After the great success of the first two editions, the Salone dei Pagamenti also confirms for 2018 its innovative format, composed of a rich calendar of conferences and appointments with free admission, from a large exhibition space where to meet, learn and experiment with new solutions from technological partners, and from personalized paths of financial education.
From 7 to 9 November at MiCo-Milano Congressi in Milan, on the occasion of the event organized by ABIServizi and promoted by ABI-Italian Banking Association, in collaboration with Feduf-Foundation for financial education and savings, Consorzio CBI, Consorzio ABI Lab, under the patronage of the Agency for Digital Italy (AgID), there are eight thematic areas around which the Show will develop.
1. The future of global payments
From developments in the Anglo-Saxon countries to the widespread diffusion of mobile micro-payments in China and in Asian countries. From "peer to peer" transactions to "social commerce". What are the current trends, and what will characterize the immediate future of payment services? A voyage of horizon to more voices on global trends, following three guide words of the payments revolution: instantaneous, multi-channel, integrated. At the 2018 Show banks and payment circuits will compare, among others, with international experiences of the world of commerce and luxury markets.
2. Bank (R) evolution
The PSD2 as a decisive push to (r) the evolution of the banks, and the increasingly concrete prospect of the bank as an open platform (Open Banking) and of the Application Programming Interface (API) as a process optimization tool. The Show will be the area to present the paths of collaboration with the world of fintech, innovative solutions centered on the customer, technologies as enablers to provide increasingly efficient responses to the needs of citizens, but also to the needs of businesses (such as electronic invoicing ).
3. Shopping without Cash
The payment as a fluid experience, the new frontiers of digital portfolios, smart POS and wearable payment instruments, the new relationship between online purchase and physical point of sale in the omnichannel paths, the decisive role of the piece of furniture. The customer's purchase experience read through the voices of the smart payment service providers, the brands of large retailers.
4. Mobile and Millennials
Millennials, but also the Generation Y. Young and very young become protagonists at the Payments Saloon not only as users and potential users of advanced payment services, but also as protagonists of the professions of the near future: this is the theme at the center of a morning session (Thursday 8 November). Also this year the Salone dei Pagamenti also, thanks to the collaboration with Feduf-Foundation for Financial Education and Saving, involves girls and boys from secondary schools in paths and interactive lessons of financial education, presenting the scenarios opened by "Money future".
5. Towards a Digital Society
The November 9, the third day of the Payments Exhibition, focuses on the role of the Public Administration as the enabler of a more and more widespread digitalization in relations with citizens and businesses. The Show becomes an opportunity to take stock of the implementation of the Digital Agenda, starting with PagoPA solutions and innovative payments to and from the Public Administration, up to the topic of electronic invoicing.
6. Artificial Intelligence arrives
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, robo-advisory, the evolution of the Internet of things and the changes that this set of technologies bring into everyday life. Algorithms are now very powerful tools for customizing the payment experience, which allow us to provide the user with increasingly exclusive and increasingly exclusive and effective services. But also to retain customer loyalty. How are banks' services changing in this scenario? What technologies are really making a difference? At the show a point on the evolution underway.
7. Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies
Blockchain technologies as a new standard not only for payment systems, but also as trade exchange protocols, transparency on product chains, in global logistics. And cryptocurrencies as new tools that come into contact with payment paths and circuits. The Salone dei Pagamenti will host a series of in-depth analyzes with technology experts and operators from the various sectors to analyze the application sectors of these new instruments, in Italy and worldwide, and the most significant "use cases" in the field of transactions.
8. Privacy & Security
The new European regulation of the GDPR on the one hand, the PSD2 directive on the other hand, calls for an expanded analysis of the crucial issue of data management and privacy in the payment process. At the same time, the issue of cybersecurity becomes crucial for the development of advanced business systems based on digital technologies. Law, technology and new security and identification technologies meet at the Payments Show, analyzing the various aspects of this very delicate aspect of the digital transition.