasury Operations, Roche Finanz AG
Rahul Daswani, Independent Payments Expert
Stefano Celada, Treasurer, MSC Cruises
Simon Jones, Independent Payments Consultant (moderator)
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Rahul Daswani
Independent Payments Expert
Rahul Daswani
Independent Payments Expert
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Stefan Windisch
Finance Treasury Operations,
Roche Finanz AG, Switzerland
Stefan Windisch
Finance Treasury Operations,
Roche Finanz AG, Switzerland
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Stefano Celada
Treasurer, MSC Cruises
Stefano Celada
Treasurer, MSC Cruises
March 29th 2023
Moderated by
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Simon Jones
Independent Payments Consultant
Simon Jones
Independent Payments Consultant
March 29th 2023Simon has over 30 years of experience in finance, treasury and transaction banking across both developed and emerging markets. Simon was previously Chief Customer Officer at ClearBank and lead the client management, product & marketing teams at the UK’s first cloud based infrastructure clearing bank.
Prior to joining ClearBank in 2019, Simon spent over 20 years at JPMorgan. During his time at the bank, he was responsible for treasury solutions in EMEA, supporting clients around the world. He was also Head of Corporate Sales in EMEA from 2012 to 2015 and Asia Regional Executive for Treasury Services from 2006 to 2010, based in Hong Kong.
Simon is actively involved in UK FinTech as a Mentor for TechStars Accelerator programme.
Optimising payables and receivables automation in B2B payment processing technologies: the next generation
Pioneering fintech partners and leading banks have long-established relationships in co-innovating and building automated issuance and acceptance solutions and are in the process of continual product improvement to meet buyer and supplier expectations. After experiencing a demand surge for straight-through processing (STP), driven by the increased usage of virtual cards, the need for prompt payment and process automation, fintechs and banks have worked together on the next generation of AP/AR automation. Solutions are now evolving to include even greater levels of service and new features to fully integrate into B2B ecosystems. In this session, Barclaycard and Adflex discuss their collaboration in bringing the next-gen AR/AR services to market and the integration of the ecosystems further to extend the actual value of payables and receivables automation.
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Andy Downman
Commercial Director, Adflex
Andy Downman
Commercial Director, Adflex
With over fifteen years of experience in the card industry, Andy has become an industry-recognised expert in B2B enhanced transaction data, issuance and acceptance. Andy heads Adflex’s commercial activities and sales team and is highly accomplished in understanding complex needs and creating innovative solutions which offer process improvements to B2B payment flows.
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Linda Weston
Managing Director, Head of Core Product,
Barclaycard Payments
Linda Weston
Managing Director, Head of Core Product,
Barclaycard Payments
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023Linda Weston, Managing Director and Head of Core Product for Barclaycard Payments, has over 20 years’ experience in the Payments industry. In her current role she is accountable for leading the product team to deliver innovative, best in class commercial issuing and acquiring products including market leading value added and payment security services. Since joining Barclaycard in 2014 Linda has spearheaded a cultural change in product management approach, lead a transformational migration programme and driven the developed of a number of critical and inventive capabilities. Prior to joining Barclaycard Linda worked at J.P. Morgan where she was instrumental in establishing a Commercial Payments issuing business across EMEA from scratch. Her early career was with NatWest where Linda held a variety of Operational and Product roles.
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Simon Jones
Independent Payments Consultant
Simon Jones
Independent Payments Consultant
March 29th 2023Simon has over 30 years of experience in finance, treasury and transaction banking across both developed and emerging markets. Simon was previously Chief Customer Officer at ClearBank and lead the client management, product & marketing teams at the UK’s first cloud based infrastructure clearing bank.
Prior to joining ClearBank in 2019, Simon spent over 20 years at JPMorgan. During his time at the bank, he was responsible for treasury solutions in EMEA, supporting clients around the world. He was also Head of Corporate Sales in EMEA from 2012 to 2015 and Asia Regional Executive for Treasury Services from 2006 to 2010, based in Hong Kong.
Simon is actively involved in UK FinTech as a Mentor for TechStars Accelerator programme.
Networking Session
Growth verticals and corporate payments
Whilst T&E has traditionally been the largest spend category in commercial cards, growth markets and the diversification of spend categories in B2B markets fall into sectors where each market has different payment and transactional practices and solutions. In this session roundtables, we take a deep dive into the payment pain points and solutions evolving in growth verticals, including fleet & fuel and logistics, healthcare, government, education and other sectors.
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Sergio Ortega González
Head of Pivot Commercial Cards,
BBVA
Sergio Ortega González
Head of Pivot Commercial Cards,
BBVA
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023Sergio Ortega is responsible for BBVA Pivot Commercial Cards solution development enabling local, regional and global enterprises to homogeneously manage the expenses made with commercial cards in BBVA footprint (Europe & LAC). Sergio has more than 15 years of experience in Payments Systems, first in BBVA Spain (consumer issuing, acquiring and innovation) and since 2012 in global positions focused on commercial cards. He is leading BBVA Pivot Commercial Card solution business line development from scratch following design thinking & agile methodologies, coordinating cross-functional local, global, business & IT teams. Sergio has a Master Degree in Computer Science from Deusto University (Spain) and Aalborg University (Denmark). He also has an Executive MBA from Esade Business School (Spain).
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Duncan Kennett
Head of New Verticals, Visa Business Solutions
Duncan Kennett
Head of New Verticals, Visa Business Solutions
March 29th 2023Duncan has more than 25 years of experience in transaction banking, cross border payments and Commercial Cards at a mixture of global banks, domestic banks, real time payment providers, data analytics providers and payment schemes. In this time he has been lucky enough to be responsible for the design of commercial card issuing solutions, developing use cases for the use of payment transaction design for data analytics use cases, managing Government use cases for real time and account to account payments, and developing solutions for the energy vertical to update their business payment solutions. He’s currently at Visa Europe and responsible solution design for different industry verticals.
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Malte Rau
CEO, Pliant
Malte Rau
CEO, Pliant
March 29th 2023In the last decade I focused on closing the gap between risk management and business development for several banks and fintechs in- as well as outside of Germany. I recently co-founded Pliant to make corporate credit cards as easy to use as they should be, and fix climate harming card incentives while solving the complexity of payments and lending at the same time.
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Frank Martien
Founder,
Windward Strategy
Frank Martien
Founder,
Windward Strategy
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023Strategy consulting and M&A advisory for payments has been Frank’s career since 1996 when he joined the boutique firm First Annapolis Consulting, Inc. (“FA”) where he focused on card strategy, launch, and optimization for networks, national & regional financial institutions, technology companies, and private equity firms in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Latin America. Following the acquisition of FA in 2017, Frank continued as a Managing Director within Accenture Strategy on the payments team. Windward Strategy, Inc. was founded by him in 2020 to provide strategy consulting with a focus on B2B payments.
Roundtables- Digitisation and payments transformation
Digitisation and payments transformation
The roundtables focus on the key areas of payments technologies that are evolving in corporate payment systems in Europe and the discussions will focus on their implementation and execution in a corporate context: Delegate choose 1.
- AP/AR automation
Corina Roberts, Specialist Sales Manager Issuing, Barclaycard Payments - Digital Currencies
Nikola Plecas, Head of Crypto Solutions – Visa Europe - Embedded Finance
Grégoire Toussaint, Director, Edgar, Dunn & Company - Virtual Cards
Andrew Auden, Senior Director B2B, UK & Europe, FIS - Merchant Acquiring
David Harrison, Founder, PaySavi - Spend Management
Sergio Ortega González, Head of Pivot Commercial Cards, BBVA - Banking Crisis – SVB/Credit Suisse fallout
Simon Jones, Independent Payments Consultant - Sustainability
Matyas Fekete, Principal Consultant, KAE Consulting - Regulation
Patrick Diemer, Senior Adviser, Arthur D. Little - Growth Verticals
Frank Martien, Founder, Windward Strategy
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Gregoire Toussaint
Director,
Edgar, Dunn & Company
Gregoire Toussaint
Director,
Edgar, Dunn & Company
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023Greg Toussaint is a Director in the Paris office with Greg 15 years of consulting experience with EDC in business strategy for clients in Asia, Europe, North and South America. Grégoire has worked in EDC London’s, Sydney’s and Paris’ offices and developed global perspectives on payments.
Within EDC, Greg leads EDC’s B2B Payments Practice and has developed specific expertise in retail and travel payments, working for all actors in the payments value chain (e.g. central banks, issuers, acquirers, payment schemes, merchants and payment providers). Outside of work, Greg plays the saxophone and loves baking cakes.
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David Harrison
Founder,
PaySavi
David Harrison
Founder,
PaySavi
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023David has over 25 years’ experience in the payments industry and was previously with a major UK Commercial Card issuer before being asked to join Visa Europe. He held a series of senior leadership positions including Head of Commercial Card Products, Head of Government Services, Head of European Market Development and Regulatory Workstream leader. David established PaySavi in 2018 to develop payment optimisation solutions for scheme, issuer, fintech and business association clients in EMEA, North America and Asia Pacific. PaySavi is also an approved supplier of Payment Consultancy Services to UK Government organisations. Since 2021, David has been working with Hi55, a new platform financing the payroll of any employer, whilst paying their staff sooner, and is currently Head of Cards & Payments.
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Sergio Ortega González
Head of Pivot Commercial Cards,
BBVA
Sergio Ortega González
Head of Pivot Commercial Cards,
BBVA
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023Sergio Ortega is responsible for BBVA Pivot Commercial Cards solution development enabling local, regional and global enterprises to homogeneously manage the expenses made with commercial cards in BBVA footprint (Europe & LAC). Sergio has more than 15 years of experience in Payments Systems, first in BBVA Spain (consumer issuing, acquiring and innovation) and since 2012 in global positions focused on commercial cards. He is leading BBVA Pivot Commercial Card solution business line development from scratch following design thinking & agile methodologies, coordinating cross-functional local, global, business & IT teams. Sergio has a Master Degree in Computer Science from Deusto University (Spain) and Aalborg University (Denmark). He also has an Executive MBA from Esade Business School (Spain).
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Simon Jones
Independent Payments Consultant
Simon Jones
Independent Payments Consultant
March 29th 2023Simon has over 30 years of experience in finance, treasury and transaction banking across both developed and emerging markets. Simon was previously Chief Customer Officer at ClearBank and lead the client management, product & marketing teams at the UK’s first cloud based infrastructure clearing bank.
Prior to joining ClearBank in 2019, Simon spent over 20 years at JPMorgan. During his time at the bank, he was responsible for treasury solutions in EMEA, supporting clients around the world. He was also Head of Corporate Sales in EMEA from 2012 to 2015 and Asia Regional Executive for Treasury Services from 2006 to 2010, based in Hong Kong.
Simon is actively involved in UK FinTech as a Mentor for TechStars Accelerator programme.
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Patrick W. Diemer
Chairman, European Business Travel Association and Senior Advisor,
Arthur D. Little
Patrick W. Diemer
Chairman, European Business Travel Association and Senior Advisor,
Arthur D. Little
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Frank Martien
Founder,
Windward Strategy
Frank Martien
Founder,
Windward Strategy
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023Strategy consulting and M&A advisory for payments has been Frank’s career since 1996 when he joined the boutique firm First Annapolis Consulting, Inc. (“FA”) where he focused on card strategy, launch, and optimization for networks, national & regional financial institutions, technology companies, and private equity firms in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Latin America. Following the acquisition of FA in 2017, Frank continued as a Managing Director within Accenture Strategy on the payments team. Windward Strategy, Inc. was founded by him in 2020 to provide strategy consulting with a focus on B2B payments.
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Corina Roberts
Specialist Sales Manager Issuing,
Barclaycard Payments
Corina Roberts
Specialist Sales Manager Issuing,
Barclaycard Payments
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Francesco Cerlienco
EMEA Head of Commercial Cards Product,
Citi
Francesco Cerlienco
EMEA Head of Commercial Cards Product,
Citi
March 29th 2023Francesco Cerlienco heads up the Commercial Cards Product Development and Market Management team at Citibank and is responsible for market management, product development and regulatory changes across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Francesco joined Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions business in 2008 serving in various roles, including client onboarding, implementation and business management before moving on to product management.
Prior to Citi, Francesco worked at Deutsche Bank developing IT solutions for the derivatives trading desk. He started his career at Thomson Reuters where he held a number of positions in business analysis, client training and product delivery. Francesco has a Master’s degree in Management from the London School of Economics and a degree in Political Science and Economics from Cagliari University in Italy. He also holds the Certificate in International Cash Management from the Association of Corporate Treasurers.
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Nikola Plecas
Head of Crypto Solutions, Visa Europe
Nikola Plecas
Head of Crypto Solutions, Visa Europe
March 29th 2023Nikola Plecas works at Visa and is currently heading the European Crypto business. In this position, he is responsible for operationalising and delivering our crypto strategy in the region by working closely with our existing and new partners, and is also the regional subject matter expert and acts as Visa’s spokesperon on the topic of digital currencies.
Nikola joined Visa in 2017, starting in the Corporate Strategy team before having spending time in Strategic Partnerships & Fintech and VCA teams. He has previously worked in finance and consulting, and is a CFA Charterholder.
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Matyas Fekete
Principal Consultant, KAE Consulting
Matyas Fekete
Principal Consultant, KAE Consulting
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023As a Principal Consultant at KAE, Matyas manages high-profile projects for KAE’s clients globally, including benchmarking, market sizing and proposition testing studies. During his 7 years at KAE, he has worked on a wide range of projects across Europe and North America, and has developed a particular expertise in payments, FinTech and corporate sustainability. Matyas also takes a leading role in KAE’s FinTech and sustainability related initiatives and regularly represents KAE at industry events.
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Andrew Auden
Senior Director B2B, UK & Europe, FIS
Andrew Auden
Senior Director B2B, UK & Europe, FIS
March 29th 2023Andrew leads Product Management for Payables Solutions at FIS. In this role he is focused on leveraging FIS capabilities to design and deliver innovative Payables solutions to FIS clients.
Andrew is a veteran in Commercial Payments with over 25 years working in the card payment industry. He has worked with Virtual Card solutions since the early 2000’s. Andrew joined FIS in 2022, with responsibility for Product Management for Accounts Payable solutions in Europe, having previously worked with Bank of America, Ixaris, Barclaycard, J P Morgan and American Express in Product, Sales & Implementation leadership roles.
Lunch
Digital money and crypto technologies in Europe
Whilst visionaries see that we will all be doing business on blockchain in the metaverse and transacting in digital currencies in the near future (and we are already there with much of the technology), the reality for the majority of business in Europe is that transactions still remain rooted in purchases orders invoices and remittances, and process change is incremental. Whilst digitisation of manual processes, and the investment in digital money movement technologies gathers pace in business, the future of money, such as crypto and tokens forms only a small percentage of business transactions. As regulators develop stablecoins pegged to real currencies, such as the e-euro, then e-coin adoption is likely to accelerate faster than in the currently volatile and unregulated crypto environment. Tokenization is also likely to gather pace as regulators roll out standards. In this session we look at European corporate use cases and perspectives on blockchain, digital currencies and what businesses need to know now about the future of money.
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Will Lovell
Head of Future Technology,
Bank of England
Will Lovell
Head of Future Technology,
Bank of England
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Nikola Plecas
Head of Crypto Solutions, Visa Europe
Nikola Plecas
Head of Crypto Solutions, Visa Europe
March 29th 2023Nikola Plecas works at Visa and is currently heading the European Crypto business. In this position, he is responsible for operationalising and delivering our crypto strategy in the region by working closely with our existing and new partners, and is also the regional subject matter expert and acts as Visa’s spokesperon on the topic of digital currencies.
Nikola joined Visa in 2017, starting in the Corporate Strategy team before having spending time in Strategic Partnerships & Fintech and VCA teams. He has previously worked in finance and consulting, and is a CFA Charterholder.
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Simon Jones
Independent Payments Consultant
Simon Jones
Independent Payments Consultant
March 29th 2023Simon has over 30 years of experience in finance, treasury and transaction banking across both developed and emerging markets. Simon was previously Chief Customer Officer at ClearBank and lead the client management, product & marketing teams at the UK’s first cloud based infrastructure clearing bank.
Prior to joining ClearBank in 2019, Simon spent over 20 years at JPMorgan. During his time at the bank, he was responsible for treasury solutions in EMEA, supporting clients around the world. He was also Head of Corporate Sales in EMEA from 2012 to 2015 and Asia Regional Executive for Treasury Services from 2006 to 2010, based in Hong Kong.
Simon is actively involved in UK FinTech as a Mentor for TechStars Accelerator programme.
Virtual cards and their commercial applications
Virtual card use in B2B markets is growing rapidly in Europe, driven by their payment automation and straight-through processing benefits, operational cost reductions in eliminating manual processes, greater spend controls and visibility, access to real-time transaction data and the enhanced digital experience and efficiencies in the execution of payments. This session focuses on how virtual cards are embedded in purchasing and procurement workflows in different sector use cases, highlighting challenges and benefits in VCN implementation and their application and interoperability in multiple payment systems, including ERP and TMS systems.
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Francesco Cerlienco
EMEA Head of Commercial Cards Product,
Citi
Francesco Cerlienco
EMEA Head of Commercial Cards Product,
Citi
March 29th 2023Francesco Cerlienco heads up the Commercial Cards Product Development and Market Management team at Citibank and is responsible for market management, product development and regulatory changes across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Francesco joined Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions business in 2008 serving in various roles, including client onboarding, implementation and business management before moving on to product management.
Prior to Citi, Francesco worked at Deutsche Bank developing IT solutions for the derivatives trading desk. He started his career at Thomson Reuters where he held a number of positions in business analysis, client training and product delivery. Francesco has a Master’s degree in Management from the London School of Economics and a degree in Political Science and Economics from Cagliari University in Italy. He also holds the Certificate in International Cash Management from the Association of Corporate Treasurers.
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Michelle Hejtmankova
Head of Product Management Issuing,
Barclaycard Payments
Michelle Hejtmankova
Head of Product Management Issuing,
Barclaycard Payments
March 29th 2023Michelle has been in the payments industry for 24 years with experience ranging from Card operations, business consultancy, relationship management, scheme management and now heading up the Commercial Product Management Issuing team at Barclaycard Payments.
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Clive Cornelius
Head of Travel and Entertainment and Procurement Commercial products , Visa Business Solutions Europe
Clive Cornelius
Head of Travel and Entertainment and Procurement Commercial products , Visa Business Solutions Europe
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Martyn Lock
Head of Cards & Money Movement Europe, FIS
Martyn Lock
Head of Cards & Money Movement Europe, FIS
March 29th 2023As a self-confessed card geek, Martyn has been involved in the card market since 2006. Working in the Program Management and processor space Martyn has successfully launched programmes across multiple verticals and regions.
Armed with this experience, Martyn heads the Sales function for one of the worlds largest FinTechs FIS, with a renewed focus on Virtual and Commercial card applications.
With an unrivalled processing pedigree, FIS is the world’s largest Issuer processor and one of the few full-service processors offering a range of BPO services for Tier 1 banks, Corporates, Merchants and Start-ups.
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Gregoire Toussaint
Director,
Edgar, Dunn & Company
Gregoire Toussaint
Director,
Edgar, Dunn & Company
March 28th 2023 March 29th 2023Greg Toussaint is a Director in the Paris office with Greg 15 years of consulting experience with EDC in business strategy for clients in Asia, Europe, North and South America. Grégoire has worked in EDC London’s, Sydney’s and Paris’ offices and developed global perspectives on payments.
Within EDC, Greg leads EDC’s B2B Payments Practice and has developed specific expertise in retail and travel payments, working for all actors in the payments value chain (e.g. central banks, issuers, acquirers, payment schemes, merchants and payment providers). Outside of work, Greg plays the saxophone and loves baking cakes.
Networking break
Embedded payments, PaaS and open finance
The global embedded payments market stands at around US$50bn and is forecast to triple in size by the end of decade, according to market analysts. The number of non-financial companies offering embedded payment solutions in their apps and ecommerce sites is also growing exponentially as it creates revenue for the seller and drives consumers and businesses through the payments process. This coupled with payments as a service (PaaS) offered by financial institutions to non-financial companies, has made bolt on payment solutions a technological reality for companies. Layer in open finance, and the ability of third parties to aggregate payment data and offer payment services, creating a new non-FI payments ecosystem in B2B markets. In this session companies and their technology providers talk through the process of embedding finance and the benefits to the business.
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Nilixa Devlukia
Chair, Open Finance Association and CEO,
Payments Solved
Nilixa Devlukia
Chair, Open Finance Association and CEO,
Payments Solved
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David Novak
Account Management & Client Optimisation, Corporate Cards, Continental Europe, HSBC
David Novak
Account Management & Client Optimisation, Corporate Cards, Continental Europe, HSBC
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Andrea Ramoino
Managing Director, EMI, Solaris Group
Andrea Ramoino
Managing Director, EMI, Solaris Group
March 29th 2023Andrea is MD for Solaris Electronic Money Business for UK and EEA, with
responsibility for driving growth across our payment business across both
geographies.
He is an expert product and marketing transformational leader, with over 15 years’
experience across many industries including Fintech, Crypto, AI and SaaS. He brings
entrepreneurship, creativity and strategic expertise to the Solaris leadership.
Previously Chief Strategy Officer at Contis (before Solaris integration), Andrea
formed a crucial part of the executive team and delivered the organisations
corporate strategy and global expansion.
Andrea joined Solaris (formerly Contis) from Elliptic, a leader of compliance
solutions for the Crypto market, where he spearheaded significant growth as VP of
Product. He is also former Senior Director of Global Product Management at
Experian. Prior to that, he worked in the data storage industry where he contributed
to the turnaround of Xyratex Capital Equipment – then led the post-merger
integration of Xyratex PLC into Seagate Technology PLC, two multi-billion dollar
businesses.
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Simon Jones
Independent Payments Consultant
Simon Jones
Independent Payments Consultant
March 29th 2023Simon has over 30 years of experience in finance, treasury and transaction banking across both developed and emerging markets. Simon was previously Chief Customer Officer at ClearBank and lead the client management, product & marketing teams at the UK’s first cloud based infrastructure clearing bank.
Prior to joining ClearBank in 2019, Simon spent over 20 years at JPMorgan. During his time at the bank, he was responsible for treasury solutions in EMEA, supporting clients around the world. He was also Head of Corporate Sales in EMEA from 2012 to 2015 and Asia Regional Executive for Treasury Services from 2006 to 2010, based in Hong Kong.
Simon is actively involved in UK FinTech as a Mentor for TechStars Accelerator programme.
Fintech partnerships
Fintechs in Europe are cumulatively valued at $US430bn out of a global total of $US2.2 trn according to McKinsey. Whilst fintechs are the transformative force in the payments marketplace, innovating solutions and disrupting business models, traditional banks service the mainstay of corporate B2B payments. In this session we look at the evolution of the bank-fintech-corporate relationship, and also showcase new innovative fintechs in the B2B space.
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Ross Withers
COO,
Inlogik
Ross Withers
COO,
Inlogik
March 29th 2023-
04:45pmFintech partnerships
Ross has more than 21 years’ industry experience working with financial and payment solutions. His experience ranges across the development, sales, implementation, support and operation of enterprise online solutions. With a comprehensive understanding of software and how it interacts with banks and corporates, Ross specialises in combining technical knowledge with business understanding to manage all aspects of the software solution lifecycle from analysis through to operation.
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Lydie Charpin
Vice President, Corporate Travel & Spend Management Products,
Mastercard
Lydie Charpin
Vice President, Corporate Travel & Spend Management Products,
Mastercard
Lydie Charpin recently joined Mastercard as VP – Corporate Travel and Spend Management to expand T&E commercial card solutions for large enterprise. She is responsible for the overall T&E portfolio strategy and product management working closely with T&E partners. She is striving for innovation to reshape the future of corporate travel and expense management. Lydie brings to this position +15 years of experience in the travel industry, more specifically in business travel.
Prior to joining Mastercard, Lydie was VP- Cytric Solutions at Amadeus providing large enterprise corporations with an end-to-end T&E platform including travel booking, expense management, payment, mobile, duty of care, analytics. Lydie was responsible for the overall portfolio strategy, product management, presales & strategic bid, UX and marketing of the T&E platform with teams based in 15 countries.
Previously, Lydie was the Head of Payment Product Management, an emerging business line at Amadeus serving corporations and business travel agencies, as well online travel agencies and airlines / hotels / railways customers for their payment needs.
Lydie graduated from first-class French engineering school “Ecole Centrale Paris”. She is married, has four children, and is based in Sophia-Antipolis in France.
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Jonathan Nixon
VP of UK business development, Boost Payment Solutions
Jonathan Nixon
VP of UK business development, Boost Payment Solutions
March 29th 2023-
04:45pmFintech partnerships
A payments professional with over 25 years international business development and project management experience within the Public and Private sectors, Jonathan Nixon leads business development for Boost Payment Solutions in the U.K. Jonathan has a lengthy track record in client acquisition and retention, product development and management as well as client implementation, leading award–winning projects that demonstrate his innovative attitude to client solutions in both virtual and real world environments. Jonathan has worked for some of the largest issuers such as Citi and Barclaycard as well as some of the smallest FinTechs, all in the commercial payments space so is well placed to provide views from both perspectives.
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Moderated by
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Simon Jones
Independent Payments Consultant
Simon Jones
Independent Payments Consultant
March 29th 2023Simon has over 30 years of experience in finance, treasury and transaction banking across both developed and emerging markets. Simon was previously Chief Customer Officer at ClearBank and lead the client management, product & marketing teams at the UK’s first cloud based infrastructure clearing bank.
Prior to joining ClearBank in 2019, Simon spent over 20 years at JPMorgan. During his time at the bank, he was responsible for treasury solutions in EMEA, supporting clients around the world. He was also Head of Corporate Sales in EMEA from 2012 to 2015 and Asia Regional Executive for Treasury Services from 2006 to 2010, based in Hong Kong.
Simon is actively involved in UK FinTech as a Mentor for TechStars Accelerator programme.