Agenda
2023
Agenda
2023
PRELIMINARY AGENDA
Panels & Topics
June 15th, 2023
9:00 – 09:30
Registration / Coffee & Tea
09:30 – 09:45
Opening remarks
Jorgovanka Tabaković, Governor, National Bank of Serbia
09:45 – 10:25
Regulators about Fintech
Moderator: Anica Telesković, journalist
Speakers:
- Dragana Stanić, Vice-Governor, National Bank of Serbia
- Zorica Kalezić, Vice-Governor, Central Bank of Montenegro
- Luljeta Minxhozi, First Deputy Governor, Bank of Albania
10:25 – 11:00
Panel #1: The FinTech state of mind
Business and regulatory FinTech trends and challenges to watch out for!
The year in review 2022: What the Fintech Happened? How has the latest financial crisis influenced financial markets and how FinTechs? What new regulations will define how FinTech will operate in the future? Which new market trends are emerging? The cybercrimes – FinTech menace – and how to handle it?
- Post-Covid tech – world earthquake – what are the implications?
- The downfall of BNPL-Is the B(NPL) the new NPL?
- CBDC – the future of the money? Are Central banks in SEE considering issuing digital currencies?
- Trending regulations in the EU and its effects on the SEE market: What does MiCA mean for the EU and what for non-EU markets? How is DORA relevant?
Moderator: Dušica Lukač, Partner, DL Capital Partners
Speakers:
- Linardo Martinčević, CNB Fintech Coordinator / Advisor at Office of the Governor, Croatian National Bank
- Ana Nives Radović, Founder, FinTech Online Center
- Tanja Bivić Plankar, President, Blockchain Alliance Europe
- Željka Motika, Partner, Motika & Partners
11:00 – 11:20
Networking break / Coffee & Tea
11:20 – 11:45
CFA Society Warm-up Session
Banks vs. Fintech: cooperation, competititon or something else
Moderator: Ognjen Vasiljević, Secretary and Member of the Board of Directors, CFA Society Serbia
Speakers:
- Petar Tomić, Member, CFA Society Serbia
- Nikola Milićević, Technology Business Consultant, FIS
11:45 – 12:30
Panel #2: Banks, payment platforms, and FinTechs
Round 2: Is there enough room for all?
- Banking as a service – trends
- Digital ID is the cornerstone of winning the FinTech race in SEE. What are we waiting for?
- The growth of neo-banks and digital-only banks in SEE
- Old (new) faces – Embracing the Change- How are mainstream payment platforms pushing the development of FinTechs?
Moderator: Merima Mahmutović, Country Ambassador, EWPN & Senior Manager SEE – Bank Strategy & Transformation, PWC
Speakers:
- Slobodan Lukić, Merchant Sales and Acquiring Director, Visa South East Europe
- Dejan Janjatović, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, NLB Komercijalna banka
- Stefan Kostić, CEO, IPfication
- Aleksandar Bogdanović, CEO / President of the Executive Board, Mobi Banka
12:30 – 12:50
Networking Break
12:50 – 13:10
Warm-up Session
- Nikola Mehandžić, Director, Payoneer Serbia
- Mirko Antić, Member of the Management Board, Atos Bank
13:10 – 13:20
Pop-up Presentation Blik
13:20 – 14:00
Panel #3: APIs and Embedded Finance
Everything, everywhere, and all in the real-time
Improving customer experiences is one of the key engines behind the growth of embedded finance. The new (old) approach to offering financial services typically associated with financial institutions such as banks and insurance companies is creating a world of opportunities for financial service providers and non-financial companies alike. It’s all about offering services when and where people need them.
- Embedded Banking – bank accounts and associated debit cards
- Payments Reinvented – A world beyond credit cards
- Can e-commerce retailers offer banking services?
- BNPLs innovations and challenges
Moderator: Aleksandar Zarić, International Development Organizations and IFIs Consultant
Speakers:
- Piotr Jan Pietrzak, International Development Director, Non-European Markets, Blik
- Zoran Marinković, CEO & Founder, Zwebb Fintech
- Dejan Jurić, Head of Product, Member of the Leadership Team, Banxware
- Ana Čedić, Payment Solutions Manager – Fintech Department, Ananas E-Commerce
14:00 – 15:00
Lunch
15:00 – 15:20
Warm-up session
Preventing fraud with fintech solutions
As technology advances and becomes more accessible to the general public, detecting and preventing fraud is growing more complex. Effective fraud prevention calls for tight-knit collaboration among all market participants, complemented by heavy reliance on technology.
Join us to explore this practical collaboration through the story of implementing Whisper. This innovative tool, designed to avert double-financing fraud in factoring at a national scale, is a result of the collective efforts of Finspot, a Serbian startup, the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, and several Serbian banks and factoring companies.
Learn about this unique blend of technology, innovation, and teamwork and understand how they are reshaping the landscape of fraud prevention.
Speakers
- Ognjen Kurtić, Founder & CTO, Finspot
- Vladimir Đorđević, Senior Advisor, Chamber of commerce and industry of Serbia
15:20 – 15:50
Panel #4: What does the future hold for DeFi?
- Smart contracts – use case
- ReFi vs DeFi – trends and challenges
- Fueling the growth of DeFi: challenging traditional debt markets and the increase in tokenization of assets
- CBDCs vs stablecoins
Moderator: Aleksandar Bijelić, CEO, MVP Workshop
Speakers
- Tanja Dimitrijević, Head of Legal, Red Acre Ltd
- Ognjen Kurtić, Founder & CTO, Finspot
15:50 – 16:10
Fireside Chat: Investing in FinTechs
Romancing the investors
Calling all investors and startups – The sources of finance in FinTechs are diverse. From venture capital to private equity funds, corporates, banks, asset managers, and even national governments. Find out what conditions, business models, and products they are looking to invest in. Listen to the first-hand experiences on exit strategies from fintech founders.
Moderator: Dušica Lukač, Partner, DL Capital Partners
Speakers
- Marius Ghenea, Managing Partner, Catalyst Romania
- Krisztian Gyepes, Investment Manager, Elevator Ventures
16:10 – 16:30
Networking break / Coffee & Tea
16:30 – 17:10
Panel #5
The (ad)venture fund founding journey in SEE
Moderator: Vladimir Pavlović, CEO, WMEP
Speakers
- Suzana Šijakinjić, Attorney at Law, Mraković Marković & Partners
- Davor Sakač, CEO, TS Ventures Fund
- Peđa Predin, General Partner & Co-founder, Fifth Quarter Ventures
- Miloš Matić, Founding Partner, Omorika Ventures
17:10 – 18:10
Cocktail & Networking
Note: The organizer reserves the right to make changes to the event program