Thursday, 24 September 2026

11:00Registration & Refreshments
12:00Welcome & Opening Remarks 

Jonathan Vaux, Head of Propositions & Partnerships, Thredd, Chair, Payments Innovation Forum (PIF) & Diane Brocklebank, Executive Director, PIF

Payments innovation has long centred on making payments faster, safer and seamless. Today, advances in AI and agentic AI have the potential to transform how consumers and businesses discover, decide and buy. As agentic commerce moves from concept to reality, the industry faces both unprecedented opportunities and complex challenges, from building trust and safeguarding consumers, to ensuring transparency, security and effective governance. How these are addressed will define the next chapter of payments.
12:15Innovation Keynote:
ANNA, AI and Autonomous Agents

From AI-powered accounting to company registration, ANNA Money is pioneering the use of AI to simplify the realities of running a business. This keynote explores ANNA's AI journey so far, the innovations and insight that have shaped its platform, and why the emergence of autonomous agents represents a natural next step in its mission to help its customers spend less time on admin and more time on growth.

Nikita Filippov, Chief Product Officer/COO and Boris Diakonov, Co-CEO, ANNA Money
13:00Regulatory Keynote: 
Rebalancing Risk in an AI-Powered Economy

As AI transforms commerce and financial services, regulators and policymakers are increasingly focused on how regulation can support innovation, competition and growth while maintaining consumer confidence, and how it should evolve to support agentic payments.
13:20Lunch & Networking
14:10Headline Keynote: 
Understanding the impact of agentic payments on card issuance

As forecasts point to a future where AI agents will influence trillions in consumer spending, the focus is shifting from what agentic commerce can become to what the payments industry must do to enable it. This Keynote explores this fast-evolving landscape and the questions emerging as the industry prepares for a new era of payments.

Nuruz Zaman, Head of Risk & Digital Services, Thredd
14:30PIF Benefactor Keynote:
Innovating in a New Era of Payments

Our Benefactor keynote will provide Mastercard's perspective on how AI-powered purchasing is reshaping the payments landscape, exploring the opportunities, challenges and market dynamics driving adoption. The session will examine the role of trust, interoperability and regulation, and highlight the foundations Mastercard is building to enable secure, scalable agentic commerce. Attendees will gain insight into the momentum already underway and Mastercard's vision for the future of mainstream AI-driven payments.

Roza-Marina Mellou, VP, MACS & Agent Pay Product Management, Digital Payments Europe, Mastercard
14:50Networking Break 
15:05PIF Member Presentation: 
Making Stored Value Spendable in the Age of Agentic AI

Chris Ford, Senior Director, BHN EMEA, BHN
15:20PIF Member Presentation: 

Agentic Commerce: From Whiteboard to Reality

Explore key lessons learned as agentic commerce evolves from whiteboard discussions to real-world implementation. This presentation will examine where the market is today, what Visa is focused on, and the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. Looking to the future, the session will consider the next phase of agentic commerce and the areas where industry collaboration will be needed to support its development and adoption.

Nail Osmonov, Digital Products UK&I, Visa
15:40Panel: 
The Trust Factor: Building Confidence for the Next Era of Digital Commerce

The sustained success of agentic commerce ultimately depends on how confidence in autonomous payments is established. Drawing on lessons from previous shifts in payments, industry leaders will discuss the principles underpinning trusted adoption, the role of industry collaboration, and what is needed to build ecosystem-wide confidence as agentic commerce moves from pilots to mainstream reality.

Roza-Marina Mellou, VP, MACS & Agent Pay Product Management, Digital Payments Europe, Mastercard, Nuruz Zaman, Head of Risk & Digital Services, Thredd, Chris Ford, Senior Director, BHN EMEA, BHN, and Nail Osmonov, Digital Products, UK&I, Visa
16:30Presentation & Panel: 
What Does Agentic-Ready Really Look Like?

As the industry explores the opportunities and implications for payments, where do ecosystem stakeholders stand today? Combining new research and industry perspectives, this session will share insights into attitudes towards agentic commerce and the opportunities, concerns and priorities shaping what comes next.

Beatrice Sava, Senior Strategy Consultant, Edgar, Dunn & Company, Ed Leftwich, COO, Dataiera, Sean Werkema, EMEA Payments Performance, Stripe, Jonathan Vaux, Head of Propositions & Partnerships, Thredd 
17:30Reflections & Closing Remarks
17:40Networking Drinks Reception

Agenda subject to change. All times shown are approximate.