Finance & Banking

THE 2026 PAYMENTS CANADA SUMMIT

The best thinkers, visionaries and disruptors discussed, debated and defined the future of payments in Canada and around the globe. The SUMMIT is a forum for broad conversations and deep discussions that explores a wide range of subjects central to the evolution of payments.

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43Speakers
0Sponsors
10On the bill · sessions
25Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at THE, in alphabetical order.
Aaron Walker
Director, RTR Participant Services · Payments Canada
Alain Desmarais
VP, Infrastructure Evolution & Transformation · National Bank of Canada
Ales Novak
Vice-President, RTR Technology Program Delivery · Payments Canada
Alfredo Lanzillotta
Principal Solutions Consultant · OpenText
Amisha Parikh
VP, Security Solutions · Mastercard
Anshul Tripathi
Manager, ISO 20022 Centre of Excellence · Payments Canada
Anurag Kar
Head, Money Movement · Interac Corp.
Colin Smith
VP, Risk & Decision Science · Wealthsimple
Darrell Jantzi
Director, Fraud · Payments Canada
David Hooper
VP, Banking & Payments · CGI
Diana Halder
Partner, Financial Services Practice · EY Canada
Elba Gomez Navas
Economic Product Analyst · Payments Canada
Geoff Morton
VP, Fraud Management · Royal Bank of Canada
Hande Tokdemir
Manager, Network and Directory Services · Payments Canada
Ilya Shtramwasser
VP, Global Payments Technology Engineering · Royal Bank of Canada
Janet Lalonde
Vice President, RTR Operations · Payments Canada
Jeff Mulholland
Partner, IBM Consulting · IBM
John Collinson
Head, RTR Product and Technology & Operations · Interac Corp.
Jon Purther
Director, Research · Payments Canada
Jude Pinto
Chief Delivery Officer · Payments Canada
Karl Lee
Lead, ISO 20022 Centre of Excellence · Payments Canada
Kristi Lewis
VP, Marketing & Industry Relations · Paramount Commerce
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Agenda

Selected from 10 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM EDT(15 min)

    Welcome to The Payments Canada SUMMIT

  • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM EDT(30 min)

    Ask an expert: Everything you want to know about ISO 20022

  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EDT(1 hour)

    Beyond speed: reimagining the value, intelligence and resilience of modern payments

    Digital payments
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EDT(1 hour)

    Countdown to launch: lessons from building real-time payment networks and what’s next for Canada

    Global payments
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EDT(1 hour)

    From onboarding to earnings: how faster processes drive revenue

    Accelerated payments
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EDT(1 hour)

    Perspectives on the Canadian payment landscape: past, present and future

    Data-powered payments
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EDT(1 hour)

    The next war on fraud: why AI vs. AI is the new reality

    Risk-resilient payments
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EDT(1 hour)

    Unlocking financial health with open finance

    Connected payments
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDT(30 min)

    Live demo: Get to know the Payment File Validation Service

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 25 companies, parsed from the program.

25 companies in attendance.

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Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
25Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

58% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite49%
  • Founder / Owner49%
  • VP-level1126%
  • Director / Head of614%
  • Manager / Lead512%
  • Product12%
  • Engineer · IC37%
  • Research / Science12%
  • Other roles819%

Of 43 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Payments Canada16V
  2. 02Interac Corp2V
  3. 03OpenText2V
  4. 04Royal Bank of Canada2V
  5. 05ATB Financial1V
  6. 06CGI1V
  7. 07CIBC1V
  8. 08Citi1V
  9. 09DeepPoole Advisory1V
  10. 10Desjardins1V
  11. 11DoBusiness.com™1V
  12. 12EY Canada1V
  13. 13Finavator1V
  14. 14IBM1V
Sponsors by tier

Tiers were not disclosed for this event.

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