June 2022
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This conference examined the future of digital payments in the UK.
Areas for discussion included:
- sector development - digital payments use ◦ market trends post-pandemic ◦ challenges ◦ growth areas & opportunities ◦ competition ◦ resilience
- regulation - update from the Payment Systems Regulator on their priorities ◦ the wider regulatory landscape ◦ latest developments ◦ options for reform
- standardisation - the migration to ISO 20022 ◦ impact ◦ sector priorities
- innovation - priorities ◦ open banking systems ◦ green & transparency-focused technologies ◦ cloud, biometrics & AI ◦ contactless, app & mobile systems ◦ ease of access & reliability
- consumers - use of new processes & technologies ◦ user experience ◦ improving public information, trust & engagement ◦ tackling fraud & security issues ◦ access, reliability & inclusion
- cryptocurrency - integration into digital payments systems ◦ role in UK payments options ◦ feasibility of a UK Central Bank Digital Currency ◦ learning from international development of CBDCs
We were pleased to be able to include keynote sessions with: Tony Craddock, Director General, Emerging Payments Association; Andrew Self, Senior Policy Manager, Payment Systems Regulator; and Kirsty Innes, Director, Digital Government Unit, The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.
The conference was an opportunity for stakeholders to consider the issues alongside key policy officials who attended from HM Treasury; DMU - CMA; HMRC; Home Office; GLD; the ICO; DCMS; the Department for the Economy, NI; DHSC; DIT; NAO; The Scottish Government; and the Welsh Government.
