2nd December | 12:00PM GMT

 Future-Proofing European Payments: Technology & Strategy Post-IPR

An ACI Worldwide Digital Showcase brought to you by GDS.

The Eurosystem’s Instant Payments Regulation (IPR) marks a major turning point for European banks.

What began as a regulatory requirement to enable instant payments has become a catalyst for new business models, faster customer service, and competitive shifts across the market. Instant payment capabilities can be used to deliver new customer experiences, strengthen fraud prevention, and improve liquidity management.

But the operational challenges of moving to real-time settlement are also revealing the urgency for payments infrastructure modernisation. The stakes are high. Modernising for IPR can help European banks capture new revenue streams, deepen customer loyalty, and secure long-term competitive advantage in an evolving payments landscape.

Join ACI Worldwide in this 90-minute live session, where industry experts will examine the practical implications of IPR, cover the risks of fragmented system upgrades, and explore the benefits of unified payments. You’ll leave this digital showcase with a new understanding of the strategic opportunities for banks that use IPR compliance as a foundation for innovation.

Key questions we’ll discuss:

What are the biggest operational hurdles in transitioning to real-time settlement, and how are banks overcoming them?

How can banks avoid fragmentation when upgrading legacy systems for instant payments?

What new fraud risks are introduced by instant payments, and how are banks adapting their prevention strategies?

Speakers

Craig Ramsey

Head of Account-to-Account Payments, ACI Worldwide

Craig has more than 35 years of experience—25 of which have been with ACI Worldwide—providing specialist consulting to banks across the globe. Through dozens of industry initiatives—including the Euro, CLS, SwiftNet, UK Faster Payments, FedNow, RTP, New Payments Platform, and ISO 20022—Craig has helped customers leverage the power of the ACI solutions to meet their payments needs. Currently Head of Real-Time and Account-to-Account Payments, Craig works with customers, prospects, and industry players alike, ensuring that ACI's industry-leading products are always ready to power the world's payments ecosystem. Craig has been a trusted advisor to major global organizations and institutions, including Swift, Nacha, the US Federal Reserve, the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the European Council. Craig is an Executive Committee Member of the European Credit Research Institute and serves on the US Faster Payments Council Board of Directors.

Erwin Kulk

Head of Service Development & Management, EBA CLEARING

Erwin Kulk is Head of Service Development and Management at EBA CLEARING, the leading private-industry provider of pan-European infrastructure solutions for euro payments. Erwin is responsible for the management of EURO1 (for large-value euro payments), STEP2 (for SEPA bulk payments) and RT1 (for instant payments), as well as for the development of new services like request to pay (R2P). He has been working in the domain of interbank payment processing since 1998.

Fabien Depasse

Fabien is a seasoned business leader with 15+ years of experience launching and scaling digital products in the Payments industry. He brings a wealth of knowledge about payments to Paylume, including a decade at Swift, guiding the community in the adoption of Swift GPI, which has made cross-border payments faster and more transparent, as well as the Standards and Payments portfolios. Based in Brussels, Fabien is taking a lead on various customer engagements and helping grow Paylume’s reach and business across the ecosystem. His expertise includes end-to-end ownership of product portfolios, from product strategy and market engagement to roadmap execution and commercial roll-out, across a range of operational models. He has led complex, cross-functional programs spanning product, sales, marketing, engineering, and customer experience.

Senior Advisor, Paylume

Agenda

  • GDS MOC

    Craig Ramsey,
    Head of Account-to-Account Payments, ACI Worldwide

  • Craig Ramsey,
    Head of Account-to-Account Payments, ACI Worldwide

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