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

John Berry
/ Qorus

CEO of a global non-profit organization founded in 1971 in France. Qorus is known for creating and maintaining networks in the financial services industry that help more than 1,200 financial groups (banks and insurers) in +120 countries worldwide
Shukhrat Kurbanov
/ Humo

Director of the National Interbank Processing Center
Kirill Palchun
/ PAO MTS

Vice President, Head of the Payments and Transfers Cluster
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
Igor Smirnov
/ GPB

Executive Vice President
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
Olga Yarygina
/ Bank 131

Deputy Chairperson of the Board
Dmitry Seregin
/ T-Bank

Head of T-Bank's Commodity Financing Department. CEO Dolyami. In 2021, under Dmitry's leadership, the first BNPL service in Russia was launched
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
Evgeny Smirnov
/ Alfa-Bank

Head of the Machine Learning Laboratory. The author of the telegram channel "Neskuchny Data Science"
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
Vladimir Urbansky
/ MTS Link

General manager
Alexander Tolmachev
/ Ozon Bank

Chief Data Officer. Creates and develops data warehouses and company data strategies. Responsible for building processes and product impact of data analytics, develops and implements machine learning in business processes
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
Leonid Cherny
/ Uzum

Chief Data Officer. Has many years of experience working with data in the vast technology businesses in Eastern Europe, including in the field of big data analytics and the use of machine learning technologies
Bakhtovar Yusufy
/ AO Payfintech

Advisor to the CEO. Carried out a digital transformation in 8 banks in the region, increasing the coverage of digital services and introducing more than 30 new digital products. One of the visionaries and key figures in the creation of the neo-bank Smartbank. He led the development and implementation of intonational fintech solutions, including platforms for Open Banking, instant payments and financial inclusion
Oksana Lyndina
/ AKB Kapitalbank

Advisor to the Chairperson of the Supervisory Board, CEO of Kapital Academy
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
Otabek Nasyrov
/ Central Asian Fintech Association

Chairman. Member of the expert council of Cyber Park and AISA, as well as working groups of the Council of Foreign Investors under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Mikhail Shmitov
/ Deco Systems

CEO. 15+ years of experience in industrial IT development. Managed to create an innovative DMP «Storage Management» platform
Nikolay Khramchikhin
/ Ipotekabank

Head of Data Services Development Department. Ex-Executive Director of Sber, has 20 years of experience in the software development industry
Kirill Kogtev
/ GPB

Vice President, Head of the Retail Ecosystem and Digital Partnerships Department
Alexey Lavrishchev
/ Planingo

Partner of Planingo, leader of business planning transformation projects for the financial sector. 20 years of industry experience in business process improvement and digital technology implementation, software development
Artyom Kalivanov
/ Unitel TM Beeline

Director of Information Technology
Dmitry Zhilin
/ AO "CenterCredit"

Vice President for Small and Medium Enterprise Development
Dinar Bikkinin
/ GC Finist

Curator of project activities
Andrey Sheranov
/ ArenaData

International Sales Director
Dmitry Malkov
/ Softline

Technical Manager of Premier Services. Since 2022, he has been overseeing the development of Premier Services in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, responsible for the quality of work and long-term partnerships in the field of technical support
Alexey Afonin
/ BSS

Director of Business Development. Since 2007, he has been working in banks and IT companies. He was engaged in the implementation, maintenance, revision, pre-sale, sale and development of DBO systems. At RNKB Bank, the main emphasis was on product development, fault tolerance of the solution, the introduction of CI\CD and an increase in the share of independent development in RBS
Dzhamshidkhodzha Isokhodzhaev
/ CartaMe Uzbekistan

Director of CartaMe Uzbekistan Office
Dmitry Lemesh
/ Nexign

Product Manager
Denis Sautov
/ Radius Travel

CEO, Co-founder
Denis Stepanchenko
/ ART-BANK

Commercial Director of the ART-BANK group of companies. Heads the Sales department
Sergey Lebedev
/ Torus

CBDO. 30 years of work experience in the payment industry. He worked in banks, processing companies, and provider of processing solutions. Currently, together with the team of a Lithuanian startup Torus, he is developing and promoting a service for analyzing and optimizing the profitability of a transactional business in the markets of Europe and Asia
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
Julia Vdovina
/ BSS

Product Director for digitalization of customer service in remote channels. Almost 25 years in the field of customer service. She worked her way up from project manager to Director of the Customer Support Center at Alfa-Bank. Before joining U-BSS, at KPMG, she was engaged in process optimization at a bank in the Top 10
Sergey Panov
/ Serial Entrepreneur

Investor, mentor, member of the Board of Directors, investment committee of the venture fund. The founder of the company for the organization of business events "Reglament", the system integrator "Deco Systems", the Internet accounting department "Moyo Delo" and other successful projects
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


08:30 - 10:30

Business breakfast

Under the sponsorship of Gazprombank and OOO ETP GPB
A private function.
Entrance by personal invitations

Digital solutions for banking and purchasing activities

ETP GPB and Gazprombank invite you to a business breakfast dedicated to the digitalization of the Uzbekistan economy and the development of financial technologies. Representatives of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Digital Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Gazprombank and OOO ETP GPB will speak.
We will discuss strategic directions of financial technologies in 2024-2025, localization of banking support and solutions for the EAEU. OOO ETP GPB will present its developments in the field of public procurement and a solution for managing investment projects

09:00 - 10:30

Registration. Welcome coffee


10:30 - 10:40

Grand opening


10:40 - 12:30

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.
  • Alexey Maslov
    / Association of Banks of Russia

    General Producer FINNEXT Asia

    Moderator
  • John Berry
    / Qorus

    CEO of a global non-profit organization founded in 1971 in France. Qorus is known for creating and maintaining networks in the financial services industry that help more than 1,200 financial groups (banks and insurers) in +120 countries worldwide

    The topic is being clarified
  • Shukrat Kurbanov
    / Humo

    Director of the National Interbank Processing Center

    The topic is being clarified
  • Kirill Palchun
    / PAO MTS

    Vice President, Head of the Payments and Transfers Cluster

    Changes in the landscape of cross-border transfers. New challenges
  • Igor Smirnov
    / GPB

    Executive Vice President

    The topic is being clarified
  • Olga Yarygina
    / Bank 131

    Deputy Chairperson of the Board

    The topic is being clarified

  • The list of panel members is being updated

12:30 - 13:00

Coffee break


13:00 - 15:00

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.
  • Otabek Nasyrov
    / Central Asian Fintech Association

    Chairman. Member of the expert council of Cyber Park and AISA, as well as working groups of the Council of Foreign Investors under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan

    Moderator
  • 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

    The topic is being clarified
  • Dmitry Seregin
    / T-Bank

    Head of T-Bank's Commodity Financing Department. CEO Dolyami. In 2021, under Dmitry's leadership, the first BNPL service in Russia was launched

    The topic is being clarified
  • Bakhtovar Yusufy
    / AO Payfintech

    Advisor to the CEO. Carried out a digital transformation in 8 banks in the region, increasing the coverage of digital services and introducing more than 30 new digital products. One of the visionaries and key figures in the creation of the neo-bank Smartbank. He led the development and implementation of intonational fintech solutions, including platforms for Open Banking, instant payments and financial inclusion

    Development of the financial ecosystem through Open Banking: How to manage finances in one system
  • 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

    The new world architecture of the BRICS: to be or not to be?
  • 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

    Research on mystery shoppers covering all banks in Uzbekistan. The top list of banks according to the Customer Experience Index (Senteo Inc.)

  • The list of speakers is being updated


Parallel stream


13:00 - 13:45

Session 3. Panel discussion. Switching to enterprise data warehouses - when is it necessary and why?

Questions for discussion:
  • How can I assess the company's readiness to switch to EDW?
  • What problems does the use of EDW solve in business processes of banks and fintech companies?
  • How to avoid lingering and expensive projects when building a unified data warehouse, taking into account the existing IT landscape?
  • How to manage projects effectively dealing with large amounts of data?
  • What challenges and difficulties may arise when implementing and using enterprise data warehouses in banks? How can they be minimized and overcome?
  • What new trends in data storage and processing may affect banks in the coming years?
  • Sergey Panov
    / Serial Entrepreneur

    Investor, mentor, member of the Board of Directors, investment committee of the venture fund. The founder of the company for the organization of business events "Reglament", the system integrator "Deco Systems", the Internet accounting department "Moyo Delo" and other successful projects

    Moderator
  • Leonid Cherny
    / UZUM

    Chief Data Officer. Has many years of experience working with data in the vast technology businesses in Eastern Europe, including in the field of big data analytics and the use of machine learning technologies
  • Mikhail Shmitov
    / DecoSystems

    CEO. 15+ years of experience in industrial IT development. Managed to create an innovative DMP «Storage Management» platform
  • Evgeny Smirnov
    / Alfa-Bank

    Head of the Machine Learning Laboratory. The author of the telegram channel "Neskuchny Data Science"
  • Artyom Kalivanov
    / Unitel TM Beeline

    Director of Information Technology
  • Alexander Tolmachev
    / Ozon Bank

    Chief Data Officer. Creates and develops data warehouses and company data strategies. Responsible for building processes and product impact of data analytics, develops and implements machine learning in business processes

  • The list of panel members is being updated


13:45 - 15:00

How to use enterprise data warehouses to solve business problems effectively?

Business cases by topic
  • How can I deal with data to increase the speed of customer service and optimize business processes?
  • Building a data warehouse per standard of IFRS and Central Bank reporting.
  • Using clientdata to increase loyalty and repeat purchases.
  • How to build data management projects: team structure, stages, work with contractors and business customers.
  • The practice of using enterprise warehouses for business tasks and decision-making.
  • Cases of data sale, data enrichment and subsequent commercialization of processes.
  • Dmitry Lemesh
    / Nexign

    Product Manager

    DBMS and Data integration as an element of saving when building a DW
  • Alexey Lavrishchev
    / Planingo

    Partner of Planingo, leader of business planning transformation projects for the financial sector. 20 years of industry experience in business process improvement and digital technology implementation, software development

    Using an enterprise data warehouse for financial planning and analysis: from scratch to an integrated planning system

  • Mikhail Shmitov
    / Deco Systems

    CEO. 15+ years of experience in industrial IT development. Managed to create an innovative DMP «Storage Management» platform
  • Artyom Kalivanov
    / Unitel TM Beeline

    Director of Information Technology

    The topic is being clarified
  • Evgeny Smirnov
    / Alfa-Bank

    Head of the Machine Learning Laboratory. The author of the telegram channel "Neskuchny Data Science"

    Practices of using Enterprise Vault for business targets and decision-making

  • The list of speakers is being updated


15:00 - 15:40

Lunch


15:40 - 17:45

Session 4. 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.
  • Ulugbek Tavakkalov
    / Independent expert, ex-Mybank, ex-Tenge Bank

    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

    Islamic Financing Products
  • Denis Stepanchenko
    / ART BANK

    Commercial Director of the ART-BANK group of companies. Heads the Sales department

    ABS ART-BANK: Microservices to accelerate business processes and digital transformation
  • Dmitry Zhilin
    / AO "CenterCredit"

    Vice President for Small and Medium Enterprise Development

    The topic is being clarified
  • Dinar Bikkinin
    / GC Finist

    Curator of project activities

    NO-Code as a platform for digitalization of Banks
  • Alexey Afonin
    / BSS

    Director of Business Development. Since 2007, he has been working in banks and IT companies. He was engaged in the implementation, maintenance, revision, pre-sale, sale and development of DBO systems. At RNKB Bank, the main emphasis was on product development, fault tolerance of the solution, the introduction of CI\CD and an increase in the share of independent development in RBS
  • Julia Vdovina
    / BSS

    Product Director for digitalization of customer service in remote channels. Almost 25 years in the field of customer service. She worked her way up from project manager to Director of the Customer Support Center at Alfa-Bank. Before joining U-BSS, at KPMG, she was engaged in process optimization at a bank in the Top 10

    New growth points of the banking business through the synergy of RBS, speech technologies and artificial, as well as generative intelligence

  • The list of speakers is being updated


Parallel stream

15:40 - 17:45

Session 5. 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.
  • Otabek Nasyrov
    / Central Asian Fintech Association

    Chairman. Member of the expert council of Cyber Park and AISA, as well as working groups of the Council of Foreign Investors under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan

    Moderator
  • Dzhamshidkhodzha Isokhodzhaev
    / CartaMe Uzbekistan

    Director of CartaMe Uzbekistan Office

    The topic is being clarified
  • 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

    Virtual mobile operators and AI: new prospects for the banking business
  • Sergey Lebedev
    / Torus

    CBDO. 30 years of work experience in the payment industry. He worked in banks, processing companies, and provider of processing solutions. Currently, together with the team of a Lithuanian startup Torus, he is developing and promoting a service for analyzing and optimizing the profitability of a transactional business in the markets of Europe and Asia

    SaaS solutions allowing Visa/Mastercard bank members optimize its expenses/payments in favor of International payment systems
  • Kirill Kogtev
    / GPB

    Vice President, Head of the Retail Ecosystem and Digital Partnerships Department

    The topic is being clarified
  • Denis Sautov
    / Radius Travel

    CEO, Co-founder

    Loyalty as a key driver of ecosystem development and payment methods
  • 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

    Mobile Money 2.0 as the basis for CBDC
  • 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

    The topic is being clarified

17:45 - 18:15

Coffee break


18:15 - 19:15

Session 6. 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.
  • 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

  • Oksana Lyndina
    / AKB Kapitalbank

    Advisor to the Chairperson of the Supervisory Board, CEO of Kapital Academy
  • Olga Yarygina
    / Bank 131

    Deputy Chairperson of the Board
  • Bakhtovar Yusufy
    / AO Payfintech

    Advisor to the CEO. Carried out a digital transformation in 8 banks in the region, increasing the coverage of digital services and introducing more than 30 new digital products. One of the visionaries and key figures in the creation of the neo-bank Smartbank. He led the development and implementation of intonational fintech solutions, including platforms for Open Banking, instant payments and financial inclusion


  • The list of panel members is being updated


19:15 - 20:15

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