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Finance Disrupted Latam FebruaryFeb 25 2020 Europe/MadridMexico City, Mexico

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Finance Disrupted LATAM will bring together financial industry leaders, investors, entrepreneurs and policymakers who are immersed in the future of fintech and how it can help drive inclusive growth in Latin America. We will look at the future of the finance sector five years from now and examine how incumbents and startups can disrupt existing business models to ignite economic growth in the region.

The finance industry is undergoing an unprecedented period of disruption as a result of digital innovation. From mobile money and online lending platforms to bitcoin and the blockchain, a range of new products and players will create new opportunities to better serve customers.

In Latin America, where according to the World Bank, only 51% of adults have a bank account, the impact of this disruption can be revolutionary. The opportunity to give millions of people and SMEs better access to short and long-term financing would close a huge economic gap while giving business leaders the capacity to build smarter companies. But in a region that favours traditional financial services firms and suffers from frequent financial fraud, scaling the opportunity of fintech will have its challenges. It will require smarter regulation and a culture that embraces collaboration among both incumbents and startups.

What does this all mean for traditional financial service providers and the wider economy? What are the strategies that they should embrace to avoid falling victim to the forces of creative destruction? Which are the upstart companies to watch, in Latin America and beyond? And what needs to be done to prepare for and enable this digital finance revolution?

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Feb 25 09:00
OPENING REMARKS
Feb 25 09:10
FINTECH FOR THE MASSES
Experts discuss how fast and how much this wave of tech innovation will change finance and its wider impact on Latin America’s economy. What will Latin America’s finance sector look like five years from now? Which firms will be the winners and the losers? What is necessary for incumbent financial institutions to survive this wave of disruption and what can be learned from fintech waves happening in the US, UK and China?
Feb 25 09:50
BANKING THE UNBANKED: HOW IS DIGITISATION CLOSING THE GAP?
How is fintech creating new opportunities for the unbanked? Can fintech solve some of the region’s greatest development challenges by enabling lending, borrowing and financial records via mobile and social tools? What implications does the digitization of payments have? Which firms are emerging from outside the financial sector and how will they join the ecosystem? This session will look at the opportunities for fintech to catalyse financial inclusion by looking at innovations in credit, payments and personal financial management.
Feb 25 10:30
MORNING NETWORKING BREAK
Feb 25 11:00
POWERING SMES
Feb 25 11:30
WORKSHOP 1: THE TRUST EQUATION
Can fintech help better tackle transparency and reduce corruption?
Feb 25 11:30
WORKSHOP 2: FINTECH AND FINANCIAL INCLUSION
How will fintech contribute to greater financial inclusion in Mexico? Is the country showing signs of becoming a regional leader in the fintech space, and how can fintech advancements in Mexico be scales for the benefit of other countries in Latin America.
Feb 25 12:30
LUNCH
Feb 25 13:30
STRATEGY SESSION 1: AI
How is AI being used in the finance industry? How can it be used by finance firms to improve security, where traditional security measures and anti-virus systems fall short? How can machine learning help firms more readily detect fraudulent behavior, suspicious transactions, and improve customer confidence?
Feb 25 13:30
STRATEGY SESSION 2: PREDICTING THE FUTURE OF PREDICTIVE BEHAVIOUR
Over the past five years, the financial sector has become one of the biggest consumers of big data, but to what end? How have the predictive analytics enabled by big data given financial firms a competitive edge, and where have they fallen short? Is big data more reliable than AI in helping to identify fraud, risky borrowers, and improve customer service and should companies be putting their energy and their dollars toward investing in the former, the latter, or a combination of both?
Feb 25 14:20
COLLABORATE OR DIE
Where are the most promising areas for collaboration for both incumbents and startups? To what extent have incumbents created a culture of innovation, whether by themselves or with other firms, through partnership or acquisition? Are big non-financial firms able to break into finance by themselves, or will they need to find ways to collaborate? And how do you get a culture of collaboration to flourish in a region that favours traditional finance firms?
Feb 25 15:00
NETWORKING BREAK
Feb 25 15:25
BLOCKCHAIN
Blockchain is exciting entrepreneurs and investors. How real are some of the applications of the the blockchain technology? How can they be leveraged in Latin America? What are investors most interested in?
Feb 25 15:50
REWRITING THE RULES: CAN REGULATION KEEP PACE WITH TECH INNOVATION?
Many attribute the slow adaptation of fintech in Latin America to too much regulation. Who are the leaders in Latin America that are paving the way for regulation that better serves digital disruption? What can be done to make sure policy does not slow down innovation? What can be learned from fintech hubs like London and Silicon Valley to make sure efforts are supporting innovation?
Feb 25 16:20
CLOSING INTERVIEW
A leading financial thinker gives their take on the impact of fintech for Latin America’s economy and where lie the greatest opportunities.
Feb 25 16:50
CLOSING REMARKS
Feb 25 17:00
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