The Economist Events Hosts the Future of Banking 2016

As the banking industry experiences systemic change brought on by technology disruptors and sweeping regulatory reforms, The Economist Events will convene more than 150 senior representatives to discuss the sector’s prospects at The Future of Banking 2016 at The Shangri-La in Paris on March 10th 2016.

The Economist Events’ Future of Banking 2016 will unite senior representatives from multinationals, challengers, new technology and emerging banking organisations with executives from the financial service sectors, together with policy makers, economists and academics. With increasing regulation coinciding with the advent of new technologies in financial services, the sector needs to keep up with the exponential pace of technology, while creating a sustainable and scalable business model which meets the demands of customers, investors and regulators.

Edward McBride, The Economist’s finance editor, who will be chairing the event, commented: “It is an exciting time for the global banking industry, which faces unprecedented change thanks to technological innovation and regulatory reform. In the wake of the global financial crisis, the industry must develop a clear vision of tomorrow’s banks. Lots of innovation and investment will be needed. Delegates will have the opportunity to debate what the future holds with experts in economics, finance and technology and build an informed view about where the industry is headed.”

The expert line-up of speakers includes:

• Philippe Bordenave, Chief Operating Officer, BNP Paribas
• Séverin     Cabannes, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Société Générale
• Angelos Deftereos, Senior Underwriter, Operational Risk, XL Catlin
• Bob Diamond, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Atlas Merchant Capital
• Douglas Elliot, Partner, Oliver Wyman
• Patrick     Foley, Chief Economist, Lloyds Banking Group
• Taavet Hinrikus, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TransferWise
• Nick Hungerford, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Nutmeg
• Matthias Kröner, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Fidor Bank
• Melanie Laing, Group Executive Human Resources, Commonwealth Bank Group
• Josep Oliu, Executive Chairman, Banco Sabadell
• Teppo Paavola, Chief Development Officer and General Manager of New Digital Business, BBVA Group
• Ben Robinson, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer, Temenos
• Koos Timmermans, Vice-chairman ING Bank, ING Group
• Baroness Shriti Vadera, Non-Executive Chairman, Santander UK
• Radboud Vlaar, Co-Founder and Partner, Orange Growth Capital
• Darren Westlake, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Crowdcube
• David Yates, Chief Executive Officer, VocaLink

For the latest programme and to register your place at the event, please visit the Future of Banking website here. You can also join us on Twitter at #FutureBanking16 and @EconomistEvents.