European Digital Finance Conference

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Amsterdam
European Digital Finance Conference

This event gathers 500+ senior banking, fintech, payments, and financial services professionals. From the fintech side we have founders and management teams.

Top and middle management from leading Dutch and European banks make up 60% of attendees, alongside fintech founders and executives. European Digital Finance Conference taking place in Amsterdam on February 21. This is a focused event for 500+ banking, fintech, payments and other financial services senior professionals. We have top and middle management from leading banks from Netherlands and Euro

pe making up 60% of our attendees. We connect an audience, relevant to the topics of the event, who are interested to learn more about the latest market developments and have decision making position to conduct business and enter partnerships. The conference will be hosted in the most premium event location in Amsterdam’s city center - The Amsterdam Stock Exchange. Event web-site: https://digitalfinanceconference.eu/

3 stages | 60+ speakers | 500+ delegates | 24h+ of keynotes, case studies, roundtables, workshops and pitches | 2000+ m² exhibition and networking

Confirmed speakers:

Volodymyr Mudryi, CEO, OTP Bank Ukraine
Philippe Vollot, Member of the Managing Board and CFECO, Rabobank
Peter Kleinschmidt, Member of the Supervisory Board, N26
Ivar Lammers, Global Head of Financial Crime, ING Wholesale Banking
Giorgi Shagidze, CEO, maib
Sebastian Rubaj, Deputy Chairman, Raiffeisen Bank Ukraine
Pierre-Antoine Vacheron, CEO Payments, Groupe BPCE
Ivo Camilleri, Chief Strategy, Transformation & Data Officer, Bank of Valetta
Dinko Lucic, President of the Management Board, PBZ - Intesa Sanpaolo Group
Merijn Oltshoorn, Head of Commercial Team, ING Innovation Ventures
Thom Kokhuis, Head of Conversational AI & CRM, SVP, Rabobank
Laurens Hamerlinck, Head of Fintech Venturing, ABN AMRO Bank
Julien Defosse, Banking Industry Lead, AWS Worldwide Financial Services

Also, here are the 4 themes you can expect: an entire array of speakers, panels and conversations on

The evolution of the European banking sector: geopolitics, macroeconomics, and emerging technologies
Financial innovation in lending and payments: open banking and embedded finance
Leveraging ai, data, cloud, and cybersecurity to combat financial crime
Seeing is believing: 30 demos from the most innovative financial technology companies.

20/05/2026

🎤 MEET THE SPEAKERS of the Amsterdam Banking Forum 🚀

📅 June 1
📍 Amsterdam

What will be discussed?
👉 All topics and agenda updates are here:https://amsterdambankingforum.com/agenda/

We are happy to welcome:

🏦 Laurens Hamerlinck — Head of Fintech Venturing, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
💡 Carly Van de Riet — Head of Global Process Excellence and Digitalisation, ING
🌍 Brad Goad — Global Head – Banking & Payments, Commercial Lead, DXC Technology
🇳🇱 Thomas Vles — Founder, GoDutch
💳 Myles Harrison — Chief Product Officer, AMINA Bank
🤝 Daniel Poole — VP, Strategic Partnerships, Cover Genius
🚀 Bruno Sanglé-Ferrière — CEO, Carrousel Digital
📲 Nehal Mokhles — Sector Head, Digital & Innovation Hub, MIDBANK
💼 Dhritiman Mukherjee — Managing Partner, Financial Services, DXC Technology
🧠 Lex Veltman — Head of Enterprise Architecture, FSI, NTT DATA
🌐 Roisin Levine — Head of EMEA Partnerships, Wise Platform
📈 Viktor Smits — Senior Strategy & Operations Manager, Revolut
🔐 Damir Vodenicarevic — CEO & Co-Founder, Clehance
☁️ Swaminathan (Mac) Mahalingam — AWS Global Financial Services, Amazon
📊 Delisa Stone — Partner, Deloitte
🌍 Rheta du Preez — Managing Partner UK & Europe, Monocle Solutions
🪪 Boris Recsey — Chief Global Expansion Officer, WebID Solutions
⚡ Tatiana Descamps — Senior Manager, Emerging Technology & Transformation, EY-Parthenon
💳 Parth Parikh — Product Leader, Financial Products, Adyen
📱 Ankur Sisodia — Head of Product, N26

See you at the Amsterdam Banking Forum! 🚀

04/05/2026

A Ferrari as a prize at The Banking 50 networking reception, sponsored by DXC Technology.
Next event: June 1 — Amsterdam Banking Forum
Agenda: https://amsterdambankingforum.com/agenda/

21/04/2026

🚀 How mBank S.A. modernized its core banking system—without disruption
At the European Digital Finance Conference, Michal Niedzwieckił (IT Director at mBank) shared a powerful case of transforming a legacy core system while keeping the bank fully operational.
(Article and video: https://digitalfinanceconference.eu/core-banking-modernization-without-disruption-lessons-from-mbank/)

💡 Key takeaway: The biggest risk wasn’t transformation—it was doing nothing.

Instead of a risky “big bang” migration, mBank chose a gradual, step-by-step approach:
500+ small migrations
Parallel run of old and new systems
Sharding for true scalability
Continuous testing at massive scale

📊 The result:
Near zero downtime
Faster releases
Improved resilience
Seamless experience for 80%+ of customers

👥 But the real success factor? People.
No job losses—teams were upskilled and became the drivers of change.
🔑 Key lessons for banks:
Focus on business value, not just tech
Build rollback into everything
Never stop operations
Think in years, not quarters

👉 Core transformation isn’t a project—it’s a long-term evolution of both technology and organization.

11/04/2026

The Banking 50 😊
Join us to network during the conference and the Money Party on June 1 🤝
https://lnkd.in/gmg9HrMA

19/03/2026

Last days of the 50% discount on tickets for the Amsterdam Banking Forum on June 1. Order here: https://amsterdambankingforum.com/buy-tickets/

25/02/2026

🚀 EDFC is free for bankers
All major banks are attending the European Digital Finance Conference. Join senior banking and fintech leaders on March 5 in Amsterdam for a day of real insights, peer discussions, and high-quality networking.
🔎 Agenda: https://digitalfinanceconference.eu/agenda/
🎟️ Registration: https://digitalfinanceconference.eu/tickets/
Looking forward to welcoming you!

25/02/2026

What do we like most? That many people are coming back from previous editions of on March 5 — both vendors and bankers.

🔎 Top agenda: https://digitalfinanceconference.eu/agenda/

💼 Participation for bankers is free of charge. Register here:

https://digitalfinanceconference.eu/tickets/

For your attention, here are a few moments from the summer with some of our returning attendees.

24/02/2026

European Digital Finance Conference March 5, Amsterdam
Session 1 — Re-Platforming the Core: From Legacy Constraint to Innovation Engine
How leading banks are turning mainframe and core platforms into API-driven foundations for digital experience, AI enablement and continuous value delivery

09:00 – 12:00
Session chair: Swaminathan (Mac) Mahalingam, AWS Global Financial Services, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Presentations:
- How innovation is reshaping financial services by Yorick Naeff, Head of Innovation, ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (20 minutes)
From creating better client experiences to unlocking new ways of delivering value in an increasingly digital world.

- Platform-Led Core Transformation: Building the Bank for the Next Decade by Vladimira Tomasek, Head of Core Banking Systems, VÚB banka and Brad Goad, CRO Banking Services DXC GrowthX (20 minutes)
Modern core banking transformation leverages existing systems through functional decoupling, modular architecture, and platform thinking—supported by strategic vendor partnerships that enable continuous innovation and long‑term sustainability.

- Mainframe@Rabobank: Our Modernization Journey by Henk van Dasler, VP, Manager Generic Infra Services, Retail NL, Rabobank (20 minutes)
Rabobank’s modernization journey putting the mainframe platform as the back end of the new core payment systems.

- Reimagine Legacy: Deterministic Understanding for AI-Speed Delivery by Run Asulin, Head of Chief Mainframe Programmer Division, Bank Leumi and Ohad Kotler, CEO and Co-Founder, Tweezr (20 minutes)

- Changing the Engine While Flying: How to Modernize a Core Banking System Without Stopping the Business by Michal Niedzwiecki, IT Director, mBank S.A. (20 minutes)

- Presentation title to be confirmed by OutSystems (20 min)

Panel discussion: Innovation in Banking Built on Legacy Foundations (40 mins)
- Innovating without replacing the core: pragmatism vs ambition
- How legacy platforms can still enable digital products and speed
- The role of AI in modernizing, operating, and extending legacy systems
- Lessons learned from large-scale legacy transformation programs

Panelists:
✅ Nathan Snyder, Head of Modernization, DXC Technology
✅ Alexander Wiener, CEO and Co-Founder, Element
✅ Run Asulin, Head of Chief Mainframe Programmer Division, Bank Leumi
✅ Peter Heijblom, Head of Mainframe, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

Full Conference agenda: https://lnkd.in/eu85xrHE

22/02/2026

Join the European Digital Finance Conference.
Agenda: https://digitalfinanceconference.eu/agenda/
One speaking slot left.
73% of attendees are bankers.

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https://digitalfinanceconference.eu/

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