Banks: Abi, at the start of the 2019 Payment Hall

On 6, 7 and 8 November, the ideas and protagonists of innovation in the banking and financial world will give life to the fourth edition of Il Salone dei Pagamenti in Milan, at the MiCo-Milano Congressi: the most important Italian event on technologies and systems of payment, promoted by ABI in collaboration with Feduf-Foundation for financial education and savings, CBI, Consorzio ABI Lab and organized by ABIServizi.

The numbers are gradually growing year after year - over 400 speakers at the 2018 edition, 90 sessions, more than a hundred partner companies involved, more than 10 thousand attendees - and the attention shown also for the 2019 edition by the main companies of the sector confirm the Salone dei Pagamenti as a reference point for the world of digital innovation applied to payments and financial transactions.

The show is not a simple event, but an open platform for meeting, confrontation, dialogue and proposal, capable of connecting companies, the public, the banking and financial world, institutions, research centers, payment circuits, universities, big companies of digital and innovative startups, in addition to an ever increasing number of young and very young students.

A winning formula

Also for the 2019 edition, the Salone dei Pagamenti - with free admission for the public - provides a vast exhibition area, where you can meet the companies that are the protagonists of innovation and experience the news directly, and a rich series of sessions and workshops, that will give space to the most significant voices of the digital transformation in progress: to open the works will be Antonio Patuelli, President of ABI, Alessandra Perazzelli, Deputy Director General of the Bank of Italy and Federico Faggin, the famous Italian of Silicon Valley, inventor of microchip and touchscreen technology, which will address the opening Plenary Session on 6 November with their speeches.

Thanks to the collaboration with Fintech District, the Show will be a privileged stage for the most interesting innovative startups at Italian and international level, which during the three days of the event will have spaces and opportunities to tell the public, but also to potential partner companies and to investor audience.

Protagonists of the new world

The title chosen for the 2019 edition is the explicit synthesis of an open and positive mental attitude that has characterized the atmosphere of the Salon of Payments: Protagonists of the new world.

Technological innovation is in fact an engine of opportunities: it enables more and more people and companies to play a leading role. To be truly incisive it is essential to know the opportunities that innovation opens up, and to develop the skills necessary to exploit the extraordinary possibilities that open up in this "new world".

The 9 Thematic areas

9 are the thematic areas that trace the narrative thread of the 2019 show: different but closely related areas of reflection that allow you to explore the entire horizon of digital transformation.

  1. The future of global payments. It is the space with a broader scenario, which explores the most relevant market trends from Europe and the world: dynamics, tools and payment methods that will revolutionize the payments of tomorrow.
  2. Bank (R) evolution. The challenges in retail payments between new regulations and competition, but also analyzes and in-depth analysis on issues related to corporate payments, electronic invoicing.
  3. The new Tech frontier. "Border" themes, in fact, from artificial intelligence to blockchain, to cryptocurrencies: concrete opportunities for revolution of our daily payment interactions?
  4. Shopping without cash. A space of thought and comparison aimed at the world of retail linked to the purchase, which is increasingly omnichannel.
  5. Open banking and platform economy. The role of digital payments in the era of virtual platforms, marketplaces, aggregators and ecosystems.
  6. Privacy & Security. A key and increasingly decisive issue: how to reconcile the use of data, effectiveness in use and the right to privacy? What is the role of cybersecurity?
  7. Digitalife and new generations. Millennials, Centennials, Z Generation & Alpha generation: a journey through tools, needs and payment opportunities for generations that are increasingly digital and mobile.
  8. Towards a digital society. The Digital Agenda of the PA and the initiatives to digitize the country between public and private: education, new professions and job opportunities.
  9. Fintech and Open Innovation. Once again this year, the Salone is an opportunity to bring together the world of Italian and international Fintech: start-ups, incubators, innovation models, collaborative models with banks and companies.

The leading banks

The first protagonists of this new world that the 2019 Paying Fair is undoubtedly the banks, payment circuits and the financial world as a whole, but also the technological and fintech realities that develop increasingly advanced solutions for the growth of people , of companies, of the country. The world of payments is the perfect trait d'union for this approach to innovation that goes from the "micro" to the "macro", from the way you pay for groceries at the supermarket to global blockchain systems.

Banks in recent years have been among the first to marry innovation, translating it into ever better services for their customers, in dialogue with the world of technology and rethinking their approach to business in a new perspective. It is significant, in this sense, that the Show is an expression of the Association of banks operating in Italy.

Banks: Abi, at the start of the 2019 Payment Hall

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