Finance & Banking

6th Financial Innovation Forum – Payments & RegTech 2026

The 6th Financial Innovation Forum – Payments & RegTech is a one-day premium gathering in London for UK and Europe’s payments and RegTech leaders. Senior decision-makers from banks, fintechs, merchants, consultancies and regulators meet for a packed agenda of keynotes, panel discussions and case studies exploring instant payments, open banking, digital ident…

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54Speakers
7Sponsors
16Exhibitors
33On the bill · sessions
59Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at 6th, in alphabetical order.
Ainsley Ward
Vice President, Payments Solutions · CGI
Aisling Twomey
Head of FinCrime, Business Banking, EU, Sanctions, U16s · Monzo
Alex Dunn
Director - Strategic Growth, Visa Direct Network & Operations · Visa
Andrew Clifford
Global Head Anti-Bribery & Corruption · Standard Chartered Bank
Anne Markey
Managing Director · Alvarez & Marsal
Anthony Corner
Chief Regulatory Officer · Cardaq
Anton Globus
Group Director of Finance and Innovation · Paysend
Boran Demirdag
Head of Financial Crime and Conduct Risk · Starling Bank
Briony Krikorian-Slade
Head of Governance & Strategy · UK Payments Initiative
Charlotte Baker
CCO and MLRO Bitstamp UK · Robinhood
Chris Aruliah
Chief Commercial Officer · Agant
Chris Redmond
Director · IBM Promontory
Clare Pearson
Co-Founder Payments Specialist · Pearson Booth Consulting
Cyrille Salle de Chou
Former Chief Risk Officer · Starling Bank and HSBC
Damian Richardson
Head of Payments Product and Schemes · NatWest
Daniel Jonas
Chief Strategy Officer · Currency Network
Dr. Ainsley Ward
Vice President, Payments Solutions · CGI
Emily Campbell-Ratcliffe
Head of AI for Local Growth · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Fabian Meyer
Founder & Managing Partner · Amaranth Advisory
Florent Odai
Senior Manager Payments & Daily Banking · Raiffeisen Bank International AG
Gaurav Sharma
Head of Payments, UK & US - Payments Hub · Getnet Platforms
George Kellogg
Head of Risk & Compliance, Institutional Capital Services · JTC Group
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Amaranth Advisory
ARKK
BPC
Damex.io
Finovox
UMCA Technologies
Vivox.AI
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Agenda

Selected from 33 sessions on the bill.
  • 09:00-09:05

    WELCOME ADDRESS

    Opening welcome address delivered by the Executive Director of QUBE Events.

  • 09:05-09:10

    CHAIRMEN OPENING ADDRESS

    Setting the stage for the day’s discussions.

  • 09:10-09:35

    KEYNOTE SESSION + Q&A UK PAYMENTS OUTLOOK

  • 09:10-09:35

    KEYNOTE SESSION + Q&A: UK PAYMENTS OUTLOOK

  • 09:35-10:05

    PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A DIGITAL ASSETS & PAYMENTS - STABLECOINS, TOKENISED MONEY AND UK MARKET READINESS

    - Real-world payment use cases: settlement, treasury, cross-border flows and merchant acceptance - Regulatory expectations: consumer protection, safeguarding/segregation, disclosur…

  • 09:35-10:05

    PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A: DIGITAL ASSETS & PAYMENTS - STABLECOINS, TOKENISED MONEY AND UK MARKET READINESS

    Real-world payment use cases: settlement, treasury, cross-border flows and merchant acceptance. Regulatory expectations: consumer protection, safeguarding/segregation, disclosures,…

  • 10:05-10:35

    PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A AI INNOVATION - EFFICIENCY GAINS VS. COMPLIANCE CHALLENGES

    - Where GenAI delivers measurable value in payments, risk and compliance - and where it creates new exposure - Model risk, data privacy, auditability and accountability: keeping re…

  • 10:05-10:35

    PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A: AI INNOVATION - EFFICIENCY GAINS VS. COMPLIANCE CHALLENGES

    Where GenAI delivers measurable value in payments, risk and compliance - and where it creates new exposure. Model risk, data privacy, auditability and accountability: keeping regul…

  • 10:35-11:05

    PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A AI AGENTS IN FINCRIME - REAL-TIME SCAMS DEFENCE, INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNANCE

    - APP scams and social engineering: prevention and detection across channels - Agentic workflows in monitoring and investigations: where to automate, where humans-in-the-loop are e…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 59 companies show up — and 10 bet on three roles at once?

59 companies. ten are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
10All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
5Exhibitingexhibitor only
44Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Amaranth Advisory·BPC·Vivox AI·ARKK·Damex.io·Finovox·UMCA Technologies·Intrepid Fox·Mastercard·Risksmart

Speakers by seniority

80% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1426%
  • Founder / Owner36%
  • VP-level47%
  • Director / Head of2241%
  • Manager / Lead59%
  • Other roles611%

Of 54 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Amaranth AdvisorySpEx1V
  2. 02BPCSpEx1V
  3. 03Vivox AISpEx1V
  4. 04ARKKSpEx
  5. 05Damex.ioSpEx
  6. 06FinovoxSpEx
  7. 07UMCA TechnologiesSpEx
  8. 08Intrepid FoxEx1V
  9. 09MastercardEx1V
  10. 10RisksmartEx1V
  11. 11BPC Banking TechnologiesEx
  12. 12CGI2V
  13. 13ComplianceSuiteEx
  14. 14DamexEx
Sponsors by tier
unspecified7
100% of 7
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