FinTech North Manchester Conference 2023 – 1 week to go!

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FinTech North is delighted to announce its sixth-annual Manchester Conference, hosted in partnership with headline sponsors, NCC Group Software Resilience, and brand sponsors Mastercard, Rise, created by Barclays, AccessPay, GFT and The University of Manchester, set to take place at Whitworth Hall in Central Manchester, this November 14th.

Thank you to Marqeta for coming on board as sponsors of the lanyards. Thank you to Intercash for hosting our pre-event speaker and sponsor get together.

Armed with a relentless commitment to nurturing innovation, fostering collaboration, and propelling the FinTech sector forward, we’ll be bringing our community together once more to celebrate FinTech excellence in the North of England. We can’t wait to cover a comprehensive and insightful glimpse into the intricate tapestry of FinTech, with Manchester’s scene taking the spotlight.

We’ll hear about national and regional developments in Fintech, as well as keynotes from Mastercard, NCC Group Software Resilience, GFT, Rise, Created by Barclays, CFIT, Innovate Finance, AccessPay and many more. We will also be hosting thought-provoking panel-discussions and our trade mark FinTech showcase to profile the region’s exciting start-ups and scale-ups.

At the conference, we’ll be covering Trust in FinTech and Financial Services – a theme that has cropped up at many a FinTech North event, and one that we’ve wanted to cover in great detail for a while – which is why we’re delighted to be working with world leading software resilience providers, NCC Group Software Resilience as headline sponsors.

We’ll address Trust in FinTech and Financial Services through multiple perspectives, including Consumer Duty, addressing customer centricity, operational resilience, vulnerability, insurance and insurtech, ID verification, the role of AI and cyber-security.

AGENDA:

08:00-09:00: Breakfast and networking

09:00-09:05: Welcome from FinTech North

Joe Roche, Engagement Manager, FinTech North

09:05-09:15: Welcome from Chair

Christopher Sier, Chairman, FinTech North and CEO, Clearglass

09:15-09:25: Welcome from The University of Manchester

Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, President and Vice Chancellor, The University of Manchester

09:25-09:45: Coalitions and regional FinTech ecosystems

Ksenia Grant, Director of Ecosystems and Partnerships, CFIT

09:45-10:05: A macro-economic outlook

Max Lambertson, Economist, Mastercard

10:05-10:25: An update on the UK’s FinTech Sector

Janine Hirt, CEO, Innovate Finance

10:25-10:55: Coffee and Networking Break

10:55-11:15: Consumer Duty, Bank-FinTech partnerships & Consumer Wellbeing

Charlotte Kanagasapabathy, Director – Innovation, Rise, created by Barclays & Will Billingsley, Co-Founder and CEO, ApTap

11:15-11:35: Automation and Risk Reduction

Anish Kapoor, CEO, AccessPay

11:35-11:55: Facets of trust in fintech and financial services – supplier failure, risk mitigation and more

Wayne Scott, Regulatory Compliance Solutions Lead, NCC Group Software Resilience

11:55-12:40: Trust in FinTech and Financial Services panel discussion

Wayne Scott, Regulatory Compliance Solutions Lead, NCC Group Software Resilience

Nicola Matthias, Director of Risk and Compliance, Aro

James Mackenzie, Commercial Director, Hippo

Sheraz Afzal, Group Legal, Risk and Compliance Director, Quint

12:40-13:00: Fireside chat with GFT – Creating real business value from AI and Data

Heather Statham, Principal Consultant and Alex Richardson, Senior Enterprise Architect, GFT

13:00-14:00: Lunch and networking break

14:00-14:20: Making the world a better place with fintech-led financial inclusion

Dr Andrea Lagna, Senior Lecturer in FinTech, Alliance Manchester Business School

14:20-15:05: Green Finance Panel Discussion, chaired by Clare Black, Managing Director, Streets Consulting

Alex Mollart, CEO, Tandem Bank

Georgina Mitchell, Wellhouse Consulting

Peter Kirby, Co-Founder, Tred

Katherine Keddie, Co-Founder, Adopter

15:05-15:35: Networking break

15:35-15:45: FinTech Growth Fund

Phil Vidler, CEO, FinTech Alliance

15:35-17:00: Manchester FinTech Showcase, chaired by Oliver Chesher, Managing Director, Galibier

Gavin Shuker, CEO, Cardeo

Sofie Churchill, Enterprise Senior Customer Success Manager, Marqeta

Mykhaylo Hnatyev, Co-Founder, Computools

Moses Peter, Co-Founder and CTO, Monirates

Lucy Mounter, Senior Business Development Executive, Intercash

Miroslava Betinova, Head of Fintech, Griffin

Julian Graham Rack, Chief Executive Officer, PrinSIX Technologies

Tom Woodroof, Director, Mutual Credit Services

Georgi Tonchev, Chief Business Development Manager, Elando

Priscilla Israel & James Garner, CEO, Sticky

17:00: Event end

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