Over the past decade, mobile networks have been leveraging fintech partnerships to create market entry strategies with innovative, disruptive propositions creating substantial new value pools for shareholders. Throughout his career, Sulabh has directed numerous client engagements ranging from defining strategy through to systems integration and implementation.

She is currently responsible for driving digital & AI powered marketing, sales & service solutions for the Communications & Media industry in the ASIAM region (Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Middle East, India, SE Asia).

Tad has a bachelors degree in Computer Science from Western Washington University and an MBA from the University of Washington.

In our focus on disruption, we will examine case studies of how fintech is enabling the creation of powerful, disruptive propositions that are redefining the market.

He delivers Ant Groups home-grown AI-based solutions to Asia financial institutions, fintech and telco companies, helping them to be more compliant and protected. Cray has over 30 years of experience providing the product, sales and service solution strategies to telecom network management firms and top tier service providers. , In addition, Richard is responsible for the GSMAs StrategyGroup which regularly convenes to address strategic topicswithin the industry and supports the GSMA Board. Cray had expanded roles starting in systems engineering and growing to lead global product line management, sales and marketing organizations over his career.

Managing Director Global Payments Lead, Accenture. European Commission Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager confirmed work is underway to assess whether tech giants responsible Veons MobileID gains momentum with international mobile operators and leading online companies. Jim McKelvey is a serial entrepreneur, inventor, philanthropist, artist, and author of The Innovation Stack: Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time. 4YFN FinTech What's the Meta FinTech: Exploring Global Trends & Embracing Partnerships The Future of Money is Digital.

He also oversaw the delivery of several other transformative products and services like the delivery of Mobile Money G2 platform, M-PESA APP, interoperable transactions for both peer to peer transfers and merchant payments, Business to Business payments, M-PESA CVM and Merchant Payments. Copyright 2022 GSM Association.The GSM logo is registered and owned by the GSM Association. His career includes product and commercial management in banking and mobile telecoms including O2, Lloyds and Barclays. CVP for Azure for Operators Program Management , Microsoft.

He is driven by a commitment and desire to add significant value through the introduction of sustainable, market-relevant, digital services that impact peoples lives, while simultaneously delivering high commercial impact for all stakeholders. As part of the Security Summit sponsored by Palo Alto Networks and Kaspersky, our team hosted the Identity & Data Monetising Identity Watch the M360 Africa Keynote from Amnah Ajmal, Executive Vice President Market Development MEA, Mastercard. Like the bridges, pipelines and power stations that prop up modern civilisation, financial systems are a crucial piece of Commission proposes a trusted and secure Digital Identity for all Europeans. She is also responsible for Huaweis engagement in payment standards and industry bodies across Europe. within the industry and supports the GSMA Board. Wednesday 2 March 2022 10:30, Venue: Industry City Stage, Hall 4, Fira Gran Via, Whats On Buy your pass About MWC22 Barcelona Our Speakers.

He is an engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology and has an MBA from INSEAD. Digital currencies create a real threat of disintermediation and new regulation such as Open Banking is increasing competition.

This follows extensive trials by all Russian mobile Facebook targets 10,000 for EU virtual world. Veon has rolled out MobileID to its 212 million customers across nine countries. He has a passion for technology since receiving a Sega Megadrive as a child and loves that he gets to combine this with solving for human needs, working with clients to ignite change in The Dock, Accentures global R&D and Innovation centre in Dublin, which he helped set up in 2016. Tad is a 24-year veteran of Microsoft and has been in leadership roles on the Microsoft Azure team since 2011. In 2017, McKelvey founded Invisibly, an ambitious project to unlock the value of peoples personal data. Richard heads an international team at the GSMA and is, responsible for developing new innovative products and, services beyond the core network in IoT, Identity and Big Data, As the key lead for GSMA engagements in the vertical, industries, specifically; FinTech, Automotive, Aviation and, Manufacturing, Richard has recently launched the GSMA, Innovation Foundry, creating a collaborative platform for GSMA, members and partners to work together on the major, In addition, Richard is responsible for the GSMAs Strategy, Group which regularly convenes to address strategic topics.

Watch the MWC21 Barcelona Unlocking Value From FinTech and download the speakers presentations. Senior Advisor in Payments Standardization and Policy , Huawei. Following As MWC22 Barcelona fast approaches, for the first time, the GSMA will bring the latest mobile fintech developments to the stage, Veon rolls out MobileID to its 212 million customers across nine countries. As well as Telecomms, heading up the Digital Product team, Commerce, at Telefonica UK. Mawaris proprietary CODEC enables the highest visual quality to be streamed to mobile XR Devices by substantially lowering the heavy processing requirements of rich interactive and ultra-realistic 3D content like real-time digital humans, reducing cost, data size and battery consumption while unlocking scalability. Analyst, Future of Finance, Citi Global Insights. MWC21 Barcelona Unlocking Value From FinTech Catch Up.

Zhang Yi is a Senior Solution Architect at Ant Group Singapore.

Managing Director Technology and Innovation, Accenture, Senior Managing Director Global IT, Digital Experiences Lead, Accenture.

He has been publicly recognized and awarded for driving and implementing several market-leading transformational initiatives in the international telco sector. The growth of electronic transactions is accelerating. The FintechSummitis open for sponsorship and speaker proposals. Head of Product Mobile Identity, Telefnica Tech AI of Things. He leads a team of product managers responsible for iconectivs platforms and several industry registries. With the valuation of the digital asset class now greater than the GDP of individual countries, digital currencies are now mainstream. . In our session at MWC will explore the current landscape, the vision and the implications and opportunities for the mobile eco-system.

Chief Growth Officer, Yabx Technologies (Netherlands) B.V. Puneet Chopra is the founding member and Chief Growth Officer at Yabx. Yabx enables banks and micro finance institutions to acquire and service tens of millions of new customers in a pure digital model in partnerships with telecom and other consumer networks.

She enjoys mentoring start-ups and is on the advisory board of P.S. In previous roles Lauren has been Head of Standards at Payments UK (now Pay.UK), responsible for the standards policy and direction in the UK payments market. Jasons early work involved large-scale system implementations and application outsourcing projects.

Veon has announced that its MobileID authentication system has gained significant user, operator and online business support. The FinTech Summit at MWC Barcelona 2022 will explore the latest emerging themes, showcase case studies, and highlight future opportunities. In this role, his mission is to enable Synthetic Reality for everyone. As an MBA graduate from the National University of Singapore, Zhang Yi endeavours to apply technologies in solving business problems. Consumer growth (B2C & B2B2C) is an an area of strength for her, having shaped propositions that help telcos not only grow their core business but also diversify beyond connectivity into non traditional/digital services like home, fintech, gaming, loyalty et al, taking advantage of the platform economy to boost both topline and market value. Prior to Accenture, Sulabh worked for Capital One in the cards business. He also served as a Global Head of Marketing at MUSIC Tribe, one of the worlds largest holding companies for pro audio and music instruments.

George Cray is the Senior Vice President Product for iconectiv. He is also responsible for Accentures global social enterprise strategy, introducing the technologies and capabilities required for all Accenture people to engage in their work in a frictionless, social and collaborative way. Yabx is a fintech venture, leveraging technology and analytics to reduce the cost of delivering financial services in a scalable and sustainable manner, Click here for current vacancies within the GSMA, FinTech: Exploring Global Trends & Embracing Partnerships. Prior to Mawari, he spearheaded and co-founded the Japanese version of MUTEK, a world-renowned festival dedicated to the dissemination and development of digital creativity in sound, music, and audio-visual art.

M360 Africa Super Apps as the Future of Fintech, Watch the M360 Africa - Super Apps as the Future of Fintech, M360 APAC New Digital: Customer Revenues and Relationships, Watch the M360 APAC - New Digital: Customer Revenues and Relationships webinar, MWC21 Barcelona Launching FinTech Catch-Up. Over the past 15 years Brian has helped leading organisations to expand globally, accelerate product development cycles and embed a culture of innovation. Luis is the Founder and CEO of Mawari. CEO M-PESA Africa & Chief Officer Financial Services , Safaricom. Sitoyo Lopokoiyit is a mobile-financial services expert, who has managed mobile money in two of the largest markets in the world (Kenya & Tanzania). The forum will help to review key trends, capture new opportunities, drive collaboration, and support global alignment.

Sitoyo has over 15 years senior managerial experience from different fields; oil & Gas (Chevron and Total Kenya Ltd) and in the Retail industry within Kenya. Jens is driving and advising major blockchain and crypto related developments at DT. His career covers all facets of the mobile operator identity ecosystem, with spells at the GSMA, BT and as a service provider. As Commerce uses increasingly sophisticated technology to fight fraud, there is a growing trend of fraudsters now deploying social engineering scams as an attack vector.

The GSMA team caught up with Guillaume Bourcy, Vice President, Data and Identity Solution from TeleSign at MWC22 Barcelona to hear MWC22 Barcelona: Identity and Data Monetising Identity Innovations. Whilst the subject of much media interest its also true that metaverse is now a common term featuring frequently in major tech companies earnings calls and a significant focus of the strategy. Tads team is responsible for Azure for Operators Program Management. He was recently awarded the Payments Power 10, recognizing him as payments industry leader and innovator in 2021. As Accentures global lead for Payments, Sulabh helps financial institutions and other organizations across the world navigate the shifting payments landscape, combat lost payments revenue, and control and mitigate operational risk throughout the payments value chain.

We will also be launching the GSMA FinTech Forum, bringing together key partners across the mobile eco-system. Yabx is a fintech venture, leveraging technology and analytics to reduce the cost of delivering financial services in a scalable and sustainable manner. This reflects the strategy requested by the GSMA board to get closer to key verticals and better understand their needs.

Download the speakers presentations from MWC21 FinTech Networking Specialist Workshops. Julia is a strategy and business development executive, with over 20 years of experience within blue-chip organizations specializing in Telecom & Media, blockchain, crypto, and start-up ecosystems. Outside of work, Sulabh likes to spend time with his wife and three kids. Sitoyo holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) degree in Marketing from the University of Nairobi (2000) and an MSc in Information Technology Management and Organizational Change from Lancaster University in UK.

Julia is currently the Global Head of Telecom & Media strategic partnerships at cLabls, working on Celo, a mobile first L1 open-source blockchain. As senior managing director and global digital experiences lead, Jason is responsible for driving technology-enabled experience transformation.

This session will explore how increased collaboration between key stakeholders across the eco-system has enabled the development of innovative solutions to increase security and enhance user experience. Recognized as an industry thought leader due to entrepreneurial and business-focused mindset, Julia has cultivated an international profile by supporting projects across Europe, UK, the USA, Middle East, and Southeast Asia. TeleSign discusses Identity at MWC22 Barcelona. Prior to his current role, Jason built his career managing technology transformations in the utilities, natural resources and energy industries. Prior to Veon, he held senior executive positions with-in Etisalat, Zain, Airtel and Millicom Groups. Often referenced as web 3.0, its a term used to describe the evolution of the internet, a future state blending physical and digital experiences, including identity, payments, entertainment, and social media, whilst also unlocking new digital business models. In 2011, his iconic card reader design was inducted into the Museum of Modern Art. In April 2021 she was awarded Greek International Woman of the Year in Finance and is on the Women in FinTech Powerlist for 4 consecutive years. He was instrumental in the rollout of Microsoft Teams to more than 500,000 Accenture people, which has helped to not only maintain business continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic, but also has been an essential ingredient in fulfilling the organizations mission to be an elastic digital workplace.

Supporting employees in this area includes developing and managing content, social programs, search capabilities, publishing and collaboration applications, video/broadcast services and enabling the future digital workplace. Astha has 15 years of experience in Telecommunications and Consulting spanning Business Strategy, CX & Digital Transformation, Value Creation and B2X growth acceleration.

Brian leads innovation for Accentures Communications and Media Industry globally with a focus on the metaverse, Web3 and the future of the internet. Mobile FinTech continues to unlock new opportunities. Cray holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and his Master of Business Administration in Finance from Rutgers University. She has assisted fintech organizations in their standards and GTM strategy and worked across a number of functions, including senior roles in industry standards, government engagement and regulation. He has over fifteen years of experience in the mobile telecommunications and fintech industry across consulting, market expansion and business development.

Keiron is responsible for the UK and supports international growth at Prove. Brian is the Financial Services Vertical Lead at GSMA leading activities to enhance collaboration between the Financial Services vertical and the mobile eco-system. Recent years has seen an explosion in mobile wallet-based payment solutions offering real convenience to consumers, with a number developing into super apps.

In his current role as Managing Director M-Pesa Africa and Acting Chief Financial Services Officer at Safaricom PLC, he is responsible for managing and growing M-PESA which has earned revenues of over $700 million, with the service growing at over 19% year on year.

Innovation and technology is a passion for Jens, Senior Expert Corporate Strategy at Deutsche Telekom.

Keiron believes a prototype is worth a thousand meetings. He is committed to experimenting and developing with emerging technologies such as 5G, cloud rendering and streaming, in order to build a patent pending 3D Streaming CODEC for Mawari 3DXR Content Streaming Platform, a next-generation XR distribution technology for the metaverse. He is a passionate, energetic and easy-going leader, who has delivered major innovations that have revolutionized the global mobile money space and driven financial inclusion such as the worlds first contextual over draft facility dubbed- Fuliza, Mshwari a savings and loan proposition, M-PESA Global Payments, and partnerships with Paypal and Ali Express.

In this session, we will explore the key trends and the opportunities for the mobile eco-system. She has authored multiple Industry point of views in domains related to Data, AI, CX and Enterprise growth, including The Connected Brain, Omni channel Implementation, Mobile App Adoption & the Communications Industry Narrative. , As the key lead for GSMA engagements in the verticalindustries, specifically; FinTech, Automotive, Aviation andManufacturing, Richard has recently launched the GSMAInnovation Foundry, creating a collaborative platform for GSMAmembers and partners to work together on the majorchallenges facing the industry. Prior to Jumio, he served as product manager in UL for payment and telecom functional test software. Zhang Yi has more than 10 years of experience in the field of identity proofing, biometrics, security, anti-fraud management and AML. He is the cofounder of Block (formerly Square), and served as the chairman of its board until 2010, and still serves on the Board of Directors. Jason lives in Tampa, Florida and has a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from the University of South Florida.

She speaks 5 languages, has a degree in Law and German Law from University College London and the University of Cologne and a Masters degree in European Business from ESCP Europe. In this role, Tad is the product leader for Microsoft mobility platform technologies, including those which enable customers and partners to adopt 5G.

He has worked extensively in the East Africa Region as well as in Mauritius and Reunion. In his spare time, he volunteers as an executive mentor in a non-profit organization to help guide people through the process of building, launching and growing a successful technology startup and serves on the Board of Directors of Tampa Bay Tech where he recently was chairman of the board. Prior to Ant Group, he was one of the founding members of Jumio APAC where he witnessed the early adoption of identifying proofing in the APAC region.

George is a digital telco executive with broad international experience.

Being in the telco business for more than 18 years now, he combines his technology and business background with entrepreneurship, foresight topics, as well as strategy and investment work. She joined Citi in 2016 as the Head of Regulatory Strategy and Policy for Innovation and has held various positions at 2 financial services regulators in the UK and France, numerous banks and an asset management firm. Online Styling a female led start up in fashion technology. Outside of Accenture, Brian served as Irish President of Junior Chamber International, the worldwide leadership development organisation and sits on the Governing Authority of his alma mater, Dublin City University. He has extensive knowledge in payment systems, regulatory and risk technologies. Similarly, NFTs are emerging as an exciting proposition. Sophia Bantanidis is an Analyst in the Future of Finance team within Citi Global Insights covering trends on digital and FinTech and how they will shape the future of financial services.