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It’s an Age of Adapt or Die – Chris Brummer – Season 3 | Episode #20

2026-10-09T07:09:51+00:00

It’s an Age of Adapt or Die - Chris Brummer [Season 3 | Episode #20] Jens Seidl 00:00:19 All right. Welcome to another episode of The P.I.T. Exchange. My name is Jens Seidl. I'm your host for today, and I've got a great guest with us here today, Chris Brummer. Welcome, Chris. Chris Brummer 00:00:30 Hopefully a great yes, but no, seriously, thank you so much. It's a pleasure to be here. Jens Seidl 00:00:35 Great. Thanks for for taking the time. as usual, I like to start with some this time. Not so random personal questions, because [...]

It’s an Age of Adapt or Die – Chris Brummer – Season 3 | Episode #202026-10-09T07:09:51+00:00

Regulation for Financial Inclusion – Ivo Jeník – Season 3 | Episode #19

2026-09-25T02:48:52+00:00

Regulation for Financial Inclusion - Ivo Jeník [Season 3 | Episode #19] Jens Seidl 00:00:34  Welcome to another episode of The P.I.T. Exchange, Payments, Innovation and Technology. My name is Jens Seidl, and I'm your host for today. And I'm here with, well, virtually here with Ivo. Yannick. Ivo, welcome. Ivo Jenik 00:00:46  Thank you very much for having me. Jens Seidl 00:00:49  Pleasure. Ivo, as usual with my episodes, I'd like to start with three random personal questions. Keep it nice and easy. first one on a flight. Aisle or window. Ivo Jenik 00:01:02  A window. Jens [...]

Regulation for Financial Inclusion – Ivo Jeník – Season 3 | Episode #192026-09-25T02:48:52+00:00

Do You Remember COBOL? DPS Does! – Philipp Königs – Season 3 | Episode #18

2026-09-11T05:30:00+00:00

Do You Remember COBOL? DPS Does! - Philipp Königs [Season 3 | Episode #18] Jens Seidl 00:00:33  Welcome to another episode of the P.I.T. Exchange, Payments Innovation Technology. I'm here in my hometown in Frankfurt with the company DPS and its CEO, Philipp Koenig. Welcome, Philipp. Good morning. Thanks for having me on the show. Thanks for coming by. Nope. Thanks for having me in your offices here. It's nice to get out of my home office from time to time. From time to time? Yeah, yeah, for me, the same. I'm not living in Frankfurt. Living more [...]

Do You Remember COBOL? DPS Does! – Philipp Königs – Season 3 | Episode #182026-09-11T05:30:00+00:00

Redesigning the Euro Banknote – Doris Schneeberger – Season 3 | Episode #17

2026-09-09T01:00:18+00:00

Redesigning the Euro Banknote - Doris Schneeberger [Season 3 | Episode #17] Jens Seidl 00:00:33  Welcome to another episode of the Exchange Payments, Innovation and Technology. My name is Jens Seidl. I'm your host for today, and I'm here at the beautiful European Central Bank building in Frankfurt with Doris Schneeberger. Welcome, Doris. Doris Schneeberger 00:00:46  You're welcome. Welcome also to the ECB. Jens Seidl 00:00:48  Thank you so much. I always love coming. It's such a beautiful building. I think they've done a great job. And also incorporating the the Old Course, Mark teller, the old market [...]

Redesigning the Euro Banknote – Doris Schneeberger – Season 3 | Episode #172026-09-09T01:00:18+00:00

India’s Digital Payments Journey – Ritesh Shukla – Season 3 | Episode #16

2026-08-28T09:00:52+00:00

India's Digital Payment Journey - Ritesh Shukla [Season 3 | Episode #16] Jens Seidl 00:00:31  Okay, welcome to another episode of The P.I.T. Exchange, Payments Information Technology. My name is Jens Seidl, and I am your host for this episode. It's my pleasure to have a guest with us who's actually, been one of our friends for many years now. You've been to a lot of our conferences. and it's great to have you here. Ritesh Shukla from NPCI International. Welcome. Ritesh Shukla 00:00:56  Thanks, Jens. It's really nice to be here with you. And like you said, [...]

India’s Digital Payments Journey – Ritesh Shukla – Season 3 | Episode #162026-08-28T09:00:52+00:00

Implementing AI Transformation within a Central Bank – Aizhan Arinova – Season 3 | Episode #15

2026-08-21T07:37:59+00:00

Implementing AI Transformation within a Central Bank - Aizhan Arinova [Season 3 | Episode #15] Tom Mitchell 00:00:33 Welcome to the P.I.T. Exchange. I'm Tom Mitchell from Currency Research, and today I'm joined by Aizhan Arinova, who is Director of Digital Transformation at the National Bank of Kazakhstan. Aizhan, thank you very much for joining me. Aizhan Arinova 00:00:47 Thank you, Tom. Thank you for your time. Tom Mitchell 00:00:50 We're recording this today against the backdrop both of the Silk Road Cash and Payments Conference that's taking place in Almaty, Kazakhstan in a couple of weeks' time, [...]

Implementing AI Transformation within a Central Bank – Aizhan Arinova – Season 3 | Episode #152026-08-21T07:37:59+00:00

Emerging Payments in Asia – Camilla Bullock – Season 3 | Episode #14

2026-08-14T05:57:03+00:00

Emerging Payments in Asia - Camilla Bullock [Season 3 | Episode #14] Jens Seidl 00:00:33 Welcome to another episode of The P.I.T. Exchange. My name is Jens Seidl, and I'm your host for today. And I've got a very special guest with me here today, Camilla Bullock from the EPAA. Welcome. Camilla Bullock 00:00:44 Hello. And thank you for having me, Jens. Jens Seidl 00:00:46 That's great to have you. By the way, if you hear a little bit of background noise, we are here in KL in beautiful Malaysia today in a hotel lobby. So we're recording [...]

Emerging Payments in Asia – Camilla Bullock – Season 3 | Episode #142026-08-14T05:57:03+00:00

CBPC Roadshow: Trust is more than a Handshake – Paulo Barbosa [Episode #4]

2026-08-07T06:57:24+00:00

CBPC Roadshow: Trust Is More Than a Handshake - Paulo Barbosa [Episode #4] Shaun Ferrari 00:00:42 Hello everybody. Thank you for joining us on this next episode of The P.I.T. Exchange, where we talk about the latest in payments innovation and technology. I'm your host this week, Sean Ferrari with Currency Research. And we're excited this week to bring you another episode of our road to the central Bank Payments Conference. Our road to CBPC. Episode series where we have another one of our great partners for the event, Banfico, joining us. And we have Paulo Barbosa, who's [...]

CBPC Roadshow: Trust is more than a Handshake – Paulo Barbosa [Episode #4]2026-08-07T06:57:24+00:00

Building Trust in Autonomous AI Commerce Through Verifiable Intent – Gene Reda – Season 3 | Episode #13

2026-07-31T05:45:13+00:00

Building Trust in Autonomous AI Commerce Through Verifiable Intent - Gene Reda [Season 3 | Episode #13] The world of payments is on the brink of a dramatic transformation as artificial intelligence (AI) agents begin to act autonomously on behalf of consumers. In the latest episode, our host and Gene Reda, Senior Vice President, Agentic and Digital Growth Products at Mastercard, explored how agent commerce and verifiable intent are reshaping the landscape of trust, security, and regulation in digital payments. Their conversation delved into the rise of AI-powered agents that can execute transactions [...]

Building Trust in Autonomous AI Commerce Through Verifiable Intent – Gene Reda – Season 3 | Episode #132026-07-31T05:45:13+00:00

CBPC Roadshow: Payments Edge Discussion: Skills for the Next-Generation of Payments Leaders – Julia Streets & Amy Burr [Episode #3]

2026-07-17T07:12:24+00:00

CBPC Roadshow: Payments Edge Discussion: Skills for the Next-Generation of Payments Leaders - Julia Streets & Amy Burr [Episode #3] Shaun Ferrari 00:00:40 Hello everybody, and thank you for joining the next episode of The P.I.T, Exchange, where we talk about the latest in payments innovation and technology. And today we're going to add leadership to that list of things we talk about, even though it doesn't fit into the pit aspect of the pit exchange. But we're excited to talk about payments leadership today. I'm your host today, Sean Ferrari here with Currency Research. And we are [...]

CBPC Roadshow: Payments Edge Discussion: Skills for the Next-Generation of Payments Leaders – Julia Streets & Amy Burr [Episode #3]2026-07-17T07:12:24+00:00

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Advisory Board & Conference Chairs

Richard Haycock
Richard HaycockChairman
Cyprus
Joined in 2001

Mr. Richard Haycock has over 30 years of experience within the currency industry, and has devoted his time to increasing the education, communication, and community within this industry. With a degree in Computer Science, Richard has a background in the computer and telecommunications industry, and has established himself as a serial entrepreneur. In 1991, he founded and was CEO of Currency Systems International (CSI), Currency Software Solutions (CSS), and Currency Consulting International (CCI). These companies were sold in 2001 to De La Rue, which resulted in Richard founding Currency Research.

Throughout his career, he has developed a knowledge and understanding of the key areas within the currency industry, and is the Founder and Chairman of the Currency Conference (1992) and Cash Cycle Seminars (ICCOS 1996), Founder and co-Chairman of the International Association for Currency Affairs (2004), co-Founder of Currency News (2004), co-Founder and Chairman of Intelligent Currency Solutions (2008), and the co-Founder and past Chairman of the Coin Conference (2010).

Mr. Haycock specializes in the Future of Currency and Central Banks.

Rufaida Hamilton
Rufaida HamiltonHead of Payments, South Africa Standard Bank
Johannesburg, South Africa

Rufaida Hamilton (nee Banoobhai) is the Head of Payments for South Africa at Standard Bank Limited. Along with her Bachelor’s degree in Arts, Bachelor of Commerce Honours degree, executive management, and leadership skills gained from her time at the Harvard Business School, she also boasts 23 years of extensive experience in financial services and payments, traversing the investment, corporate and retail banking segments.

Rufaida has worked for three of the largest banks in South Africa and served in various payment industry roles within the South African payments ecosystem. Amongst that notable role, is her board membership at the Payments Association of South Africa and position as Chairperson of the Board of DandyShelf Limited, which held ownership of the local payment system operator.

As the South African payments industry is transforming, Rufaida led the banking industry program to contribute to the design of the new South African payments industry body. She feeds her deep passion for capacity building in payments expertise and skills, particularly women in payments, and in emerging economies through memberships in the likes of the Women in Payments EMEA Advisory Board and more.

Graeme Donald
Graeme DonaldFormer Head of Industry Development at Lloyds Banking
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Graeme has 42 years’ experience in banking the last 23 of which have been in payments.

After spending 25 years with RBS, Graeme joined HBOS in 2000 as Director of Cash and Clearing Services and then went on to head up the Cash Services business. This was followed by a period when he was responsible for the payment industry interface, product strategy for payments, cash management across corporate, SME, and retail customer segments, and relationship management of the HBOS correspondent banking network. After that, Graeme was responsible for leading the engagement with all aspects of the payments industry and was the nominated colleague in LBG for PSR and Bank of England engagement. He is currently seconded to the New Payment Systems Operator.

Graeme led a small team that invented the Current Account Switch service now actively used by UK banks to provide a consistent, guaranteed, and hassle-free customer current account switching experience. He led the design of Bank of Scotland polymer banknotes, including the limited edition note designed by a school competition that attracted over 4,000 entries and raised over £150,000 for BBC Children in Need. Graeme led and designed the LBG payments industry integration plan, including the sort code strategy, to underpin the integration of LTSB and HBOS. This included providing regular updates to the UK Scheme Companies and to the Bank of England at the Executive Director level.

Graeme is an experienced company director including holding directorships at CHAPS Co and Cheque and Credit Clearing Ltd, positions he held for over 7 years, IPSO, and more recently at Faster Payments.

Prior to joining HBOS, Graeme was Head of Cash Operations for RBS. His experience in RBS also included time in branch banking, finance, and as an assistant to one of the RBS group board members.

Graeme is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland, a Chartered Banker, and a former Bilsland prize winner.

Gerry Gaetz
Gerry GaetzStrategic Advisor for Tata Consultancy Services & Former CEO of Payments Canada
Ottawa, Canada

Gerry is a Strategic Advisor with Tata Consultancy Services. He is an Advisory Board Member of Currency Research and he is the former President and CEO of Payments Canada, where he oversaw changes to its governance and board structure, and developed a strategy and plan to modernize the Canadian payments system.

Prior to that, Gerry held a number of executive roles at the Bank of Canada, leading Banking Operations, Corporate Services, and Currency. Gerry has been a member of the International Council of Payment Association Chief Executives, a founding member of P7, a group of 11 Asia Pacific payment entities, and the chair of the Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group, comprised of 32 countries. He was a director of Fortress Global Enterprises and Landqart AG in Switzerland. He was a member of an international business ethics accreditation council, based in London. He also co-led the flagship executive leadership program at the Gestalt International Study Center in Massachusetts and co-founded AdAstra, a Canadian charity organization.

Michael Lambert
Michael Lambert Former Director of Banknotes, Board of Governors of the USA Federal Reserve System
Alexandria, United States of America

Michael Lambert is former Director of Banknotes for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C. He was responsible for issuing the nation’s banknotes and for the following programs: Banknote Issuance and Cash Operation, Banknote Planning and Quality, and the Currency Education Program, a global programme designed to reach users of US currency around the world.

In his former capacity, Michael participated with senior officials of the US Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United States Secret Service to coordinate counterfeit deterrence activities for the United States and make banknote design recommendations to the Secretary of the Treasury.

In addition, Michael served on the Executive Committees of the Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group, the Reprographic Research Centre, and the Four Nations, and was actively involved in other international forums, such as CEMLA and the Pacific Rim Banknote Conference.

Xiaochen Zhang
Xiaochen ZhangChair of the Central Bank AI Conference
Chicago, United States of America

Xiaochen is the founder and CEO of FinTech4Good, a global network that collaborates with startups, industry leaders, nonprofits, and investors to harness blockchain, AI, metaverse, and cloud computing for social good. He is also an Investor at Gaingels, a leading venture capital network that supports diverse and underrepresented founders in FinTech and artificial intelligence.

With over 20 years of experience in financial markets and international development, Xiaochen has a passion for leveraging emerging technologies to create a better world. As the Global Head of Innovation & GTM at Amazon Web Services (AWS), he led a team that developed and delivered cutting-edge solutions in areas such as digital assets, central bank digital currency, green finance, and regulatory and supervisory technologies.

Jean-Michel Godeffroy
Jean-Michel Godeffroy Chair of the Central Bank Payments Conference
Paris, France

Jean-Michel Godeffroy is an independent consultant based in Paris. He retired from the European Central Bank in 2014, after 16 years as director general in charge of payment systems and market infrastructures. In this capacity, he played a key role in the successful implementation of the TARGET2 system, the RTGS for the euro area, and T2S, the integrated securities settlement system for Europe.

He also contributed actively to the SEPA project, whose objective was to create uniform payment instruments in Europe. He chaired the Payment and Settlement Systems Committee of the Eurosystem and the T2S Board. He was a member of the G10/G20 CPSS (now CPMI).

Jean-Michel started his career at Banque de France in 1982 where he was successively a foreign exchange dealer, investment manager, and banking supervisor.

In 1989-1990, he was seconded to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Jean-Michel holds a degree from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (SciencesPo) and an Economics degree from the University of Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Matthew Hunt
Matthew HuntChair of the Global Payments Summit
London, United Kingdom

Currently working as a strategic advisor with a large professional services firm, Matthew is an active payments industry participant with vast experience in the United Kingdom market.

Previously, Matthew has held key leadership positions at Pay.UK and the Bank of England, and was instrumental in developing strategies that have helped position the UK market as a global leader in critical market infrastructure areas such as Open Banking, Faster Payments, RTGS, and others.

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