Paris Fintech Forum 2021 Spring Edition: Payment & Digital Assets

Paris Fintech Forum 2021 Spring Edition: Payment & Digital Assets took place on 15 April 2021 in Virtual, France. It was organised by Alteir Event and Paris Fintech Forum, and B2DB records 43 speakers across 28 sessions on 2 stages. 1 speaker has verified their own profile.

The second day of the Paris Fintech Forum 2021 Spring Edition, held online on 15 April 2021: the Payment stream in the morning and the Digital Assets stream in the afternoon.

Key facts

Verified speakers (1)

Profiles confirmed by the speakers themselves.

• Ali Paterson Founder/CEO & Editor-in-Chief, FF News

Speakers (43)

1 of 43 verified. Compiled from the published agenda; speakers can claim and verify their own entry.

• Ali Paterson ✓ Verified Founder/CEO & Editor-in-Chief, FF News
• Laurent Nizri Founder & CEO, Paris Fintech Forum
• David Birch Principal, David G. W. Birch
• Pascal Bouvier Managing Partner, MiddleGame Ventures
• Claire Calméjane EVP, General Manager EMEA Sales, UK & I, French & Benelux, Sykes
• Oliver Bussmann
• Florian Graillot Founding Partner, Astorya.VC
• Yoni Assia Founder & CEO, eToro
• Jean-Marc Stenger Chief Executive Officer, Societe Generale - FORGE
• Shachar Bialick Founder, CEO, Curve
• Denise Johansson Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Enfuce
• Nick Ogden Partner, Performance Marine Group Limited
• Cyril Chiche Co-founder & CEO, Lydia
• Denelle Dixon Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director, Stellar Development Foundation
• Simon Black Onafriq
• Paul Thomalla Independant Payments Guy, Self.
• Michael Miebach Chief Executive Officer, Mastercard
• Nadia Filali Head of Innovation & Development, Groupe Caisse des Dépôts
• Pavel Matveev Founder and Group CEO, Wirex
• Christophe Bourbier BISSA
• Evgenia Loginova Chief Strategy Officer, BPC
• Lizzie Chapman
• Ambre Soubiran CEO, Kaiko
• Charles Cascarilla
• Dean Demellweek CIB Digital Transformation Leader, BNP Paribas CIB
• Frédéric Mazurier President, Market Pay
• Kevin de Patoul CEO & Co-Founder, Keyrock
• Henrik Gebbing Co-Founder & COO, Causa Prima
• Houssem Assadi CEO Financial Institutions Business Unit, Market Pay
• Alessandro Hatami
• Hubert De Vauplane Partner, Financial Services, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
• Gilles Grapinet Worldline
• Luc Falempin Head of Product - Apex Digital, Apex Group
• Antoine Grimaud
• Charlie Meraud Paris Blockchain Week Summit
• Valérie Fasquelle Directeur Général IT - Chief Information Officer, Banque de France
• Lionel Baraban
• Julio Faura
• Clement Francomme Utocat
• Benjamin Jones CEO, Bitwala
• Michael Amar CEO, Paris Blockchain Week Summit & Ifeelgoods
• Jean-Michel Pailhon VP Business Solutions, Ledger
• Louis Chatriot CEO, Alma

Agenda (28 sessions)

Day 1 — Thursday 15 April 2021

• Opening remarks 09:00–09:10 · Payment stream — Laurent Nizri
• Fireside chat with Michael Miebach CEO of Mastercard 09:10–09:40 · Payment stream — Laurent Nizri, Michael Miebach
• Global payment in a post covid world 09:40–10:20 · Payment stream — Laurent Nizri, Simon Black, Paul Thomalla, Evgenia Loginova +1 more
• PSD2 and Payment : Where do we stand now? 10:20–10:40 · Payment stream — Laurent Nizri, Denise Johansson, Christophe Bourbier
• Roundtable - Payment gateways : is it still a business for banks ? 10:40–11:10 · Payment stream — Claire Calméjane, Antoine Grimaud
• Roundtable - Soft pos : is this happening now ? 10:40–11:10 · Payment stream — Ali Paterson, Houssem Assadi
• Roundtable - Payment in Europe in a post Brexit world 10:40–11:10 · Payment stream — Pascal Bouvier, Nick Ogden
• Roundtable - Data & payment : a love affair ? 10:40–11:10 · Payment stream — David Birch, Lionel Baraban
• Fireside Chat wit Gilles Grapinet, Worldline Chairman 11:10–11:40 · Payment stream — Laurent Nizri, Gilles Grapinet
• Enhanced retail 11:40–12:20 · Payment stream — Lizzie Chapman, Frédéric Mazurier, Alessandro Hatami, Louis Chatriot
• Where is the value? 12:20–12:50 · Payment stream — Laurent Nizri, Shachar Bialick, Cyril Chiche
• Opening remarks 14:00–14:10 · Digital Assets stream — Laurent Nizri, Pascal Bouvier, Oliver Bussmann
• The retail crypto craziness is upon us! 14:10–14:35 · Digital Assets stream — Pascal Bouvier, Pavel Matveev, Benjamin Jones
• Fireside Chat with Yoni Assia, Etoro CEO 14:35–15:00 · Digital Assets stream — Laurent Nizri, David Birch, Yoni Assia
• Digital Assets are going mainstream 15:00–15:35 · Digital Assets stream — Oliver Bussmann, Jean-Marc Stenger, Denelle Dixon, Henrik Gebbing
• Roundtable - Mainstream adoption of digital assets is nearer than you think ? 15:35–16:05 · Digital Assets stream — Ali Paterson, Charlie Meraud
• Roundtable - Is NFT a crazy business ? 15:35–16:05 · Digital Assets stream — David Birch, Michael Amar
• Roundtable - Crypto & blockchain, did the regulators understood the subject ? 15:35–16:05 · Digital Assets stream — Alessandro Hatami, Hubert De Vauplane
• Roundtable - Does DeFi hold the key to bank the unbanked ? 15:35–16:05 · Digital Assets stream — Dean Demellweek, Benjamin Jones
• Roundtable - Blockchain use cases in insurance ? 15:35–16:05 · Digital Assets stream — Florian Graillot, Clement Francomme
• Fireside Chat with Charles Cascarilla, Paxos CEO 16:05–16:30 · Digital Assets stream — Oliver Bussmann, Charles Cascarilla
• The Building Blocks of the Crypto Industry 16:30–17:15 · Digital Assets stream — Pascal Bouvier, Nadia Filali, Ambre Soubiran, Kevin de Patoul +1 more
• CBDCs, what now? 17:15–17:45 · Digital Assets stream — Oliver Bussmann, Valérie Fasquelle, Julio Faura
• Roundtable - Coinbase ICO, eToro SPAC, is sky the limit for cryptos ? 17:45–18:15 · Digital Assets stream — Pascal Bouvier, Michael Amar
• Roundtable - Security services & crypto custody for enterprises: which maturity & when ? 17:45–18:15 · Digital Assets stream — Claire Calméjane, Jean-Michel Pailhon
• Roundtable - CDBC, is there any retail use case ? 17:45–18:15 · Digital Assets stream — Dean Demellweek, Hubert De Vauplane
• Roundtable - Can we insure crypto assets ? 17:45–18:15 · Digital Assets stream — Ali Paterson, Florian Graillot
• Roundtable - Bank & Crypto : a schyzophrenic love affair 17:45–18:15 · Digital Assets stream — Ambre Soubiran, Alessandro Hatami

Organisers, sponsors and partners

Organisers (2)

Alteir Event · Paris Fintech Forum

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