7th Annual FinTech and Regulation Conference

Virtual event

Afore Consulting’s 7th Annual FinTech and Regulation Conference took place on
Tuesday 7 February and Wednesday 8 February 2023 for a full two-day programme.

This was a virtual event bringing together senior policy makers and industry representatives from across Europe and beyond.

Please find the programme here.

Confirmed speakers include:
Mairead McGuinness, Commissioner for Financial Services, European Commission
José Manuel Campa, Chair of the EBA
Petra Hielkema, Chair of EIOPA
Verena Ross, Chair of ESMA
Jean-Paul Servais, Chair of IOSCO and Chair of FSMA
Sarah Pritchard, Executive Director for Markets, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Jay Shambaugh, Under Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. Treasury
Sharon Donnery, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Ireland
Marcus Pleyer, Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany
Santa Purgaile, Deputy Governor of Latvijas Banka
Steven Maijoor, Executive Director, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB)
Burkhard Balz, Member of the Executive Board, Deutsche Bundesbank
Hanzo van Beusekom, Member of the Executive Board, Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)
Phil Venables, Chief Information Security Officer, Google Cloud
John Neal, CEO, Lloyd’s
Faryar Shirzad, Chief Policy Officer, Coinbase
Edward Bowles, Global Director of Public Policy, Meta Financial Technologies

Topics of discussion include:
The future of banking and innovative payments & the role of the digital euro
The implications of technology for supervision
Role of data
Crypto ecosystem