FINNEXT Asia

FINNEXT Asia 2024 International Financial Innovation Forum

30+

speakers

300+

participants

RU

28.11.24

Hyatt Regency Tashkent, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

FINNEXT Asia will bring together top managers and executives from key companies in the financial system of Uzbekistan
And representatives of
100+
leading banks and fintech companies of the Russian Federation
payment systems
2
banks
37
payment institution
15
largest telecoms
5
The FINNEXT Asia Forum is dedicated to the strategic directions of banks development, payment institutions and fintech in 2024-2025 in Uzbekistan and in Central Asia as a whole.

It focuses on the evolution of payments, cooperation and competition between banks and payment institutions, the role of fintech in shaping the future of the industry, the role of neobanks and increasing competition, loyalty programs and concierge services, the first steps in using artificial intelligence, technological partnerships and cooperation in unexpected areas, data storage and management, and combating fraud.

The FINNEXT Forum has been held in Russia for 12 years and annually presents the main fintech innovations from leading banks and major technology companies.

About the forum

7000+

delegates from dozens of countries

500+

speakers

200+

partners

Participants on board
and partners of the forum

World's leading experts in banking and payment industry
Managers of retail chains,
e-commerce, wholesale companies, commercial centers
Payment systems
Fintech companies and startups, IT parks, accelerators
Business angels and venture companies
Research agencies and consulting companies
IT companies, telecom companies, integrators
International Banking Community
Insurance companies
Management of logistics companies

Speakers on board

Shukhrat Kurbanov
/ Humo

Director of the National Interbank Processing Center
Alexander Chernoshchekin
/ ex-ICB

Senior Vice President, Head of the Medium and Small Business Unit, Curator of credit institution and integration projects
Ulugbek Tavakkalov
/ Mybank

Chairman of the Management Board.
Previously, he held the position of Deputy Chairman
of Tenge Bank, worked in various positions at Ipak Yuli Bank
and also as Deputy Chairman at O'zsanoatqurilishbank.
In 2020, as Deputy Chairman of SQB, he launched the first Joyda banking marketplace
Viktor Dostov
/ Associations of Electronic Money and Money Transfer Market Participants AEM

Chairman. An expert in retail payments industry, one of the founders of the PayCash Group - the services Yandex.Money, iDealer, Beeline Mobile Commerce, Moby and others appeared on their basis. Consultant to the World Bank, UN, FATF, AFI and other international organizations on new payment technologies and digitalization
Artem Shafir
/ Sbermobile

Deputy general director for mass market development. Develops MVNO in Russia and the world: attracted 2.5 million customers to Yota, launched 25+ Tele2-based operators, founded a platform for MVNO services To The Moon Mobile, created MVNO projects in Italy and Belgium, develops services and facilities in Sbermobile
Andrey Mikhaylishin
/ Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation

Chairman of the Commission on Payment Systems and Cross-Border Settlements. CEO of Digital Payments, co-founder of CFA. CENTER, Head of the BRICS Payments & Fintech Target Group and the BRICS Business Council's Financial Services and Investment Working Group
Alexey Veretenov
/ Senteo Inc.

Executive partner. Member of the Management Board, Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee of the international P2P payment system. Investor and co-owner of dozens of daily and venture projects
Mikhail Shmitov
/ Deco Systems

CEO. 15+ years of experience in industrial IT development. Managed to create an innovative DMP «Storage Management» platform
Alexander Baranov
/ MobyLabs

CEO. Led the development of many innovative products in the UK and Russia related to secure wearable devices with remote payment card issuance, payment terminals and payment pre-processing systems and mobile super-apps
Dmitry Nefedov
/ Sber

Executive director. SRO "Products for partners and ecosystems". Integrated 12 partners into the ecosystem loyalty of Sberbank. Develops and launches transactional services and loyalty tools that support increase of new payment methods, BIO, QR, and SberPay
Dzhamshidkhodzha Isokhodzhaev
/ CartaMe Uzbekistan

Director of CartaMe Uzbekistan Office
Denis Sautov
/ Radius Travel

CEO, Co-founder
Alexey Maslov
/ Association of Banks of Russia

General Producer. Co-Chairman of the Payment Systems Committee of the Association of Banks of Russia, Chairman of the SWIFT User Group in Russia, ex-member of the Board of Directors of JCB International (Eurasia) LLC, ex-Head of American Express in Russia and the CIS
(The list of speakers is being updated)

In the program


09:00 - 10:00

Registration. Welcome coffee


10:00 - 10:30

Grand opening


10:30 - 12:00

Session 1. Plenary session

Priority matrix for the development of the fintech banking market in 2024-2025 – a strategic vision of market leaders and the regulator.
  • Strategic development of the payment system in the current environment.
  • Scenarios of banking and payment industry transformation.
  • Largest private banks role in the development of the economy.
  • Cooperation and competition with international payment systems is the creation of healthy competition as a basis for rapid development and opportunities for explosive growth.

12:00 - 12:30

Coffee break


12:30 - 14:00

Session 2. Development of new payment technologies and services

Increase of the payments availability and customer path improvement. Instant payments for individuals, businesses, and cross-border transactions.
  • Strategic development of payment services and current barriers.
  • Global experience in the development of non-cash payments and their impact on GDP growth. The evolution of the card business.
  • Solutions aimed at implementation of new payment methods, improving the convenience of payment services for the public and businesses, increasing the speed, accessibility and ease of making transactions.
  • Experience and results of using innovative payment technologies (biometric, QR payments, mobile payment services, etc.).
  • The results of the study on the state of the banking sector in the Republic of Uzbekistan.
  • BRICS Pay — project aimed at developing retail payments.
  • Transformation of the payment infrastructure.

14:00 - 14:40

Lunch


14:40 - 16:10

Session 3. Digitalization of traditional banking products.

Technological solutions in the field of lending, deposits, and investments.
  • Project financing and mortgages as the main drivers of the development of the lending market
  • Digital mortgage in Central Asia: prospects and barriers
  • Innovative products and areas of SME financing: the main problems of the market, digitalization of factoring and leasing services, search for new approaches to lending.
  • Islamic banking: development trends in Central Asia, prospects for expansion in the Russian Federation and the impact of fintech products on the further evolution of Islamic financial products.

14:40 - 16:10

Parallel stream

14:40 - 16:10

Session 4. Data Management.

Building data warehouses. Security issues. Fail-safety. Development of the bank's internal business architecture. Cases, solutions and insights that result from circumstances and proved their worth.
  • Key trends in the use of AI in the financial market of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2024
  • Technological sovereignty
  • Data Driven approach as a driver of digital transformation
  • Artificial intelligence in data management: new approaches and technologies
  • Intelligent data analysis technologies
  • Cloud technologies for working with Big Data
  • EDW as the technological basis of the bank's data - centric architecture
  • MLOps for managing AI solutions: experience in building an AI implementation and development pipeline
16:10 - 16:40

Coffee break


16:40 - 18:00

Session 5. Visionaries panel. "Expectations and priorities for the development of the banking system of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2025"

Discussion questions:

  • The banking system of the Republic of Uzbekistan in year. Where will the financial center be located in Central Asia? Competition and cooperation between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
  • The turnover of the digital yuan is growing rapidly — should we expect the appearance of a digital sum by 2025 against this background?
  • Marketplaces are creating their own banks, traditional banks are introducing services for ecommerce: how are these trends being implemented in the market of Uzbekistan and other Central Asian countries?
  • Top 5 promising fintech trends that will determine the development of the Central Asian market for the next year. On what should we focus to avoid failure?
  • Forum summary.
14:40 - 16:10

Parallel stream

16:40 - 18:00

Session 6. Digital ecosystems and business partnerships: effective development strategies.

Win-win collaboration of banks and fintech with telecom and retail


  • The role of ecosystem projects in digital transformation: cases and insights
  • Loyalty programs as a business investment. The beginning of big projects. Promising formats
  • Concierge service as a way to attract affluent clients
  • Projects to transfer the payment app to telecom
  • Profit-generating products and services for ecosystems and marketplaces
  • BaaS and Embedded Finance: cases of integration into various business models.

18:00 - 19:00

Buffet


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The FINNEXT Forum has been held in Russia for 12 years and annually presents the main fintech innovations from leading banks and major technology companies.

Over the 12 years of success of the forum:

delegates from dozens of countries

7000+

speakers

500+

partners

200+

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Representative of FINNEXT Asia in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and other countries except for the Russian Federation:

AMD CONSULTING LLC, TIN 05559753, Armenia, building 2, 16th street, Mets Mantash, Shirak region, 3016


Representative of FINNEXT Asia in the Russian Federation:

Reglament LLC, TIN 7708323273


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