The Rainbow of Digital Payments’ disruptive forms – A new diverse landscape
8th Payments360 Conference evolving to the central meeting place of the Digital Payments community – powered by DIAS – has successfully been completed on May 15th at Megaron Athens, welcoming 360+ executive attendees including all major stakeholders presenting breakthrough interventions, disruptive forms, and related projects. The Conference fathomed into the impact and application of the new EU legal framework for the wide adoption of instant payments, key innovations, regulatory imperatives, and trends leading to flexible, cyber-secure, and affordable transactions offering improved CX, and tangible benefits to both businesses and consumers.
We renew our appointment on Thursday 15 May 2025
Key Takeaways:
- Re-positioning digital payments’ players forming a new evolving ecosystem
- The transition to the platform economy – tomorrow’s dominant business model
- Instant Payments, P2P / A2A, Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) – a new Customer Loyalty reality
- Overview of Payments developments – PSD/2 & PSD/3 – Open Banking
- Embedded Finance & BaaS – their interplay with Digital Payments
- Fintechs/Paytechs contribution – competition and alliances with Incumbents
- High-tech rally for transparent, and flexible payments
The Program
Revisiting the expanding Rainbow of disruptive forms of Digital Payments
- The re-positioning of digital payments’ players forming a new evolving ecosystem
- Consumers culture and the actual payments’ needs in the market
- Instant Payments & their revolutionary contribution to transform the business landscape
- P2P / A2A, Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) contributing to a new Customer Loyalty reality
- The transition to the platform economy – tomorrow’s dominant business model
- Merchant Acquiring new era – Boosting digital business
Escalating new-gen Digital Payments – abiding by ESG regulated imperatives
- Overview of Payments developments in 2023 – PSD/2 & PSD/3 – Open Banking
- Embedded Finance & BaaS – their interplay with Digital Payments
- Fintechs/Paytechs contribution – competition and alliances with Incumbents
- Virtual cards for easier online purchases as proxies for physical cards
- Green payments connecting customer accounts to carbon savings
- Payments for Retail, Gaming, Utilities, Telecomms & cross-border e-Commerce
HighTech initiatives enhancing Data-centric & Cyber resilient Solutions
- Advanced Technologies, Data Science, the AI role on Insight Analytics
- Digital Channels, Mobile Payment Services and their performance
- Redesigning & Enhancing Customer Experience – the Payments’ contribution
- Cross-border Payments – the next high-tech step
- Focusing on Cybersecurity and effective Risk Management at a Cloud setup
- Onboarding Securing digital identity, preventing fraud, enabling audit
- High-tech rally for transparent, and flexible payments
Speakers
Who will you meet
Chief Digital Transformation Officers | Chief Technology Officers, Heads of IT & CIOs | Chief Retail Banking Officers | Chief Operations Officers (COOs) | Risk and Authentication Managers | ICT Managers |Chief Innovation Managers (Retail, Telecoms, Utilities, etc.)| Chief Marketing Officers | Financial Compliance Directors | IT Auditors | ICT Infrastructure and Business Continuity Managers | Payment Providers | Payment Gateways Provider | Middle Managers on Digital Transformation, Digital Payments and Innovative Products
Key Issues
- Digital Channels, Mobile Payment Services and their performance
- Re-positioning digital payments’ players forming a new evolving ecosystem
- Instant Payments P2P / A2A, Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) contributing to a new Customer Loyalty reality
- The transition to the platform economy – tomorrow’s dominant business model
- Overview of Payments developments in 2023 – PSD/2 & PSD/3 – Open Banking
- Embedded Finance & BaaS – their interplay with Digital Payments
- Fintechs/Paytechs contribution – competition and alliances with Incumbents
- Virtual cards for easier online purchases – Green payments
- Payments for Retail, Gaming, Utilities, Telecomms & cross-border e-Commerce
- Cross-border Payments – the next high-tech step
- Focusing on Cybersecurity and effective Risk Management at a Cloud setup
- Advanced Technologies, Data Science, the AI role on Insight Analytics
- Onboarding Securing digital identity, preventing fraud enabling audit
Why become a Sponsor
- Empowering your Brand Awareness & positioning on new-gen Digital Payments addressing Banks, 3rd-party players & connected ecosystems
- Active contribution to the Conference content addressing key stakeholders-attendees
- Cultivating relationships and close interaction with potential Clients’ Decision Makers
- Highlighting focus areas of your solutions – Promoting your Value Proposition
- Lead Generation – Setting up meetings with prospective clients
- Shortening sales close lifecycle
Become a Sponsor
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DIAS S.A. launched its operations in 1989 and constitutes the local Automated Clearing House. In 2023, DIAS processed close to 406 million transactions valued at 450 billion euros, this is an increase of 51% compared to 2020 setting a new historic high for DIAS S.A. and its 34 years of operation. The Company’s shareholders are the Bank of Greece and major banks, while its services are offered to approximately 50 members operating in Greece, Cyprus, and the rest of Europe. Our strategy is to develop innovative payment solutions used by everybody, such as IRIS and RF/QR code payments, in collaboration with the financial ecosystem (banks, and other payment service providers). Our services are addressed to both public and private sectors, contributing to the modernization of payments that strengthen the national economy. DIAS received three awards in 2023 for its outstanding financial results, IRIS product and instant payments implementation.
Grand Sponsor
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
Sponsors
FINARTIX Fintech Solutions S.A. provides products, technologies and related services of significant added value to the International Banking Market. Offers a state-of-the-art solutions portfolio, representing International renowned Vendors. The areas of involvement include Card Management, Payments/Case & Investigations Management, Chargeback & Dispute Management, Core Banking, Digital Banking, BPMS/BI and Loans Automations Solutions.
Mellon Group is a premier multinational corporation and top IT provider with 29 years of expertise. Specializing in cutting-edge technology for the banking sector, we offer comprehensive solutions in Payments, Retail Banking Software and Hardware, Omni-Channel & Unified Contact Centre Communication, and Business Process Management. Headquartered in Athens, Greece, with 15+ offices across Europe, we serve diverse clientele, including major banks, retailers, enterprises, and public sectors. Trusted partners in digital transformation, simplifying transactions and interactions for businesses and customers alike.
Netcompany is one of Europe’s fastest growing IT services companies, leading the way in showing how digital transformation can create strong, sustainable societies, successful companies and better lives for all.
Netcompany-Intrasoft, part of the Netcompany Group A/S, is providing top quality integrated solutions, products, and services to the European Union, ministries, public organizations as well as private sector businesses. One of its core businesses is the digitization of the banking industry. It empowers Banks and EMIs through state of the art & innovative IT solutions.
DX4B, is a digital banking solution, that combines core banking services, middleware layer for orchestration and seamless connectivity, extensive sets of APIs and White Label mobile/web digital channels. The solution addresses modern-day challenges of digitized banking, focusing on modularity, cloudification, standardization and simplicity.
The company envisions an API-driven economy, facilitating seamless integration, connectivity, data sharing, authentication, and transactions, while also enabling innovation in user experiences, products and business models.
tbi bank is a leading challenger bank in Southeast Europe and a regional leader in alternative payment solutions, building an ecosystem by combining financing and shopping to address customers’ needs. It focuses on helping merchants grow their business as well as providing consumers with financial products and services that make their lives easier. Currently operates in Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, and Lithuania. Through various digital channels and trusted partnerships with over 20,000 merchant stores, tbi has a customer base of over 2 million clients and issued nearly 750,000 loans in 2023. Its business model and customer-focused approach resulted in becoming the most profitable and efficient bank in the region.
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