Past Speakers
World-class presenters sharing exclusive content
Featured speakers of the CPPO's Symposium 2025
DataVisor
Dennis Maicon
VP of Banking and Payments
My Beacon
Stuart Szabo
Co-Founder & CEO
The Logic
Future of Finance Reporter
CPPO
Jennifer Tramontana
Executive Director
The Globe and Mail
EQ Bank
Erica Alini
Kartik Kamat
VP, Payments & Digital
Banking Analytics
Personal Economics Reporter
EQ Bank
Peoples Group
Mastercard
Daljit Singh
Principal Personal Banking Payments
VP, Market Development
CEO
Peoples Group
Innovative Payments Association
Payouts Network
Chief Risk Officer
President & CEO
Chief Revenue Officer
Galileo Financial Technologies
Head of of B2B Business Development
Onbe
Chief Legal Officer
Payments + Partnerships
CEO
Brim Financial
Founder & CEO
Kotapay
Head of Payments Products & Strategy
Tillo
Neo Financial
Vice President & Head, Deposits and Investments
Chief Revenue Officer
Digital Commerce Payments
VoPay
President
CEO & Founder
Synctera
C100
Fintech Cadence
General Manager, Canada
Executive Director
Layial El-Hadi
Executive Director
Mastercard
Ajay Tomar
Director, Security Solutions
Visa Direct Canada
One Feather
Lawrence Lewis
Founder
Shiv Ganeshan
Senior Director and Head of Product
Collinson
Giesecke+Devrient
National Bank of Canada
Manuel Catedral
Quintin Stephen
Philippe Daoust
Vice President of Business Development
Global Business Lead/Director - Authentication
VP of Innovation
Holt Xchange
Jan Christopher Arp
Founding General Partner
Mastercard
Visa
Pratap Raya
Noah Niznick
Senior Director,
Government Engagement
Vice President, Global Acceptance Strategy
Mastercard
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
C.D. Howe Institute
Balinder Ahluwalia
Jacqueline Shinfield
Jeremy Kronick
SVP Market Development, Canada
Partner
Co-lead of Financial Services Regulatory Group
Vice-President, Economic
Analysis and Strategy
Finavator
Michelle Beyo
CEO & Founder
Symposium 2026
Why Prepaid Still Wins: The Backbone Powering Canada’s Next Payments Era ​
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Prepaid is no longer just cards—it's the infrastructure powering neobanks, embedded finance, and cross-border innovation across Canada. As RTR launches, open banking arrives, and AI transforms commerce, Symposium 2026 explores how prepaid remains the connective tissue of modern money movement.
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Join industry leaders for a full day of strategic conversations on navigating prepaid’s competitive edge in Canada’s multi-rail reality, AI's opportunities and threats, regulatory evolution, and where smart capital is flowing in fintech 2.0. We’ll unpack:
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RTR, open banking, stablecoins, and RPAA implementation shifting the fintech playing field
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Agentic commerce reshaping transactions as deepfakes and synthetic IDs strain security
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High-frequency transaction data powering personalized rewards beyond points
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Canada’s neobanks scaling under tighter regulation while preserving a competitive edge
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Navigating B2B payments modernization in complex, highly regulated markets
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Fintech investment bets on AI, embedded infrastructure, and regulatory-resilient platforms
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