Baltic Payment Forum

2023-04-25

Vilnius, Lithuania

About event

On 25 April 2023, Hilton Garden Inn City Center in Vilnius, Lithuania will host participants of the Baltic Payment Forum from 14 countries. BS/2 proud to be the platinum sponsor of this event.

The main idea of the Baltic Payment Forum is to support the Ukrainian financial market and to create a platform for the international exchange of experience in the sphere of payments between financial leaders from European countries, Ukraine, CIS countries, etc.

Attendees will discuss issues related to the future collaboration at Ukrainian and European financial markets, the risks and opportunities for European integration, cooperation in the payment sector, new projects and possibilities for the growth of the financial sector in the post-war period, as well as the lessons of survival in crises.

BS/2 representatives and invited guests will address the audience. Reports on cash management solutions, payment innovations, and predictions for digital financial services development will be presented at the event.

The Forum will allow you to share the best practices, learn about new trends in the payment industry, meet colleagues, find new partners from many countries, and boost your business!

Agenda

April 25

08:00

Registration to the conference

09:00

Welcome speech by organizer Business-Format and guests

09:15

Opening Discussion 1: "Europe - Ukraine. Opportunities and Risks in New Economic Reality"

Moderator: Paulius Tarbūnas, Member of the Board FinTech HUB LT

We will discuss issues related to the future collaboration at Ukrainian and European financial markets, the risks and opportunities for European integration, cooperation in the payment sector, new projects and opportunities for the growth of the financial sector in the post-war period, as well as the lessons of survival in crises. The following questions proposed:

Lessons for financial markets from the war in Ukraine. How to take a hit and stay stable
What are the expectations of Ukraine and Europe regarding European integration? How can the financial sector to prepare better?
Top tendencies in the financial markets for 2023. How they can change the payment sphere in Europe?

Invited Guests:

Lukas Jakubonis, Chief Development Officer Bank of Lithuania
Marine Krasovska, Head of Fintech Supervision Department, Bank of Latvia
Rūta Merkevičiūtė, Head of Digital Finance Unit, European Banking Authority (EBA) (France)
Oleksiy Shaban, Deputy Chairman National Bank of Ukraine

10:05

Strategic Session: "Payments in World Without Borders"

10:05 - 10:25	Ukrainian experience in the payment sphere Speaker: Oleksiy Shaban, Deputy Chairman National Bank of Ukraine
10:25 - 10:45	European regulatory update –payments priorities for 2023 Speaker: Judith Crawford, Director of Policy and Operations at the Electronic Money Association (UK)
10:45 - 11:05	New solutions for merchant acquiring Special Speaker invited by BS/2: Robert Łaniewski, President of Foundation for Development of Cashless Payments (Poland)

11:05

Coffee Break

11:35

Session 2: "Payment Experience"

11:35 - 11:55	A new era of payments – where are we now and what is next?
11:55 - 12:15	Banking experience in payments. Best practice.
12:15 - 12:35	Open banking for every business.

12:35

Panel Discussion 2: "Future in Finance. Digital Transformation of Banking"

Moderator: Alexandre Pinot, CAMS, - Board Member FinTech HUB LT, Co-Founder | Head Of Innovation & Strategy @ AMLYZEFINTECH HUB LT