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COLLABORATE
ON WINNING STRATEGIES
FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
OF PAYMENTS

08:00 - 19:00 | 3 September 2024 | Sandton | Johannesburg

Participate in South Africa’s most exclusive payments conference

Use the password received with your exclusive invite

COLLABORATION IN PRACTICE

The Open Payments Conference is known for initiating thought-provoking conversations, delivering actionable insights and connecting industry leaders that connect the payments ecosystem.

 

Build lifelong connections through interactive sessions and peer debates during this one-day invite-only event.

Industry representatives from

Top Banks

Regulators

Electrum

Enterprise Retailers

Cloud Services Providers

Industry Leaders

Join the Conversation

The Hallmarks of Successful Collaboration

Jean Olivier (Shoprite), Richard Williams (Investec) and Royden Volans (OM Bank)

This panel will look at how banks can show up for their clients through the retailer channel. Learn from Shoprite and others what the retailer’s perspective of successful collaboration with their ecosystem partners looks like. 

This panel will delve into 

  • What successful collaboration looks like and any unexpected challenges it brings to bear

  • Tips and tricks for convincing senior stakeholders and your board to back collaborative initiatives

  • What role collaboration has in a future of innovations

  • How the right deployment models and technologies play into success

Payments on the cloud: Future-Proof Your Architecture

Nilesh Dusane (AWS) and
Ben Janse van Rensburg (BankservAfrica)

Join Amazon Web Services and BankservAfrica to build the checklist for getting the move to cloud right. With volumes growing, payments becoming immediate, fraud and system failures a constant concern, how do you scale your innovative projects to become successful mainstream products?

Why Payments APIs Don’t Scale and How
to Fix It

Gwenaël Trotel (Standard Bank) and Tracey Williams (Absa)

A session with bank decision-makers delving into how they scaled their payments APIs, and what they’re expecting is coming next. 

How the SARB is Getting SA Future Fit and What Payment Leaders Need to Know

Pradeep Maharaj (SARB)

Engage with a SARB leader to explore the latest thinking on scheme standards and how they are going to be considered into the future. This session gives attendees the chance to hear from, and share with, those who are designing and spearheading the efforts to evolve schemes. Together, answer the question of how to help SARB better service all players in the payments ecosystem and positively impact South Africans.

Growing RoE in New Ways: Payments Strategies for Board-Level Success

Dr Daan Steenkamp (Codera Analytics) and Anton van Zyl (Electrum)

Return on equity is no longer protected by net interest income and simply reducing cost to income. Join economist, Daan Steenkamp, and Electrum’s Head of Partnerships, Anton van Zyl, as they drill into which of the many RoE models is getting the most pressure. 

Participate in calculating RoE for the next generation of payments to gain organisational commitment for investing in innovative payments offerings. 

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There will be the opportunity to contribute to questions such as how do I pitch for investment, what does a winning strategy for the board look like, where should I be investing, and how long before I need to commit to move to 4th generation payments technology?

Two Sides of the Payments Coin - From Industry Body to Industry Banker

Kuben Naidoo (Investec)

A keynote session with an influential bank executive exploring:

  • What is required for a future of successful industry collaboration and innovation?

  • What the industry could look like in five years?

  • What is possible when partnerships are embraced?

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Why should you attend the Open Payments Conference?

The Open Payments Conference connects payments technology experts to explore the payments conversations of our time.

Hear real-world, in-practice ways the industry has successfully collaborated and partnered.

Unpack the strategic business case for payments technology.

Collaborate on the topics that influence South African payments.

Get opinions from next-generation, cloud-software leaders.

Interact, debate, and network with South Africa’s payments leaders.

What our delegates say

“Brilliant conference! Speakers provided insights which you don’t hear at other gatherings like this.”

The Open Payments Conference by Numbers

Each year, the Open Payments Conference promises a jam-packed day of cross-industry networking and discussions. 

 

The day provides the opportunity for open debates with the biggest innovators in the payments industry, and the rare occasion for representatives from all aspects of payments to come together.

71

 Companies have been

in attendance

42

 Speakers shared

industry insights

229

Industry leaders attended

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Questions About the Event

If you have any questions about the conference or would like to reach out to the team, send an email to

openpaymentsconference@electrum.co.za

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