We are honoured to have Lord Chris Holmes Holmes of Richmond MBE as our guest host. Ron Kalifa, OBE and Kelly Devine, President UK & Ireland, Mastercard are keynote speakers and will be joining us for a key fireside chat.

Guest Host: 

• Lord Chris Holmes of Richmond

Keynote Speakers: 

• Ron Kalifa, OBE
• Kelly Devine, President UK & Ireland, Mastercard

Speakers:

• Ariadne Ingrid Plaitakis, Senior Financial Specialist, CGAP
• Freddy Kelly, CEO, Credit Kudos
• Philip James, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland
• Muna Yassin, Managing Director, Fair Money Advice
• Phil Gosset, Head of Innovation & Co-lead Open Banking for Good, Nationwide
• Karen Elliot, Senior Lecturer & Associate Professor FinTech, Newcastle Business School
• Samantha Seaton, CEO, Moneyhub
• Loral Quinn, CEO, Sustainability

Agenda

16:00 Welcome from Helen

16:05 Fireside Chat

• Lord Chris Holmes of Richmond
• Ron Kalifa OBE
• Kelly Devine, President UK & Ireland, Mastercard

16:30 The state of financial inclusion and Open Banking in the real world: Trends, challenges and case studies

We know that Open Banking serves as a powerful tool for financial inclusion, but what does this look like in real life? This session will delve into the current trends, roadblocks and practical use cases to uncover what’s being done, what’s not and how it can be leveraged for the future.

Speakers

• Phil Gosset, Head of Innovation & Co-lead Open Banking for Good, Nationwide
• Samantha Seaton, CEO, Moneyhub
• Loral Quinn, CEO, Sustainably

16:50 Open Banking: How to Design for Financial Inclusion

Open Banking regimes allow a wide range of users, including fintechs, to access the customer data locked inside banks and other financial institutions to develop innovative financial products and services that are lower cost and better suited to the needs of consumers. While many policy makers and regulators in emerging and developing markets recognize the potential benefits of open banking regimes, they are uncertain how to design them in ways that support their financial inclusion objectives. CGAP has examined 12 open banking regimes and identified the critical design components that are most likely to serve the needs of poor people.

Presenter

• Ariadne Ingrid Plaitakis, Senior Financial Specialist, CGAP

17:05 Open Banking, ethics and the future of financial inclusion

Fact: more individuals are excluded from the financial system than not. The personal, financial and societal impacts are massive, but can be solved through technology. This panel will debate ethics, the impact of AI, Open Banking and Data on this issue as well as the power of digital identity to level the playing field for billions.

Speakers

• Freddy Kelly, CEO Credit Kudos
• Philip James, Partner Eversheds Sutherland
• Muna Yassin, Managing Director, Fair Money Advice
• Karen Elliot, Senior Lecturer & Associate Professor FinTech, Newcastle Business School

17:30 Final word and close from Helen

All meeting participants are reminded that this meeting must adhere to competition law rules and, as such, no confidential or commercially sensitive information should be shared directly or indirectly between competitors.

Helen Child, Founder & CEO, Open Banking Excellence