Digital Deep Dives: How to design a successful European Payments market?

The launch of the Digital Euro proposal and intended revision of the EU’s payment legislation could lead to defining changes for Europe’s digital payment landscape

This DIGITALEUROPE top-tier event will convene pivotal policy-makers and prominent industry actors, including financial institutions and payment service providers. It will serve as a dynamic platform for discourse and solution-finding on how the recent EU digital finance package can make Europe a driver for payment innovation and consumer advantages.

The session will specifically try to answer the following questions:

• How should policy-makers strategically balance innovation, privacy, financial stability, and accessibility in their approach to designing and implementing the digital euro?
• How can the new Payment Service Regulation and the PSD3 promote a simplification of Strong Customer Authentication to ensure innovation goes hand in hand with security?
• What role can the industry play in making these legislative initiatives instrumental for a more prosperous and digitally inclusive Europe?

Note: several additional speakers are in the process to be confirmed 

10:00 – 10:05                   Opening Remarks

Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General, DIGITALEUROPE

10:05 – 10:15                   Overview of DIGITALEUROPE’s position on the PSR & Digital Euro

Gonçalo Carriço, Head of Digital Public Policy & EU Corporate Affairs, Grupo Santander & Chair of the Digital Finance Working Group, DIGITALEUROPE

10:15 – 11:25                Expert panel

Moderated by: Vincenzo Renda, Associate Director for Digital Transformation Policy, DIGITALEUROPE

• Florian Denis, Member of Cabinet, Commissioner McGuinness, European Commission
• Fanny Solano Agramonte, Head of Digital & Retail Regulation, Transparency and Implementation, Caixabank
• Kevin Hackl, Head of Digital Banking & Financial Services, Bitkom
• Aoife Houlihan, Vice President for Government Engagement Europe, Visa

11:25 – 11:30                Closing remarks