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Curious Thinkers conference wrap-up

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Curious Thinkers event location shot in Sydney with logo

Our inaugural Curious Thinkers conference, held on 24 & 25 September 2018, took our clients on a journey through innovation, thought leadership, product solutions and more to inspire thinking about the future of payments.

Over the course of the two days we covered a wide range of current and future-focused topics – from what’s happening globally in payments and how that impacts us here in Australia, to open banking, real-time payments, customer experience and how to drive innovation within organisations.

An exceptional line up of international and local thought leaders shared their expertise and insights, including: Dr Leda Glyptis (Chief of Staff, 11:FS), Nuno Sebastiao (CEO, Feedzai), Steven Bankston (Senior Director, Product Development Visa), Stephen Scheeler (The Digital CEO), Charlotte Rush (Innovation Consultant, Inventium), Rocky Scopelliti (Futurologist & Author), Scott Farrell (Partner, KWM) and many more.

Read the Conference highlights from our Chief Client Officer, Bianca Bates.

View video content from Curious Thinkers via the links below:

  • Curious Thinkers 2018 Showreel
  • Day 1 Playlist featuring Charlotte Rush , Rocky Scopelliti, Steven Bankston, Stephen Scheeler,   Adrian Lovney (NPPA), Bianca Bates (Cuscal), Wayne Byres (APRA), Panel Discussion: Unlocking the potential of real-time payments, and Global Innovation Insights in partnership with PYMNTS.com presented by Bianca Bates and Sarah Whiteway (Cuscal)
  • Day 2 Playlist featuring Leda Glyptis, Nuno Sebastiao , Scott Farrell, Andrew Twaits (Bendigo Bank) and Panel Discussions: Open Banking Deep Dive, and Unlocking new tech to drive business growth.

Cuscal Curious Thinkers 2018 Showreel

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Held on 24 & 25 September 2018 in Sydney, the inaugural Cuscal client conference “Curious Thinkers” was a journey through innovation, thought leadership, product solutions and more to inspire ideas and thinking for the future of payments.

This video gives a visual summary of the conference, which featured an exceptional line up of international and local thought leaders and experts including: – Dr Leda Glyptis (Chief of Staff, 11:FS) – Nuno Sebastiao (CEO, Feedzai) – Steven Bankston (Senior Director Product Development, Visa) – Stephen Scheeler (The Digital CEO) – Charlotte Rush (Innovation consultant, Inventium) – Rocky Scopelliti (Futurologist and Author) – Scott Farrell (Partner, KWM) and many more.

We would like to thank all our sponsors for their support; eftpos, feedzai, ACI Worldwide, BPAY Group, CA Technologies, Data Action, Kony, Macarthur Print & Ultradata.

Finance, technology & regulation: The way ahead

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APRA’s chairman Wayne Byres talked about the way ahead for finance, technology and regulation at Curious Thinkers 2018 in Sydney.

Watch the video to learn APRA’s thoughts on open banking, IT investment, cloud technology and financial innovation. Read a transcript of this presentation on the APRA website

AI, machine learning and fraud

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Nuno Sebastiao, CEO of Feedzai presented AI at the centre of a crime free financial world at Curious Thinkers 2018 in Sydney.

He gave an overview of the machine learning capabilities of the Feedzai fraud prevention platform. He described how Feedzai uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to continuously learn from the massive amounts of data it processes and provide state-of-the-art fraud prevention.

Kieran McKenna (Cuscal), Leila Fourie (AusPayNet), Nigel Butler (Valocity) & Richard Harris (Feedzai) joined Nuno in a panel discussion on unlocking new tech to drive business growth.

Watch the AI, machine learning and fraud video to learn more.

Open Banking deep dive with Scott Farrell

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Scott Farrell, Partner KWM gave a snapshot of the Australian Government’s review of Open Banking in Australia at Curious Thinkers 2018 in Sydney.

Scott outlined how open banking is designed to give customers greater control over their data, giving them more choice in banking and convenience in managing their money.

He discussed how open banking is part of consumers’ broader data rights in Australia. The consumer data right will first apply to the banking sector, with others sectors set to follow.

Brett Miller (Data Action), Danny Gilligan (Data Republic), Ian Pollari (KPMG), & Vanessa Chapman (NPPA) joined Scott in an open banking panel discussion where they discussed the challenges of the timeline for open banking regulation in Australia, the opportunities it presents and the role FinTechs will play in open banking.

Watch the open banking deep dive video to learn more.

Get Real: Banking Innovation 2.0 with Leda Glyptis

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International keynote speaker Dr Leda Glyptis, Chief of Staff at 11:FS, presents “Get Real: Banking Innovation 2.0” at Curious Thinkers 2018 in Sydney.

Watch the video where Leda gives a thought-provoking presentation on banking innovation, discussing how banking is heading towards greater openness. She describes how new FinTechs, in general, are unbundling things, targeting specific niches rather than targeting the holistic businesses of banks.

11:FS thinks the digital transformation for banks is only 1% finished.

Mastering the 8 elements of disruptive leadership

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The Digital CEO, Stephen Scheeler, at Curious Thinkers 2018 in Sydney talking with Cuscal‘s clients about the eight elements of disruptive leadership.

Watch the video to find out the keys to disruptive leadership and how business leaders can learn from the successes of the tech giants to maximise the future success of their own businesses.

Global innovation insights with PYMNTS.com

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Cuscal’s Bianca Bates, Chief Client Officer & Sarah Whiteway, Head of Client Services sharing insights with clients from the Global Payments Innovation Playbook in collaboration with PYMNTS.com at Curious Thinkers 2018 in Sydney.

Watch the video to examine the key pillars driving financial innovation in payments in Australia, China, the European Union, India, the United Kingdom and the U.S.

Unlocking the potential of real-time payment

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A discussion on unlocking the potential of real-time payments with Adrian Lovney (NPPA), John Banfield (BPAY), our own Nathan Churchward & Phillip Finnegan (ACI Worldwide) at Curious Thinkers 2018 in Sydney.

Watch the video to see the panel discussion into the potential of real-time payments, as well as covering the competitive landscape, fraud and NPP access.

Faster Payments, Richer Data with Adrian

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Adrian Lovney, CEO, NPPA at Curious Thinkers 2018 in Sydney providing Cuscal’s clients with information about faster payments and richer data.

Watch the video to learn the current status of the New Payments Platform as well as its plans and priorities for the future. Adrian delves into the NPP’s API plans and its ‘consent and mandate’ service which will lay the groundwork for servicing direct debits as well as the second phase of Osko ‘request to pay’.