Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation - Payments in the Plague Year, and beyond

Why you should watch:

The Covid crisis has accelerated changes that were already underway in the payments space - particularly the move from cash, but also the move from plastic to mobile phones. However, the Wirecard scandal (though it was - emphatically - not a technology problem) has also exposed regulatory issues that need to be addressed, and the slump in global remittances has re-emphasised just how expensive cross-border transfers can be. An important discussion - with three leading figures in the payments industry.

Moderators: Andrew Hilton (Director, CSFI) & Leighton Hughes (FinTech Lead, CSFI)

Ruth Wandhofer (www.rwandhofer.com) is a partner in Gauss Ventures, a PE company specialising in FinTech. She was on the 'Women in FinTech' powerlist for 2016/17/18, and is a former Global Head of Regulatory and Market Strategy for Citi Transaction Services. She has a PhD from (what used to be) Cass Business School

Sandra Alzetta is VP and Global Head of Payments at Spotify. Before that, she spent 27 years at Visa, latterly as Executive Director for Digital Services, and before that as ED for Core Products. She has an MEng from Strathclyde.

Tony Craddock is Director-general of the Emerging Payments Association, which he set up in 2012, and co-editor of the PayTech Book. The EPA has 130 members, including banks, payment schemes, issuers, merchant acquirers and retailers.