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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62Speakers
13Sponsors
65Exhibitors
75Sessions
87Companies · in total

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

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Amaranth Advisory
ARKK
BPC
ComplianceSuite
Damex.io
Finovox
Infocredit Group
Innovify
Mastercard
PCIBooking
RiskSmart
UMCA Technologies
Vivox.AI

Agenda

Selected from 75 sessions.

  • 08:30-09:00

    REGISTRATION & WELCOME COFFEE

    Participants arrive, register, and enjoy welcome coffee

  • 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

  • 09:10-09:35

    UK PAYMENTS OUTLOOK

    Keynote on the changing landscape of UK payments with Q&A.

    KEYNOTE SESSION + Q&A
  • 09:35-10:05

    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,…

    PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A
  • 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,…

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 87 companies show up, and 39 bet on three roles at once?

87 companies. 39 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
39All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
24Exhibitingexhibitor only
24Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Amaranth Advisory·BPC·Mastercard·Risksmart·Vivox AI·ARKK·ComplianceSuite·Damex.io·Finovox·Infocredit Group·Innovify·PCIBooking·UMCA Technologies·Agant·Lloyds Banking Group·Recomply.ai·Starling Bank·Visa·ACI Worldwide·AWS·Cardaq·CLOWD9

Speakers by seniority

79% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1727%
  • Founder / Owner46%
  • VP-level46%
  • Director / Head of2439%
  • Manager / Lead711%
  • Other roles610%

Of 62 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1Amaranth AdvisorySponsorExhibitor1
2BPCSponsorExhibitor1
3MastercardSponsorExhibitor1
4RisksmartSponsorExhibitor1
5Vivox AISponsorExhibitor1
6ARKKSponsorExhibitor-
7ComplianceSuiteSponsorExhibitor-
8Damex.ioSponsorExhibitor-
9FinovoxSponsorExhibitor-
10Infocredit GroupSponsorExhibitor-
11InnovifySponsorExhibitor-
12PCIBookingSponsorExhibitor-
13UMCA TechnologiesSponsorExhibitor-
14AgantExhibitor2
Sponsors by tier
unspecified13
100% of 13
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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