As the rapid advance of artificial intelligence transforms our world, financial services is ripe for both improvement and attack. AI tools can jumpstart productivity and power a more efficient and inclusive financial system, or if left unchecked can also escalate financial crime and deepen inequality. How do we channel the vast potential of AI for good and provide guardrails that ensure it benefits humanity? What are the real-world use cases in fintech? Take a deep dive into AI’s role in the present and future of finance.
Digital technology is transforming the financial industry, changing the way payments, savings, borrowing, and investment services are provided and who provides them. Fintech has the potential to better address customer needs and preferences to ensure the enhanced availability, accessibility, usage, convenience and quality of services – but the disruption of traditional financial systems necessitates new thinking and approaches to ensure stability, integrity, security and inclusion. How do we ensure the consumer remains top-of-mind when designing new financial products and services? Explore with us how to build better financial solutions for everyone.
We are at the dawn of a new age of Open Finance. New platform technology allows consumers to consciously consent for their transactional data to be shared between financial services providers. This interoperability levels the informational playing field and fosters both competition and partnership with a new breed of fintech disruptors. Globally, every country is at a different stage of open finance adoption and maturity but there is a worldwide sentiment of readiness, and the potential benefits of increased competition and more significant levels of financial inclusion are compelling – but open finance is not without its perils. Learn how bankers, founders, and policymakers alike can tap into the potential of a connected financial ecosystem.
The financial crisis of 2008 eroded consumer trust of traditional financial institutions. Starting with the creation of Bitcoin in 2009, then enabled by the launch of Ethereum in 2015, DeFI and Web3 have emerged offering an entirely new paradigm that prioritizes autonomy, inclusivity and empowerment. In fact, blockchain’s fundamental promise is its ability to provide a secure, transparent way to establish trust for virtually any kind of transaction – and yet mass adoption faces considerable headwinds. How can this potential be unlocked? What are the applications and implications? Our experts aim to demystify the decentralized future of finance.
Cash is still king in the Caribbean. While many developed and emerging countries are already moving towards a reduction in cash usage, the Caribbean remains resistant. From mobile wallets to digital currencies, payments modernization is critical to enabling economic development at both domestic and cross-border levels, but many challenges still exist that preclude the broadening of digital payment use throughout the region, from a lack of access, regulatory harmonization and affordable payment solutions, to a need for further public and private sector cooperation, consumer protections and an open, inclusive and interoperable payment ecosystem. Gain insights from key stakeholders on enabling payments that are instant, interoperable, and borderless.
Financial technology is increasingly interwoven into our daily lives, embedded into other experiences across a variety of industries, from retail to entertainment to healthcare. Fintech is not just making finance more digital – it’s making it more human. Fintech has the power to uplift individuals and businesses, enable a more inclusive, efficient financial system, and even help preserve our planet. Hear from leading entrepreneurs leveraging fintech to make our lives better and transform our world in unexpected places.