Finance & Banking

Payments Leaders' Summit UK October 2026

The Payments Leaders' Summit (PLS London) is an exclusive, invite-only event held twice a year in London, bringing together senior payments leaders, decision-makers, and budget holders from across the UK. Attendees experience expert keynotes, panel discussions, peer-to-peer roundtables, and pre-selected 1-2-1 meetings with top solution providers. The event p…

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17Speakers
40Sponsors
40Exhibitors
45Sessions
65Companies · in total

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Speakers

Programmed at Payments, in alphabetical order.

Andrew Self
Head of Department - Open Finance and Open Banking · FCA
Apexx (host)
Apexx
Ben Orgill
Head of Payment Services · OVO Energy
Claire Simpson
Interim Head of Policy · Payment Systems Regulator
Consultants from Edgar Dunn
Specialist Consultant · Edgar Dunn
Consultants from Polymath Consulting
Specialist Consultant · Polymath Consulting
Daniel Wilson
Head of Payments Strategy, Industry and Roadmap · Nationwide
Gretchen Rodriguez
Head of Product - Payments · TD Bank
James Harwood
Head of Fraud · Virgin Media & O2
Jerry Krayzman
Director, Product Manager, Billing & Payments · Survey Monkey
Julie Mingus
Sr. Director , / Payment Expert
Margarida Rodrigues
Head of Customer Payments · Sonae
Nick Mclaren
Head of the Future of Money Division · Bank of England
Patrik Novák
VP of Fintech · Kiwi.com
Phil O'Hagan
Senior Head of Product (Pay, Fraud & Services) · Sainsbury's
Sends (host)
Sends
Yapily (host)
Yapily

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Adyen
Affirm
Airwallex
AMEX PWBT
Apexx Global
BVNK
Checkout.com
Clearpay
Decta
d Local
Ecommpay
Fexco
Global Payments
GoCardless
Gr4vy
Grain Finance
Juspay
Justt
Mangopay
Marqeta
Nuvei
Optimus
Orchestra Solutions
PayPal
Paysafe
PCI Proxy
Plaid
PXP
Sends
Solidgate
Stripe
Testlio
Truelayer
Unlimit
Verifone
Verto
VGS
VISA Acceptance
Yapily
Yuno

Agenda

Selected from 45 sessions.

  • 08:00

    REGISTRATION OPENS: BREAKFAST MEET AND GREET

    Join us for breakfast, connect with fellow attendees, and please collect your name badge from the registration table before entering the event.

  • 08:45

    Clarion Leaders’ Summit Formal Welcome

    Official opening of the Clarion Leaders’ Summit as we welcome attendees and set the stage for an engaging and inspiring event. We look forward to welcoming you and kicking off the …

  • 08:50

    Chairperson Keynote

    Chairperson Keynote as we open the summit with insights, perspectives, and a vision for the discussions and opportunities ahead.

  • 08:50

    Clarion Leaders’ Summit Day 2 Welcome

  • 09:00

    Chairperson Keynote

    Chairperson Keynote as we open the summit with insights, perspectives, and a vision for the discussions and opportunities ahead.

  • 09:00

    OPENING DISCUSSION: Open Banking Delivering Incremental Revenue

    Turning Infrastructure into Revenue, hosted by Yapily, explores how banks and fintechs can transform Open Banking into a sustainable commercial platform. The session examines the i…

  • 09:00

    OPENING KEYNOTE: Agents Are Learning to Pay. Can the Infrastructure Keep Up?

    A forward looking look at whether today’s payments infrastructure is ready for AI driven commerce, exploring how agents could use consent, financial data and cVRP to make payment d…

  • 09:10

    BREAKFAST BRIEFING

    Take part in an interactive Breakfast Briefing featuring roundtable discussions designed to encourage the exchange of ideas and experiences. Each session includes a 45 minute discu…

  • 09:35

    KEYNOTE: The FCA’s Priorities for a Secure and Competitive Market

    The FCA’s Priorities for a Secure and Competitive Market explores the regulatory priorities shaping the future of payments. The session covers operational resilience, fraud prevent…

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 65 companies show up, and 28 bet on three roles at once?

65 companies. 28 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
28All threespeak · spons · exh
12Sponsoringsponsor only
11Exhibitingexhibitor only
14Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Sends·Yapily·Adyen·Affirm·Airwallex·Apexx Global·Checkout.com·DECTA·Ecommpay·Fexco·GoCardless·Gr4vy·Justt·Mangopay·Marqeta·Nuvei·Orchestra Solutions·PayPal·Paysafe·PCI Proxy·Plaid·Solidgate

Speakers by seniority

71% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • VP-level16%
  • Director / Head of1165%
  • Engineer · IC212%
  • Other roles318%

Of 17 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1SendsSponsorExhibitor1
2YapilySponsorExhibitor1
3AdyenSponsorExhibitor-
4AffirmSponsorExhibitor-
5AirwallexSponsorExhibitor-
6Apexx GlobalSponsorExhibitor-
7Checkout.comSponsorExhibitor-
8DECTASponsorExhibitor-
9EcommpaySponsorExhibitor-
10FexcoSponsorExhibitor-
11GoCardlessSponsorExhibitor-
12Gr4vySponsorExhibitor-
13JusttSponsorExhibitor-
14MangopaySponsorExhibitor-
Sponsors by tier
unspecified40
100% of 40
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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