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Global payment flows are being reshaped by geopolitical realignments, emerging trade corridors and rising expectations for speed, transparency and choice. Challenger banks and PSPs alike are navigating intensifying regulatory scrutiny, strengthened AML, fraud and sanctions‑screening requirements and increasing pressure to scale profitably while delivering differentiated customer experiences. At the same time, competition is accelerating as incumbents and infrastructure players modernize their payment capabilities.
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This exclusive event brings together senior leaders across payments, operations, compliance and technology to explore how these forces are converging and what both challenger banks and PSPs must do to stay resilient, compliant and customer‑centric.
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Through a thought-provoking keynote, an interactive panel and a focused session, attendees will gain practical insight into how API‑first, multi‑rail connectivity combined with embedded financial‑crime controls can future‑proof payment operations, reduce compliance friction and unlock new revenue opportunities across both banking and payments providers.
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EVENT SNAPSHOT
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Understand how geopolitical shifts and regulation are reshaping global payment flows.
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Explore API-first, multi-rail strategies to deliver speed, transparency and choice.
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Discuss embedding AML, fraud and sanctions controls into payment workflows.
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Identify ways to scale profitably while enhancing customer experience.
THE FORUM PANEL
Samantha Emery
Payments Executive and NED
Lloyds Banking Group
Nadav Kostiner
Business Development Director
Thunes
Mark Green
​Global Head of Payments & Correspondents
EQIBank
Malkit Chana
Principal Solutions Consultant, UK, Ireland & Nordics - Financial Messaging
Finastra
Constantin von Altrock
CEO
FraudAverse
Stephanie Mitchell
Global Director – Financial Messaging Product
Finastra
EVENT AGENDA
16:00
Registration and Networking
16:30
Welcome Remarks
16:35
Opening Keynote: Global Fragmentation, Local Pressures
A high-level exploration of how geopolitical shifts, new trade corridors and tightening UK regulations are redefining the way value moves across borders and what this means for both challenger banks and PSPs. This session sets the strategic context for why institutions across the payments ecosystem must rethink their connectivity, resilience, and innovation priorities.
The discussion will highlight how futureproofing payment and value transfer infrastructure enables banks and PSPs to adopt new routes and emerging methods, respond rapidly to regulatory and market change and better meet rising customer demand helping attract new clients while retaining existing ones through more reliable, compliant and real-time services.
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Samantha Emery, Payments Executive and NED, Lloyds Banking Group
17:00
Panel Discussion: Interactive conversation that surfaces market challenges and opportunities
2026 & Beyond: What Challenger Banks and PSPs Are Prioritizing for Future Growth
An interactive conversation with industry leaders exploring the operational, regulatory, and competitive pressures shaping the next wave of growth for both challenger banks and PSPs. Topics include profitability, scaling efficiently, strengthening AML, fraud and sanctions screening frameworks, improving customer experience and leveraging partners to build resilient, realtime, multirail payment connectivity that supports rapid regional and global expansion.
- Mark Green, Global Head of Payments & Correspondents, EQIBank
- Stephanie Mitchell, Global Director – Financial Messaging Product, Finastra
18:00
Focus Session: Beyond Swift: Future‑Proofing Payment Connectivity Through Multi‑Rail Networks
A focused session demonstrating how challenger banks and PSPs can scale smarter and operate more efficiently through an API first platform that supports Swift connectivity/access alongside modern alternative rails such as Thunes, Mastercard and Circle. We’ll explore how multinetwork connectivity reduces complexity, enhances compliance workflows, and empowers institutions to offer differentiated crossborder and realtime services that evolve quickly with customer and market demands.
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Malkit Chana, Principal Solutions Consultant, UK, Ireland & Nordics - Financial Messaging, Finastra
18:30
Closing Remarks
18:35
Networking Drinks & Canapés
19:00
Event concludes
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