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Payments Leaders’ Summit (PLS) UK Recap

The Payments Leaders’ Summit has been a huge success, and continues to be the UK’s most exclusive payments gathering. Clarion Events organised an incredible two days at the Landmark Hotel in London, from thought-provoking keynotes to hands-on roundtables and inspiring panels.

Payments Leaders’ Summit key highlights included:

The Future of Global Retail Payments by Maha El Dimachki, discussing Nexus’s role in improving speed, transparency, and international cooperation for the global payments network.
AI Revolutionising Payment Dynamics panel featuring Adrian Evans, Sean Werkema, and others, exploring AI’s impact across sectors and the importance of a culture shift in AI integration to improve personalised checkout experience, but beware of its risks!

Engaging roundtables hosted by our partners on topics such as Payment Orchestration, Open Banking Payments, and Fraud Prevention. These interactive discussions encouraged cross-industry collaboration, benchmarking and practical problem-solving.

Women in payments lunch, a heartfelt session led by Angela Yore and inspiring women, fostering connections and addressing shared industry challenges, in the stunning Tower Suite.

Stay up to date with the latest PLS meetings here.

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