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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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49Speakers
7Sponsors
0On the bill · sessions
51Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at 6th, in alphabetical order.
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
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
Heather O’Gorman
Director Treasury Safeguarding and Cash Management · Nium
Jack Williams
Financial Crime Compliance Lead · Teya
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Amaranth Advisory
ARKK
BPC
Damex.io
Finovox
UMCA Technologies
Vivox.AI
Intermission
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What does it mean when 51 companies show up — and 3 bet on three roles at once?

51 companies. three are betting more than once.

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Who's in the room
3All threespeak · spons · exh
4Sponsoringsponsor only
44Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Amaranth Advisory·BPC·Vivox.AI

Speakers by seniority

78% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1327%
  • Founder / Owner12%
  • VP-level36%
  • Director / Head of2143%
  • Manager / Lead510%
  • Other roles612%

Of 49 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Amaranth AdvisorySp1V
  2. 02BPCSp1V
  3. 03Vivox.AISp1V
  4. 04ARKKSp
  5. 05Damex.ioSp
  6. 06FinovoxSp
  7. 07UMCA TechnologiesSp
  8. 08Starling Bank2V
  9. 09Accenture1V
  10. 10ACI Worldwide1V
  11. 11Agant1V
  12. 12Alvarez & Marsal1V
  13. 13Amazon Web Services1V
  14. 14Bank of China (UK)1V
Sponsors by tier
unspecified7
100% of 7
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