Kazakhstan, Almaty
THE NEW WORLD OF DIGITAL FINANCE
11–12 october 2023
Kazakhstan, Almaty
THE NEW WORLD OF DIGITAL FINANCE
11–12 october 2023
Kazakhstan, Almaty
THE NEW WORLD OF DIGITAL FINANCE
11–12 october 2023
About
The Forum programme includes analysis of the widest range of issues related to the further development of fintech and payment business. Opening borders, connecting West and East, uniting fintech, banks and retail, PLUS-Forum “Fintech Borderless. Eurasia Digital” invariably arouses great interest among professionals in the banking sector, payments industry, financial market and online/offline retail.
Forum participants will discuss topical topics such as:
- overcoming the consequences of the coronavirus crisis;
- further changes in priorities in the payments industry;
- Central Bank Digital Currency Projects (CBDC);
- transformation of the banking business;
- new acquiring business models;
- economics of ecosystems;
- remote identification;
- best practices in retail banking;
- interaction of banking and retail
- and many others.
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Who are our participants?
- Fintech companies and startups, IT parks, IT axelerators
- Business angels, venture capital firms
- IT, telecom, and integrators
- World leading experts of banking and payment industry
- Managers of retail networks, e-commerce, wholesale companies, shopping malls
- Payment systems
- Research agencies and consulting companies
- International banking community, including participants of country markets throughout Central Asia (top management of banks, MFIs, investment funds)
- Insurance companies, management of logistic companies
- And others
Official mobile app for PLUS-Forum members
With the app you will be able to:- See the plan of the upcoming forums;
- Get the program of the forums;
- Create a personal schedule;
- Participate in the voting without a paper ballot.
The Forum Topics, 2022
Fintech as the culture of the banking industry
Accelerating product creation and digital transformation. From “Banks + Fintech” to “Banks = Fintech”
Central banks' digital currencies — CBDC. Prospects for Central Asia countries
Development of national and international payment systems
Digitalization of governmental services
Cryptocurrency industry 2022. From super optimism to disappointment
Trans-border money transfer market. Emphasis of global and regional scale
Customer experience in the digital age
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
Open Banking and Open APIs. How they are changing traditional banking market
Big Data. Further transformations of the banking landscape
The future of neobanks. From the current timelessness to the super-efficient services of classic banks or integration platforms
Financial marketplaces. Results of activity. The logic for future development
The economics of the ecosystem — one of the most important aspects of creating a marketplace
Digital bank for small business against the backdrop of changing banking landscape
e-Commerce as an analogue of fintech for retail. Standalone product for national market
Remote Identification — a guarantee of freedom to choose products and services
Instant (quick) payments systems. What next? Preserving banking monopoly or “Bank as a Service”?
Problems of inhouse development. Demand and implementation
Digital mortgage — a real step to Open Banking
Situation on the global ATM market
Pandemic and ATM business. Key changes in the number and functionality of ATM networks
ATM as a service. Specifics. International experience
Digital customer profiles. Digital onboarding — customer engagement and retention
NFT — new view on non-interchangeable token technologies. Use in the medium term
Speakers of the Forum, 2022
Erlan Ashykbekov
Director of payment systems department
National Bank of Kazakhstan
Mikhail Lomtadze
Chairman of the Board
Kaspi.kz
Eduard Kim
Founder
Technodom and Airba
Cristina Doros
Vice-president
Country Manager for Central Asia and Azerbaijan, Visa
Lyazzat Satiyeva
Chairman of the Board
Eurasian Bank
Lyazzat Ibragimova
Chairman of the Board
Otbasy bank
Moderator
Alma Obaeva
Chairman of the Board
Non-commercial partnership, National Payments Council
Yagub Zamanov
Director
AFSA FinTech Division
Nariman Mukushev
Deputy Chairman of the Board
Halyk Bank
Michael Ruckman
Special Guest of the event.
International expert in Customer Experience, Relationship Management, Loyalty and Business Transformation
International expert in Customer Experience, Relationship Management, Loyalty and Business Transformation
Aidos Jumagulov
Councillor of Chairman of the Board
Freedom Finance Bank Kazakhstan
Nurlan Sarsebekov
Deputy Chairman of the Board
ForteBank
Anton Musin
1st Deputy Chairman
Halyk Bank
Dmitry Komissar
General Director
ForteMarket Marketplace
Bekzhan Mutanov
Deputy CEO
Tech Hub Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC)
Zhanar Samaeva
Deputy Chairman
Payment and financial services development Center, National Bank of Kazakhstan
Molder Rysalieva
General Director
OZON Marketplace Kazakhstan
Georgiy Fesenko
Ex CEO Rozetka.uz, ex Alibaba
Natalya Romenskaya
Advisor to Chairmand of the Board
Eurasian Bank
Davit Nahapetyan
Board Member
Central Bank of Armenia
Talgat Dossanov
Co-founder
Intebix (Biteeu)
Viktoriya Novichkova
General Director
CEO Freedom Mobile & Freedom Drive
Mariya Emel'yanova
Head of Retail Business
Home Credit Bank Kazakhstan
Dinara Abdykulova
Director, Digital Bank depratment
Altyn Bank
Moderator
Vitaly Kopysov
Innovation Director
Bank Sinara
Nikolay Babeshkin
CEO
Kolesa Group
Olegzhan Beketaev
Managing Director of Marketing & PR, ESG
JUSAN банк
Serik Baiganin
Deputy Director
Digitalization Department of Almaty
Bekarys Nurumbetov
Head of mobile financial services
Tele2
Sergey Koptik
Head of mobile financial services
Kcell
Vsevolod Shabad
Independent expert in cybersecurity
Ex-CISO Halyk Bank, ex-CIO Acronis & Sberbank.KZ
Alexey Il'yin
Managing Partner
AI Fusion company
Azamat Osmanov
General Director
Magnum
Mikhail Shashilov
Head of Cross-Border payments CIS
Tinkoff
Alibek Kalabayev
Head of Project office
Transport Holding of Almaty city
Nikita Oreshkin
CTO
Huawei
Vladislav Sidevich
Senior director on consulting, CIS region
IDC
Dmitriy Ischenko
Deputy General Director
FinTech Association
Asel Abdrakhmanova
Head of Corporate Innovations
Tech Hub AIFC
Asel Nysanbaeva
Senior expert
Public Services Committee of the Ministry of defense and the aerospace industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Moderator
Maken Ibragimov
Corporate Innovations Expert
Tech Hub AIFC
Dauren Khassanov
ESG Officer
AIFC Green Finance Centre
Moderator
Konstantin Aushev
Partner, Head of Technology Practice
KPMG Central Asia
Fyodor Virin
Partner
Analytic company Data Insight
Maxim Mitusov
Independent expert
Alexander Chernoshchyokin
Senior Vice-President - Head of Digital Business department
PSB
Sergey Tsoy
ESG-consultant
EICON.GREEN
Dana Soltanova
General Director*; Co-founder**
* Kazakhstan Waste Recycling; ** Helloeco и Qazaq Recycling
Yulia Nosenko
Director on development: Open Data and Ecosystem
FinTech Association
Saidullo Nasulloyev
Head of Digital business department
Eskhata bank, Tajikistan
Moderator
Asem Nurgalieva
Executive Director*; TV host
* First Credit Bureau
Dinara Medetbekova
IT Director
Astana-Motors
Elena Sedykh
IT-entrepreneur, investor, founder & general director*
* Dogovor24
Zhanargul' Izimova
Carrier and women ledearship consultant
Vasiliy Andreev
Head of KA & strategic partnerships in Eastern Europe & Central Asia
TikTok
Moderator
Azat Mashabaev
Cofounder
Reworker Kazakhstan
Botagoz Kassabek, CEO
CEO
BAf Solution
Adalyat Abdumanapova
Team Lead, Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance Advisory Officer
Rula Raim
CEO, co-founder
It’s App
Ablaykhan Ospanov
Managing Director
Freedom Bank
Kirill Ovsiannikov
Deputy General Director on strategis directions
BS/2
Moderator
Valeriy Zubanov
Commercial Director
Kasperskiy laboratory, Central Asia and Mongolia
Aset Nurpeisov
CEO
Buhta
Damir Kakiev
Co-founder red_mad_robot Central Asia, ex-managing director of mass business dpt. - Alfa Bank Kazakhstan. Member of National “Atameken” Chamber of Entrepreneurs
Zhaslan Madiyev
General Manager
Binance Kazakhstan
Alexey Beloglazov
Cybersecurity expert, (EMEA)
Check Point Software Technologies
Agiis Konkabaeva
Expert in fintech products digitalization, CEO, co-founder red_mad_robot Central Asia, ex-director of digital development dpt. - Alfa Bank Kazakhstan
Alexander Mikhailovski
Chief Business Development Officer
eComCharge
Maxim Chernyshev
Operational Director
Tarlan Payments
Deniss Filipovs
Strategic Business Developer
Tietoevry
Alexander Sokolov
Business development Director
m4bank
Ilya Romanov
Commercial Director
VisionLabs
Moderator
Konstantin Khotkin
Consultant
IBS PROJECT
Olga Zagidullina, CFA
Director of M&A Deal Advisory & Research
Baker Tilly Qazaqstan Advisory LLP
Maxim Belikov
Commercial Director
RapidSoft
Alexander Kamitov
Senior Solutions Consultant
Genesys
Kirill Kulakov
Sales Director, CIS
EVAM
Denis Vasin
CTO
Web3 Tech
Sergey Kharlamov
Architector
VK tech
Moderator
Tatiana Glazacheva
CEO
CloudPayments
Artoym Zarubenko
Managing partner
LIFE PAY
Evgeniy Ivanchenko
CPO
Kontur
Sponsors and Partners, 2022
Title Sponsor
General Sponsor
Platinum Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Sponsor of registration
Bronze Sponsors
Associated Partners
General Mediapartner
Mediapartners
Terms of Participation
For employees of banks, government agencies and retail of the
republics: Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia,
Azerbaijan and media representatives
FREE
The Organizing Committee reserves the right to refuse
to participate without giving any reason.
For startups*
550 €
* Final confirmation upon decision of the Organizing Committee
The Forum delegate package includes:
- Attendance at events (conference, roundtables, exhibition) during the Forum
- Meals (coffee breaks, lunches) during the Forum
- A buffet and a cocktail party
- WiFi internet access
- Information materials of the Forum (the conference program, information of the exhibition participants, presentations key speakers, photos from the Forum)
Venue Plan
Venue
RIXOS ALMATY HOTEL
Seyfullin Avenue 506/99, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Rixos Almaty Hotel — is a luxurious five-star hotel with elegant design, located on the crossroads of Kabanabay Batyr and Seyfullin streets in the heart of the green city of Almaty.
Rixos Almaty Hotel is an example of a unique combination of cozy rooms, perfect service, traditional hospitality and attention to each guest.