Future of Payments - Part Four

Payments is the largest sector in fintech, bringing high levels of innovation, disruption and the occasional controversy. In earlier sessions we’ve heard from the PSR, Revolut, Google, Caspian One, Moneyhub, NMI and others.

Part Four brings the series back to Ashfords LLP with:

• A keynote from Mastercard on getting new payment products to market faster
• A fireside chat with Jeremy Gumbley on the Creditcall → NMI story and what it means for today’s founders
• A panel with Token.io, Tribe Payments, PEXA and Ashfords on how Open Banking and Smart Data are reshaping real-world payment journeys in finance and property

You’ll leave with practical insight into where the real innovation is happening, the role of data, and what’s coming next for issuers, merchants, fintechs and their advisers.

Agenda (subject to final confirmation)

09:00 – 09:30 Arrival, coffee & networking

09:30 – 09:40 Welcome & introductions

09:40 – 09:50 Welcome from Ashfords, Suzie Miles, Partner

09:50 – 10:20 Launch, Scale, Succeed: Getting New Payment Products to Market Faster

Speaker: Samuel McGurk, Director, FinTech Business Development, Mastercard
Launching a new card can still feel slow and risky. Samuel McGurk, Director of Fintech Business Development at Mastercard, shares how Mastercard works with European issuers, processors and FinTech’s to compress time to market, avoid common launch pitfalls and build propositions that scale, and how South West firms can position themselves as partners of choice.

10:20 – 10:50 From Bristol to Global Rails: Inside the Creditcall Exit

Speaker: Jeremy Gumbley, former CTO & CIO, Creditcall; former CSO, NMI
Host: Ingrid Anusic, Former Creditcall/NMI VP of Marketing and FinTech West CMO

How Creditcall scaled from a small Bristol innovator to a global payments platform acquired by NMI – and how Ashfords, who advised on the MBO, supported PE, cross-border deals and exit.

10:50 – 11:30 Panel: From Open Banking to Smart Data – Real-world Payment Journeys in Finance & Property

Speakers:
Trevor Bowcher, Head of Banking, Token.io
Guy Houghton, Chief Revenue Officer, Tribe Payments
Russ Albert, Payments Lead, Pexa
David Varney, Partner, Ashfords

Chair: Julian Wells, Whitecap Consulting & FinTech West

How Open Banking and emerging Smart Data schemes are reshaping payments across property completions, Pay by Bank and card programmes – and what fintechs and FS firms should focus on next.

11:30 – 12:00 Informal networking & close