Nikolay Lazarov, Ph.D., EMBA, is Director Marketing and Communications at BORICA with more than 20 years of experience in digital banking, business development, innovations, sales, and marketing. His work focuses on payment infrastructure, instant payments, digital identity, cards, business ecosystem, and financial services transformation in Southeast Europe. He also has academic experience, teaching courses including “AI in Business” at leading academic institutions in Bulgaria, combining industry expertise with research, education, and public speaking on fintech strategy.1 Articles

Tal Weiser is a Managing Director with 20 years experience in global sales, business development, programs and accounts management. He has comprehensive experience in leading large organizations, supporting key business transactions and solving major business challenges. Tal holds vast experience in the fintech industry, specializing in payments and cash management.1 Articles

Rahim Kaba is a passionate and results-driven digital technology leader who has played a key role in advancing digitization initiatives at banks, insurance companies, and government organizations around the world. As VP Product Marketing at OneSpan, he leads the go-to-market strategy of the company's growing portfolio of digital agreement and digital identity solutions. Throughout his 15+ year career, Rahim has been motivated by building great businesses through a deep understanding of the market, and finding new and innovative ways to address customer challenges using technology.1 Articles

Frederic serves as the VP, APAC at Jumio Corporation (Singapore). Jumio is the global leader in Trusted Identity as a Service (Online Identity Verification / eKYC) - enabling organizations to quickly and accurately verify a consumer's real world identity online using a webcam or smartphone in order to access the online world - streamlining ID verification processes for online customer on-boarding and compliance with KYC obligations.1 Articles

Andrew Burlison is a Senior Director of Payments at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, based in the UK. He is responsible for the Payment Efficiency portfolio ensuring that the solutions we provide are relevant and effective at ensuring that banks and business have all the information they need to execute payments, quickly, safely and without failure. These solutions are essential for a global finance system that needs to remain, safe, competitive and innovative. Prior to this Andrew was based in Tokyo, having previously managed the strategic alliances business in APAC. He has been with LexisNexis Risk Solutions for 4 years.

Arun Kini is the APAC Managing Director of Finastra’s Payments business, where he leads the development and execution of the firm’s broad suite of integrated payment solutions to help banks modernize and future-proof their payments infrastructure. Arun brings with him over 25 years of experience in the Financial Services and Software Industry, with strong domain expertise in transaction banking, payments and revenue management. With a strong track record across various roles in product, pre-sales and sales across the Asia Pacific region, Arun has played pivotal roles in the uptake of payment and cash management products by global brands and clients. Before returning to Finastra in 2022 as Regional Sales Director, Payments, APAC, Arun was with SunTec Business Solutions leading the Client Facing Group for Asia Pacific.