Summit Schedule 2026

How can financial services technology and Ai offer customers better service at scale, as well as new ways to engage and a new experience of finance?

Ryze Money’s purpose is to build financial products to the people who feed, house and help the world. Ryze uses Ai to understand all aspects of the customers business; from weather, input purchases, bank transactions, crop forecast yields, use of financial futures, working capital solutions, alongside a broader financial services platform that includes lending, embedded insurance, and account infrastructure. Ryze partners with major agribusiness distributors to reach farmers at scale, embedding credit directly into established supply chains.

Their flagship product, FarmerCard, is the first card enabled working capital product designed specifically for farmers, giving them access to flexible, seasonal credit aligned to how agriculture actually works.

Andrew Speers, Chief Executive Officer, Ryze Money

How can banks offer customers products they know and need at scale, as well as new ways to engage and a new experience of banking?

Andrew Speers, Chief Executive Officer, Ryze Money
Patrick McQuaid, Group Head of Data, Analytics & Ai, NGM Group
Tom Jordan, GTM, Wonderful Australia
MC: Glen Frost

How InDebted is transforming it’s business with Ai. A global collections business, with customer engagement tailored to the individual, in any language, with machine learning and robust infrastructure at scale, with guard rails and ethical oversight.



Josh Foreman, Founder & CEO, Indebted

How is financial technology, as well as new partnerships, changing the shape of banking?



Craig Carroll, Founder & Chairman, JustFund
Aaron Bassin CEO and Co-Founder, Bridgit
Travis Tyler, Chief Product Officer, Lendi Group
Dean Mendelowitz, Founder & CEO, Lendus

AFTERNOON: Note re session timings: Afternoon sessions are listed for an hour, however, each session is 40 minutes of speaking/Q&A and 20 minutes for networking

How innovations like real-time payments, stablecoins, and improved security is reshaping cross-border transactions, and how tokenised assets are reshaping banking, collateralisation and marketplace trading. The panel will discuss collaboration opportunities among banks, fintechs, and regulators to address challenges and drive growth.

Sheron Mendis, Director, Money Movement / Head of Stablecoins, Visa Direct
Andrew Ward, MD & Co-Founder, Liquidise
MC: Lee Eaton, Independent Reserve



1. Afternoon Streams from 2.00 – 3.00 => delegates select a stream (2 choices)
2. From 3.30 – 3.30 => afternoon tea/coffee in the Ballroom Foyer
3. 3.30-4.30pm sessions => delegates select a stream (2 choices)
4. Stay in the Ballroom for the Closing Keynote at 4.30pm
5. Drinks function from 5.30pm
(Note re session timings: These afternoon sessions are listed for an hour, however, each session is actually 40 minutes of speaking/Q&A and 20 minutes for networking and delegate engagement)