Banking 4.0, meet the worldclass keynote speakers: David G. W. Birch

October 1, 2024 • 0 Comment

Two months before the start of the Banking 4.0 international conference, the organizers announce an exceptional line-up. So far, the first 50 speakers from almost 20 countries (Austria, Belgia, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Spain, Turkey, UAE, UK) have been confirmed. The UK is best represented, with no less than five worldclass experts taking the stage.

One of them is none other than David G. W. Birch: best selling author, worldlwide fintech influencer, advisor and commentator on digital financial services. He is an international keynote speaker and recognised thought leader in digital identity and digital money.

David is Principal at 15Mb Ltd., his advisory practice, and Global Ambassador for Consult Hyperion, the secure electronic transactions consultancy. He is Non-Executive Chairman of Digiseq Ltd and holds a number of other board-level advisory roles with companies in Europe and the USA including Tillo, PaymentWorks, Au10tix and YourSafe.

Once named one of the global top 15 favourite sources of business information (Wired magazine) and one of the top ten most influential voices in banking (Financial Brand), he created one of the top 25 “must read’ financial IT blogs and was found to be one of the top ten Twitter accounts followed by innovators, along with Bill Gates and Richard Branson (PR Daily).

Ranked one of 2022’s global top 30 fintech influencers, he is one of the top three most influential people in London’s FinTech community (City A.M.) and rated Europe’s most influential commentator on emerging payments (Total Payments).

Besides his keynote speech, David will play the role of the moderator and will host an autograph session for promoting his latest book, “Money in the Metaverse”, co-authored with Victoria Richardson. The book is focused on bridging the gap between the creators of metaverses and financial services strategists looking to create value from virtual worlds, digital assets and digital identity. The goal is to facilitate more efficient interactions between the stakeholders and more effective development of smart strategies for business today.

More keynote speeches, on different topics related to the main theme of the event, will be delivered by other six experts, important personalities in the fintech&banking, digital assets, user experience and payments: Ernest Puspok – Worldline, Richard Caven – Amazon Web Services, Adi Morun – Microsoft, Catalin Cretu – Visa, Amnon Samid – BitMint and Ben Sauer – design leader.