Speaker: Briana Marbury, President & CEO, Interledger Foundation
This keynote sets the stage for a Summit filled with bold conversations, meaningful collaborations, and a shared celebration of what’s possible when we build an open, inclusive financial future, together.
As digital public infrastructure becomes the backbone of global financial systems, we stand at a critical juncture: will these foundational technologies amplify existing inequalities or become engines of inclusion? This panel will examine how human rights principles can be operationalized within digital public financial infrastructure. Drawing on expertise from financial inclusion, digital public …
The Regulator’s Dilemma is an engaging, debate-driven role-playing game that places participants in the complex intersection of enabling financial innovation while ensuring consumer protection. Players will role-play being FinTech Innovators or Regulatory Teams, simulating the real-world tensions faced by policymakers. Teams will debate...and ultimately decide: whether to approve, conditionally ap…
Paysys Labs, a leading fintech company known for its innovative digital payment and financial service solutions, is partnering with Allied Bank Limited to transform the remittance landscape in Pakistan. Banks in Pakistan currently face challenges such as high costs and delays in cross-border payments, which impact customer satisfaction. This arrangement will enable ABL to offer faster, more cost-e…
The BessPay Plugin for Sharetribe integrates Interledger’s Open Payments standard, enabling MSMEs to transact globally in local currencies, faster, cheaper, and more securely. In this Demo Lab, participants will see a live walkthrough of SouthLink Marketplace, covering marketplace owner setup, seller onboarding, wallet linking, and buyer checkout flows.
The demo shows how Open Payments make mar…
Hop Sauna reimagines e-commerce and social media. Join me as I demo the current software build, and the roadmap to fully independent, federated and community-moderated commerce.
Join us to see what we've been working on in Rafiki over the last year. We'll cover how the project has evolved in 2025, what new features we have released, our plans for the future, and how Rafiki leverages the Interledger Protocol to simplify payments between integrators.
Latin America has narrowed gender gaps in account ownership, yet women remain 9.4% less likely to use formal financial services. Access alone is not enough; products must be usable, trustworthy, and relevant to daily life. In Mexico the conversation is shifting toward financial wellbeing and resilience, linking money to priorities such as health, family stability, and education. This session exami…
What is harmful design and how does it impact users? How can does impact consumer safety? Come to this workshop to find out more!
Harmful design patterns, often called dark patterns or deceptive design, is design that can nudge, manipulate, confuse or deceive users into making decisions they didn't intend to make. In California, the EU, and India, there is specific regulation against harm…
Mexico’s payment ecosystem remains fragmented, costly, and highly dependent on cash. According to our joint study with Finnovista, 92% of adults still use cash for daily transactions, remittances lose an average of 5% in fees, and only 13.5% of microenterprises can afford to accept digital payments. At the same time, Mexico has one of the most vibrant fintech ecosystems in Latin America - yet the …
