Payments Innovation Forum All-Member Meeting & Dinner 2022
Thursday 24 November, 116 Pall Mall, London
With special thanks to our event sponsor:
Thursday, 24 November 2022
Dress code for Dinner: Business/Business Casual
| 14:30 | Registration and welcome refreshments / Burton Room | |
| 15:00 | Welcome and opening remarks from PIF | Chris Ellis, Chair and Diane Brocklebank, Director, Payments Innovation Forum |
| 15:15 | Harnessing fintech and socially conscious shopping to inspire the next generation of female entrepreneurs "If you want to support and empower women, buy their stuff." Buy Women Built is a new national movement on a mission to make positive change for gender parity, for economic recovery and to inspire the next generation. | Barny Macaulay, Co-Founder, Buy Women Built |
| 15:45 | The cost of living: What's driving the rise of alternative payment solutions? As financial pressures on households intensify, latest research from Blackhawk Network details how consumers are seeking new ways to mitigate cost-of-living increases, and how alternative payment solutions have broadened the toolkit available to public sector organisations seeking new ways to get support to people in rapidly changing circumstances. | Anna Uprichard, Regional Lead, EMEA, Blackhawk Network |
| 16:15 | Networking Break /Trafalgar Room | |
| 16:30 | Innovation R&D tax relief in the spotlight This year the government published changes to the existing R&D tax relief scheme to refocus tax reliefs on UK-based innovation and to tackle fraudulent claims. Fintechs innovating in the payments space may benefit from R&D tax relief, but what counts as R&D, what qualifies for tax relief and how can firms maintain the highest level of compliance? | Jennifer Woo, Associate Director & Marco Spiro, Associate Director, Leyton |
| 17:00 | The Issue with ESG | Suresh Vaghjiani, CEO & Founder, CLOWD9 |
| 17:30 | Closing remarks from Discover Global Network | Matt Sloan, VP, Head of Business Development, EMEA, Discover Global Network |
| 18:00 | Networking Drinks Reception /Trafalgar Room | |
| 19:00 | Gala Dinner /Waterloo Room | |
| 21:00 | After Dinner Speaker John Inverdale has been one of the most familiar figures on British radio and television for the past 35 years. He has fronted Olympic Games, a variety of World Cups, and next summer will be his 40th time covering Wimbledon for the BBC. | John Inverdale |