EBAday

News/crypto

EBAday 2024: Challenges and benefits of CBDCs

What is the future of CBDCs in Europe and what do experts expect from stablecoin adoption? These questions were answered at EBAday 2024 in Lisbon where leaders in digital currencies examined what the future holds for digital assets.

19 June 2024

News/payments

EBAday 2024: Turning European dialogue into solutions for the new payments era

Wolfgang Ehrmann, chairman of the board at Euro Banking Association (EBA) kicked off the first day of the 19th EBAday with a speech welcoming all delegates.

18 June 2024

News/crypto

EBAday 2024: Tokenisation and digital identity will lead banking evolution

At EBAday 2024 in Lisbon, after a buzzing morning of introductions and a keynote to set up the themes for the rest of the conference, David Birch presented a challenge speech titled ‘Digital Money, Digital Assets, Digital Identity: The Future of Banking’.

18 June 2024

Finextra TV/payments

SEPA Instant Mandate: Racing to European Banking transformation

Ainsley Ward, Vice President at CGI, and Global Business Development lead for CGI’s Payments Solutions, sheds light on European Parliament's SEPA Instant Mandate and the 9th of January 2025 deadline for Eurozone banks. With the Federal Reserve's FedNow initiative connecting 400 banks in a year underscoring varying market readiness, challenges still persist. We discuss alternatives found in new technologies and scepticism over universal compliance in anticipation of EBAday, where stakeholders can converge to navigate regulatory complexities and seek solutions in this digital era.

17 June 2024

News/payments

EBAday 2024: Fintech Zone finalists revealed!

For the sixth year running, EBAday will host a dedicated Fintech Zone, where 16 early stage and growth startups will compete for the chance to be crowned the 2024 winner.

11 June 2024

News/payments

EBAday 2024: 100 banks registered and ready to fuel the payments technology conversation

Q. What does the payments sector look for in a conference? A. The number of banks registered to attend and the number of bank speakers on the agenda, ready to openly communicate to the audience how they are currently leveraging technology.

29 May 2024

News/regulation

EBAday 2024: The keys to successful digitalisation

Financial institutions need to transform their entire business and operating model to achieve bespoke and modular digital solutions while improving their profitability.

20 May 2024

News/payments

EBAday 2024: Confirmation of Payee’s impact on instant payments and fraud in Europe

Confirmation of Payee (COP) has a key role in the instant payments infrastructure as a service that verifies account names prior to making a payment, the scheme ensures that funds are being transferred to the correct account.

09 May 2024

News/cloud

EBAday 2024: What are the immersive trends in payments technology?

Artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing are rapidly changing the way payments services providers (PSPs) operate.

01 May 2024

News/crypto

EBAday 2024: The future of CBDCs, tokenised deposits and stablecoin adoption

Tokenised money is on the horizon in numerous countries. This week, the Bank of England’s Sarah Breeden announced that a discussion paper will be released in summer 2024 to draw on input from the private sector to complement the work being conducted on stablecoin regulation and retail central bank digital currency (CBDC).

22 April 2024

News/payments

David Birch confirmed as EBAday 2024 challenge speaker

Exploring digital money, digital assets, digital identity and the future of banking, David G. W. Birch has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for one of the most compelling sessions at EBAday every year.

05 April 2024

News/startups

EBAday 2024: Calling early-stage startups to showcase products

The 19th edition of EBAday, the largest annual European event for payments and transaction banking, will return on 18th – 19th June 2024 at CCL in Lisbon, Portugal.

15 March 2024

News/startups

EBAday 2024: Applications open for Fintech Zone

Finextra and the Euro Banking Association are inviting startups from across the world to apply to join the 2024 Fintech Zone at EBAday 2024 in Lisbon.

05 December 2023

Finextra TV/payments

Revolutionising Treasury Teams

Michèle Zaquine, Director, Head of Propositions and Commercialisation Continental Europe, Global Payments Solutions, HSBC, speaks at EBAday 2023 about the impact payment trends will have on the future organisation of treasury teams. We explore how treasurers in the current market need to assess new technologies for their net benefits, including solution technologies such as APIs, to enhance treasury operations and by looking at transformations in the B2B and B2C industries.

24 July 2023

Finextra TV/payments

Pushing Fraud Controls to the Next Level

Isabel Schmidt, Co-Head of Global Payments Products, BNY Mellon, joins us at EBAday 2023 to discuss real-time payments and the ways to improve fraud controls with data validation services and cross-industry collaboration.

10 July 2023

Finextra TV/payments

Exploring the Impact of Data and AI in Digital Banking

Sophia Wikander, General Manager, Financial Services, Western Europe, Microsoft, speaks at EBAday 2023 about the impact of data and AI in digital banking on customers, strategies for banks to maintain competitiveness and improve customer satisfaction, and approaches for optimising key opportunities.

10 July 2023

Long read/EBAday

Finextra Research Writer at Finextra

EBAday: A quest for global interoperability

05 July 2023

Finextra TV/payments

The potential introduction of the Digital Euro: What do Banks need to consider?

Daniel Szmukler, EBA Director / Innovation, Member Relations and Strategic Engagement, Euro Banking Association, speaks at EBAday 2023 about what the EBA Working Group has identified as key considerations and challenges for banks with the potential introduction of a digital euro. We look at their latest report on retail CBDCs and wholesale CBDCs, the next steps banks should be taking, and where the EBA’s research efforts will go next in the digital payments space.

04 July 2023

Finextra TV/regulation

Implementing EBA's Pan-European Fraud Taxonomy: First Findings from Early Movers

Thomas Egner, Secretary General, Euro Banking Association, and Annick Moes, Head of Industry Issues and Cooperation Initiatives, Euro Banking Association, discuss at EBAday 2023 the practical impact of the EBA's pan-European taxonomies addressing KYC and fraud combatting. They share feedback from first movers, which have implemented the EBA Fraud Taxonomy for fraud analytics and customer education, and comment on the taxonomy’s increasing relevance in the context of evolving payments regulation at EU level.

04 July 2023

Finextra TV/payments

The Clever Use of Data

Edward Chandler, SVP, Head of Commercial and Money Movement Solutions for Europe, Visa, speaks at EBAday 2023 about the power of open data in enabling the future of payments, and how data and AI are being used to create more seamless experiences to help people and businesses thrive.

04 July 2023