Afore Consulting 7th Annual FinTech and Regulation conference

The ITFA Board is pleased to inform you that Afore Consulting are gearing up for their 7^th Annual FinTech and Regulation conference that is taking place virtually next Tuesday and Wednesday 7 and 8 February.

For this event they have assembled nearly 60 speakers and 1000 attendees but due to the virtual format can still welcome more participants.

While you might have already signed up we thought we would nonetheless bring this to your attention one last time.  We invite you to share this among colleagues should you think they would be interested to participate. There will also be ample time for Q&As.

Confirmed speakers include: 

• Mairead McGuinness, European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union
• José Manuel Campa, Chair of the EBA
• Petra Hielkema, Chair of EIOPA
• Verena Ross, Chair of ESMA
• Jean-Paul Servais, Chair of the International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO) and Chair of the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA)
• Sarah Pritchard, Executive Director for Markets, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
• Jay Shambaugh, Under Secretary for international Affairs, U.S. Treasury
• Sharon Donnery, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Ireland
• Santa Purgaile, Deputy Governor, Latvijas Banka
• Steven Maijoor, Executive Director, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB)
• Burkhard Balz, Member of the Executive Board, Deutsche Bundesbank
• Hanzo van Beusekom, Member of the Executive Board, Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)
• John Neal, CEO, Lloyd’s
• Sean Edwards, Head of Legal and Special Advisor to the Global Trade Finance Department, SMBC and Chairman, International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA)
• Andre Casterman, Board Member and Chair of the FinTech Committee, ITFA
• Phil Venables, Chief Information Security Officer, Google Cloud
• Faryar Shirzad, Chief Policy Officer, Coinbase
• Edward Bowles, Global Director of Public Policy, Meta Financial Technologies

Some of the themes we will explore include: 

• The future of banking and innovative payments & the role of the digital euro
• The implications of technology for supervision
• The role of data aggregators in the financial services eco-system
• The future of crypto assets, digital assets and stablecoins
• The use of AI, DLT and open sources in financial services
• The importance of cyber security
• The role of technology in fighting anti-money laundering
• The role of technological change in wholesale securities markets, and
• The importance of global co-operation.

We hope that a lot of our members will join and enjoy the discussions.