On Tuesday 4 March 2025, we hosted the Connected Industries: Fintech and Mobile Commerce Summit in Barcelona, Hall 4. Watch the full sessions on-demand and catch-up on the latest discussions and presentations from our fintech experts.
Thank you to our sponsors and speakers for their support and contributions.
Knowledge Partner: Accenture
Lead Sponsor: BBVA
Supporting Sponsors: ManageEngine and iFLYTEK
10:00 – 10:30 – Expanding revenue streams in finance and telco: APIs, integration and collaboration
Africa’s unbanked population needs access to digital inclusion through solutions like M-Pesa, which facilitate growth in transactions. Vodafone’s Identity Hub ensures secure transactions using APIs to detect scam calls and verify SIM swaps, helping to control fraud. Vodafone has been pioneering in the fintech space, adding value for telcos.
Adyen discusses how telco solutions are moving towards embedded finance, enabling SMB to access connectivity and lending services directly from telcos instead of third parties. This untapped market, currently at 20%, has the potential to grow to 50% revenue, from networks to iPhones facilitating seamless payment experiences for underserved markets.
JPM highlights the importance of access to data, telcos’ network coverage, and the opportunities for consumer services and insurance through embedded solutions emphasising how payments can be used to their advantage.
Panellists:
- Sulabh Agarwal, Managing Director – Global Head of Payments, Accenture (Moderator)
- Daniel Baker, Head of Product, Payment Rails, Europe, Middle East and Africa, J.P. Morgan Payments
- Sampada Basarkar, Product & Platform Engineering Director, Vodafone
- Alexa von Bismarck, EMEA President, Adyen
10:30 – 12:00 – Capturing the opportunity in enterprise
In this session, we explored global solutions and cross-partnerships within financial services in new markets. We discussed mobile money, payments, and diversifying business to strengthen the telco consumer base. New opportunities for digital wallets are allowing operators to launch these services to their customers, connecting the ecosystem. Enterprises, banks, and telcos can digitalise at lower costs, providing financial convenience as well as niche areas such as parental control and device finance, highlighting the ability of financial products to collect and disperse funds, making them easier to use once set up. Banks like BBVA are also using open AI to provide innovative digital services for employees and customers.
Presentations:
- Arul Aram, Technical Consultant, ManageEngine
- Alvaro Martin, Head of Data – Commercial Client Solutions, CIB & Sustainability, BBVA
Panellist:
- Richard Cockle, Head of GSMA Foundry and Connected Industries, GSMA (Moderator)
- Anna-Karin Lindblom, Head of Product Management, Ericsson MFS
- Christiaan Ross, Founder and CEO, Glow FS
- Ian Watterson, SVP Go-to-Market, CSG
- Rajat Dayal, Founder and CEO, YABX
Fireside Chat:
- Brian Gorman, Technical Director – Fintech Lead, GSMA
- Alvaro Martin, Head of Data – Commercial Client Solutions, CIB & Sustainability, BBVA
12:30 – 14:30 – Collaborating to fight back against the global scam threat
In this session we explore trends and mobile solutions to combat global fraud. As a billion-dollar market, fraudsters are using advance techniques and the ecosystem is working together to improve regulatory, use innovative technologies and collaborate on an international scale. We hear from key speakers about the impact, challenges and methods being used across the world.
Panel:
- Richard Cockle, Head of GSMA Foundry and Connected Industries, GSMA (Moderator)
- Saad Syed, CEO, MTN Chenosis
- Dianne Doodnath, Principal Economic Crime, UK Finance
- Toby Evans, Head of Economic Crime, Australian Payments Network
Presentation:
- Jorij Abraham, CEO, GASA
Fireside:
- Brian Gorman, Technical Director – Fintech Lead, GSMA (Moderator)
- David Lowe, Managing Director Signature Accounts, Verizon
- Julian Gorman, Head of Asia Pacific, GSMA (Moderator)
- Anna Yip, CEO – International Digital Services, Singtel
Panel:
- Fortune Barnard, Security Operations Director, GSMA (Moderator)
- Guillaume Calot, Global Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, Vonage
- Clare Messenger, Head of Mobile Intelligence Solutions, JT International
- Mike O’Brien, EVP Corporate Business Development, iconectiv
- Patchen Noelke, Vice President Marketing, Hiya
15:30 – 17:30 – Powering mobile-first commerce
Our key speakers shared their rich experience and knowledge on how the fintech ecosystem is revolutionising mobile commerce and wallets for consumers. They discussed the drivers behind providing underserved customer sectors with digital payment solutions, moving away from physical channels. This includes seamless remittance transaction services and the development of onboarding features, all of which enhance the consumer experience. Super-apps worldwide are creating fintech ecosystems that cover everyday activities such as paying bills, commerce, lending, insurance, lifestyle, and device protection. Understanding the customer journey is crucial in this transformation.
Panel:
- Brian Gorman, Technical Director – Fintech Lead, GSMA (Moderator)
- Melike Kara Tanrikulu, CEO, e& Money
- Martha Sazon, CEO and President, GCash
- Erwan Gelebart, CEO – Open Innovation & Fintech, Axian Group
- Astha Bhardwaj, Managing Director, Accenture (Moderator)
- Jeff Delong, Senior Director Strategic Partnerships, Worldpay
- Viktorija Radman, Telecom Global Business Director, Infobip
- Amelia Newsom-Davis, Director Payment, Messaging and Identity, Orange
Presentation:
- Vincent Zhan, Vice President, iFLYTEK
- Ignacio de Loyola Gil Puértolas, Head of Business and Product, BBVA
Fireside:
- Brian Gorman, Technical Director – Fintech Lead, GSMA (Moderator)
- Rob Schimek, Group CEO, bolttech
