The Data Breach War: How banks can step up their line of defence

Audrey Ottevanger has been instrumental in assisting eCommerce businesses expand into Asian markets, as well as vice versa, helping Asian businesses expand globally. She shares her experience and expertise, describing regional consumer payment preferences, buying behaviour, and the solutions currently available. Addressing businesses seeking expansion into the lucrative Asia-Pacific markets, she highlights the importance of strategy and warns of potential pitfalls.


> How has consumer payment preferences evolved in APAC which is linked to consumer buying behaviour
> Why is it important to know especially when reaching APAC markets
> What solutions are available?
> What are the pitfalls?

Promoting and Supporting women in FinTech ensures the future viability of the sector. However, what are some of the biggest skills gaps that exist right now and what can be done to future-proof the sector for future innovations? Our expert panel discuss in this webinar.


Moderator:
Caroline Vaughan, Innovate Finance

Speakers:
Felicia Meyerowitz Singh, Founder and CEO at Akoni Hub
Lisa Moyle, FinTech / Director of Partnerships - FinTECHTalents at VC Innovations
Priyanka Lilaramani, Founder and CEO at Plinth.Tech
Brett Shanley, CEO and Founder at Knoma
Riya Pabari, Co-Founder & CEO at Founders Academy

Data is the new oil. How can financial services organisations use data to revolutionise their offerings and provide a better customer experience?

Join this panel to find out:

- How can banks help customers put their data to good use? What have we learned from Open Banking and PSD2?
- How can AI and predictive intelligence be used to avoid risks and provide a more seamless experience?
- Challenges with data management and aggregation and how to solve them
- How data analytics is impacting financial services

Susanne Chishti, Founder of FINTECH Circle
Luca Romagnoli, Director of Regulated Industries at Salesforce
Sune Gabelgård, Head of Digital Fraud, Intelligence & Research, Nets
Philip Pointner, Chief Product Officer, Jumio
Paul Hamilton, Innovation and FS Expert, PA Consulting

What does the bank of the future look like? What are the opportunities and challenges that technology brings to the payments ecosystem?

Join this panel where the speakers will discuss:

-How can data make banking more effective for the modern-day consumer?
-What are the latest trends in new payments platforms and models?
-How are different industries like eCommerce, retail, and insurance affected?
-What are the effects of GDPR and Open Banking?
-What does connected financial services look like?
-The security pitfalls that financial institutions need to look out for

Gabrielle Inzirillo, Director, Fintech, Plug And Play Ventures
Jane Loginova, Global Commercial Officer, BPC |
Megan Caywood, MD, Global Head of Digital Strategy, Barclays
Scott Johnson, Head of Product Innovation and Development, Western Union

Customer on boarding can be complicated, especially within regulated industries like financial services. How can banks and new challengers ensure that this is accomplished in the most seamless way?

Join this panel to learn:

- Achieving speed and scalability whilst staying compliant
- Balancing security and risk with a good customer experience
- Common on boarding mistakes that both banks and fin techs are making

Moderated by:
Christoffer Hernæs, Chief Digital Officer at Sbanken
Panelists:
John Erik Setsaas, VP of Identity & Innovation, Signicat
Ali Babakhan, Product Manager Rabo eBusiness at Rabobank Group

The Financial Services industry has a big target on its back when it comes to attacks by cyber criminals. How can financial institutions keep precious customer data safe whilst utilising technology to equip themselves with the tools to prevent fraud and financial crime?

Join this panel to hear:

- Lessons learned from recent breaches and hacks
- AI-powered strategies to protect your financial institution
- The unique security challenges of incumbent organisations vs. FinTechs
- Best practices to fight fraud and financial crime

Joshua Bower-Saul, CEO, Cybertonica
Andy Ramsden, Global Solution Sales Lead – Mobile Authentication, G+D Mobile Security GmbH
Nicolas Muhadri, CEO, Stream Mind
Ruth Wandhöfer, Partner, Gauss Ventures

The panel will discuss how open banking technology is leading to the development of new products and services specifically designed to meet consumer needs. As consumers now control their data, they also have the ability to truly control their finances for the first time. As a result, banks are having to rethink their business models to adapt to this new innovation. Consequently, the financial services landscape is changing – at pace.

It’s less than 18 months since OBIE launched open banking in the UK – what is progress to date and what does the future look like? Are consumers beginning to benefit from the innovations yet? What are the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead? How has the financial services sector responded and will survival depend on using the technology as an enabler of innovation?

Join us for what will prove to be a lively and informative discussion on the transformative impact open banking is having, and will continue to have, on banking. From consumers through to banks – we are in a new era since open banking technology was launched and the future of financial services is changed forever.

Louise Beaumont (techUK)
Nilixa Devlukia, Head of Regulatory, Open Banking
Emma Steeley, CEO, AccountScore
Wincie Wong, Head of Innovation for Supply Chain Services, RBS

Organisations are often challenged with finding the right balance between innovating and staying secure. How are cutting-edge advancements revolutionising the way we look at identity and authentication?

Join the panel to hear about:

-Understanding the digital identity landscape
-How to avoid drop-off during the verification process
-How developments like biometrics, AI, blockchain can impact identity and data management
-How to adapt and respond to new regulations like PSD2, Open Banking, and GDPR

Panel moderated by: Allard Keuter, Dutch Payments Association
Husayn Kassai, CEO & Founder, Onfido
Phil Doyle, Head of Financial Crime, Clear Bank

What does the future of connected commerce look like? The changing need of the customer has meant that the shopping experience is changing and merchants, retailers, and payments companies need to future-proof their offerings.

Join this panel to discover:

-Current landscape and trends in the commerce industry
-How can AI revolutionise the customer experience and help organisations evolve?
-From PoS to multi-channel platforms, how can you provide a frictionless customer experience?
-What are the risk and compliance challenges that need to be at top-of-mind?
-How can we proactively prevent fraud rather than react when the damage has been done?

Moderated by:
Claudia Bate, Head of Technology, Director and Partner, FleishmanHillard Fishburn
Panelists include:
Melinda Roylett, Head of Europe at Square
Daniel Kornitzer, Chief Business Development Officer, Paysafe
Dan Rawlings, Chief Commercial Officer, Trustonic

Asia is becoming a FinTech hub, the ecosystem being home to many FinTech Unicorns. But how is this finance and technology transformation taking place and how can one access it?

Janos Barberis, Founder of Supercharger, Asia's largest Fintech accelerator with offices in Hong Kong and Malaysia, in conjunction with CFTE's Co-Founder, Huy Nguyen Trieu, will be discussing how investments and different start-up ecosystems have evolved in the region and what you can do to get involved in Asia's growing market.

Find out more: https://www.cfte.education/2019/01/15/access-asia-fintech/

With Europe's biggest FinTech and Financial Services coming up in just a few weeks, we've gathered some of the elite speakers who will be taking the stage and debating on the hottest topics and the biggest challenges that the Financial Services world is currently facing.

What will they be talking about in Amsterdam, what do they want to hear about, what are they looking forward to?

* Some topics to be covered:
* Game-changing innovation models in financial service
* Commercial models, value chains and M&A activity
* Interoperable tech - AI+Cloud+Blockchain+Quantum Computing
* Cutting through the hype of PSD2 and open banking
* The death of the industry verticals in financial services and commerce

Moderated by:
David Parker, CEO Polymath Consulting

Panellists:
Travers Clarke-Walker, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Thought Machine
Yuelin Li, VP of Strategy, Onfido
Brendan Jones, Konsentus