Payments in Real Life

💳 Payment cards, banks, fintechs, retailers, regulations, platforms…and somewhere in between – a good question.
Meet Ognjen Vlačina, a true payments observer and marketplace explorer, who knows that payments are never just transactions. As Project Leader for Payments at INBAB (part of the INGKA Group), Ognjen spends his days navigating the complex terrain of marketplace payments, building, questioning, setting up, and untangling payment ecosystems at scale.
With nearly 20 years of experience across South‑East Europe and global markets, Ognjen has worked hands‑on with banks, PSPs, card schemes, acquirers, fintechs, and retailers, covering everything from payment setup and management to collaboration, negotiations, and RFPs. His perspective is broad, practical, and refreshingly grounded in reality.
🎩 Beyond corporate life, Ognjen is a community builder (Belgrade Payment meet‑up), an observer and writer for regional media, and a poet at heart, proving that even the world of payments can be thoughtful, creative, and human.
Who better, then, to moderate a fireside chat on marketplace payments, a topic where complexity meets scale, innovation meets responsibility, and reality often catches up with ambition?
🪑 Join us at the Finticipate Forum Vol.5, pull up a chair, and register to be part of the conversation!