9-th and 10-th of April,
2025
Radisson Blu Latvija Conferences & Spa Hotel
Elizabetes 55, Riga, Latvia
We are planning that this year we will have:
~ 250 participants and ~ 20 speakers from schemes, banks, fintechs, regulatory, processors…
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Zane has extensive experience in financial regulatory matters gained throughout her two decades long career in a law firm as well as in-house in one of the leading credit institutions.
She advises banks and other financial service providers on a wide range of complex issues, including market entry, licensing, internal controls, new product launches, compliance, supervisory affairs as well as acquisitions and restructuring within the financial sector. She is particularly passionate about innovative payment solutions and digitalization.
Uldis Cerps is a financial risk professional with over 25 years of experience in leadership, executive and non-executive roles across central banking, regulation and financial market infrastructure.
Uldis currently serves as CEO of Finance Latvia, a financial sector advocacy group. He is also a Vice President of the Employer’s Confederation of Latvia and member of the Executive Committee of the European Banking Federation.
Uldis’ career demonstrates experience across many sectors within financial services, embracing the perspective of regulated companies, issuers, and regulators.
In the early 1990s, he was CEO of the Riga Stock Exchange. For eight years, Uldis served as Executive Director of Banking Supervision at the Swedish FSA. He represented the Swedish FSA at the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision, as well as the European Banking Authority’s Board of
Supervisors and the Management Board. He has also led two working groups at the European Banking Authority. Uldis also has regulatory experience from emerging markets, where he served as the Chairman of Latvia’s Financial and Capital Markets Commission.
From 2015 to 2021 Uldis served as observer of the Audit Committee of the European Development Bank. From November 2017 to July 2024 Uldis served as advisor to the Governor of the Central Bank of the UAE. In 2023 Uldis was appointed as co-chair of the working group of the Financial Stability Board examining the risks posed by stablecoins in Emerging Market Developing Economies.
Since the early 2000s, Uldis has been a board member of several academic institutions, including the Advisory Council of the University of Latvia and the Riga Graduate School of Law. Uldis is currently a member of the advisory board of a think tank Baltic Finance Center. Uldis’ research has been
published by Axel Springer Verlag and the IMF. He is also a member of SNS, the Swedish Centre for Business and Policy Studies. Uldis is a certified compliance professional by the International Compliance Association.
Uldis has graduated the University of Latvia with a university degree in journalism and is currently studying for a DBA degree at the Heriot Watt University (UK).
Malte Krueger is Professor of Economics at the University of Applied Sciences in Aschaffenburg (Germany) and works as a consultant for PaySys Consultancy (Frankfurt).
He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Cologne (Germany) and has worked as a research fellow for the Bank of Spain, the University of Western Ontario, the University of Durham, the University of Karlsruhe, the University of Applied Sciences in Frankfurt and the European Commission. Consulting projects have focused on payments – including internet payments - and the list of clients includes banks, processors, merchants, card schemes, payment service providers, government institutions and others, in Germany and other European countries. Academic research has focused on payments in general, two-sided markets, monetary economics and exchange rates. Malte has published widely in academic and industry journals.
Angel joined Visa Europe in 2023 to lead the data science team that supports European internal functions and products.
Previously, he built and led the Data Science practice at Santander UK, focused on implementing Machine Learning solutions to increase the value we offer to our customers, reduce costs, and increase efficiencies. During his time at Santander, he also served as temporary CDO for 18 months. Prior to that, Angel worked at PwC since 2004, both in Spain and UK, where he led one of the advanced analytics teams in the financial services sector, implementing machine learning solutions for European clients and regulators.
Angel is a public speaker on data and analytics events and articles writer, has been speaking on over 40 events during the last 5 years. Angel holds a BS in Physics (University of Madrid - UAM), MBA (UAH).
David has over 30 years experience in the Cards, Payments and Fintech industries. He has worked for giants such as First Data, Fiserv and FIS in Europe, as well as start-ups and fast growth companies such as SecureTrading.com/Trust Payments and Planet Payment, where he led their DCC market entry into CEMEA and LATAM.
He has held roles as Head of Cards at Riyadh Bank, and was the General Manager of Network Internationals Card Issuing and Acquirer processing business across the Middle East, prior to its IPO by ENBD Bank.
Joining Tuum in autumn 2024 David is leading Tuum’s engagement with Third Party Card Processors, Card Schemes and Tier 1 Clearing Banks from Tuum’s London office.
Marine Krasovska is the Head of FinTech Supervision Department at Latvijas Banka. She holdsva Master' s Degree in Finance (University of Latvia) and a professional diploma in management (Open University Business School, UK), as well completed Oxford strategic innovation program (Said Business School), and Innovations and AI from INSEAD.
She built professional experience working at SEB bank, DNB bank and Luminor Bank in managerial positions. In 2020, she became the Director of the Financial Innovation Department at Financial and Capital Market Commission (FCMC). Following the integration of FCMC into Latvijas Banka on January 1, 2023, she assumed her current position as Head of FinTech Supervision Department.
Marine is recognized for her dynamic and proactive work within the FinTech community, contributing significantly to Latvia' s emergence as a FinTech hub. She has also shared insights on financial innovation as guest lecturer in Riga Technical University and Riga business school.
Since January 2021, Tīna leads the Fintech Latvia Association. The aim of the Association is to unite financial service providers leveraging financial technologies, including alternative financing market players, fintech-driven institutions, and other key stakeholders fostering innovation.
The Association strives to ensure the representation and implementation of their interests at both national and international levels, promoting the sustainable development and growth of the Latvian financial sector.
Currently Head of Partnerships at Fintech Hub LT and Board Member at Monavate (EMI), Anna Pavlovska has extensive experience in both the fintech and traditional banking sectors, as well as in central banking.
Expertise spans payments, digital platforms and the development of innovative financial products such as digital payment and FX platforms, e-commerce solutions and AI-owered payment methods.
With a background in business development, strategy, M&A and relationship management, they have a hands-on leadership style and a proven track record of leading teams through challenging and transformational environments.
I’m a Founding Partner and Chief Editor at Nordic Fintech Magazine, where I turn complex financial topics into content that’s clear and engaging. With nearly 20 years of experience at Gartner and Nordea, I’ve seen firsthand how fintech is transforming the industry. I used to be the Chief Futurist at the Nordics' largest bank, focusing on innovation, disruption, and ethical AI. Now, I also share my thoughts on the future of finance as a guest lecturer at Stanford, Singularity University, and Copenhagen Business School.
INFORMATIVE PARTNERS
EPCA (European Payments Consulting Association)
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Vedicard is one of Nordic’s and Baltics leading payment consulting companies offering advice based on passionate payment industry professionals with more than 20 year’s experience in this field.
Vedicard offers quality experts advice, guidance and help starting from strategy development, market research, business modelling, regulatory advices and required document development, supplier selection, solution requirements definition ending with being main integrator, project management, solution design, UAT development, solution implementation, migration and certification as well as training. Vedicard can cover various areas starting from traditional payment cards and banking solutions to emerging new payment methods like mobile, cloud based payments, instant payments and other innovations.
The company’s target customers are financial institutions, Electronic Money Institutions (EMI), payment Institutions, processors, transaction gateways, merchants and retailers as well as payment business start-up.
The European Payments Consulting Association (EPCA) is a European network of independent payments consulting companies, who cooperate in offering advisory services to international and Pan European payments industry players and merchants.
The European Payments Consulting Association (EPCA) was created in 1998 by three independent payment consulting companies – PaySys in Germany, PSE Consulting in UK and PlusCon in Denmark. The founder members recognised they needed a Pan EU network if they were to deliver payments assignments to large International and European clients.
The EPCA network has the full range of capabilities to meet the needs of international payments companies.
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