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BIS Innovation Hub Analytics Challenge 2025 will provide a platform for discussions on new technology for combatting financial crime, for senior leaders across central banks, regulators, financial institutions and market infrastructures.

The event will include presentations from participants in BIS Analytics Challenge, presenting their innovative technology solutions to combat financial crime.

The event will include demos from shortlisted challenge participants and announcements of winners, presentations of existing cutting-edge collaborative solutions, roundtables and workshops.

Glaziers Hall

9 Montague Close

London Bridge

London

SE1 9DD

Getting to Glaziers Hall

Glaziers Hall is located on the River Thames South Bank alongside London Bridge and near Southwark Cathedral, and is easily accessible by road, river and public transport.

  • For access via Tooley Street, pass under London Bridge, past the entrance to The London Dungeon and Creams Café, and is on the right hand side, opposite Pizza Express.
  • For access via Borough High Street, turn into Beadle Street, and then turn right onto Cathedral Street. Continue past the Cathedral and turn right onto Montague Close. The entrance will be on the left hand side.
  • For access via the Thames, on arrival at London Bridge City Pier, turn right onto Queens Walk. Continue along the path behind London Bridge Hospital until you see the signpost above Tooley Street. Turn left onto the pathway opposite the sign “The Queens Walk”, and you will reach Tooley Street. Turn right, pass under London Bridge, past the entrance to The London Dungeon and Creams Café and we are on the right hand side, opposite Pizza Express.

 

Nearby hotels

London Bridge Hotel

www.londonbridgehotel.com

4 min walk to venue

Novotel London Bridge

Novotel London Bridge

9 mins walk to venue

IBIS Styles London Southwark

ibis Styles London Southwark

10 min walk to venue

Citizen M Bankside

www.citizenm.com

13 min walk to venue

Agenda

9:00 AM - 9:30 AMWelcome and registration 
9:30 AM - 9:50 AMOpening remarks                    

Working together to ensure the integrity of the global financial system

Cecilia Skingsley, Head, BIS Innovation Hub

9:50 AM - 10:20 AMOpening panel discussion: The new frontier in collaboration to combat financial crime

Discuss the path towards collaborative global industry utilities to facilitate network-wide financial crime detection while preserving customer privacy. 

Moderator: Beju Shah, Head, BIS Innovation Hub Nordic Centre 

Panellists:

  • Steffie Schwillens, Head of Financial Crime Supervision, De Nederlandsche Bank
  • Norhana Endut, Assistant Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia
  • Ben Aldersey, Policy Analyst, Financial Action Task Force
10:20 AM - 10:30 AMBISIH Project demo: Project Mandala

Maha El Dimachki, Head, BIS Innovation Hub Singapore Centre

10:30 AM - 11:00 AMCoffee and networking break 
11:00 AM - 12:30 PMAnalytics Challenge solution presentations: problem statement 1

Four solution presentations of 10 minutes each with 10 minutes Q&A with judges:

  • Korea Financial Telecommunications and Clearings Institute
  • Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation
  • Kenneth See Dehui (National University of Singapore)
  • PA Consulting

Moderator: Francesca Hopwood Road, Head, BIS Innovation Hub London Centre

Judges:

  • Donna Murphy, Deputy Comptroller, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
  • Fernando Perez Cruz, Senior Innovation Advisor, BIS and Professor at ETH Zurich
  • William Lovell, Head of Future Technologies, Bank of England
  • Lukasz Szpruch, Professor, University of Edinburgh and Alan Turing Institute
12:30 PM - 1:30 PMLunch break and networking 
1:30 PM - 2:00 PMPanel discussion: Public-private financial crime intelligence sharing 

Speakers to share their experience and approach to enabling financial crime intelligence sharing in their jurisdiction. 

Moderator: Beju Shah, Head, BIS Innovation Hub Nordic Centre

Speakers:

  • Kai-Pang Lau (Ivan), Operations Coordinator of INTERPOL Financial Crime and Anti-Corruption Centre (IFCACC), Interpol
  • Marta Jaksona, Deputy Head, Financial Intelligence Unit Latvia
2:00 PM - 3:30 PMAnalytics Challenge solution presentations: problem statement 2

Four solution presentations of 10 minutes each with 10 minutes Q&A with judges

  • FNA
  • Futureflow and Secretarium
  • Silence Laboratories
  • Bank Negara Malaysia

Moderator: Beju Shah, Head, BIS Innovation Hub Nordic Centre

Judges:

  • Cecilia Skingsley, Head, BIS Innovation Hub
  • Tom Zschach, Chief Innovation Officer, SWIFT
  • Christian Reimsbach-Kounatze, Policy Analyst, OECD
  • Pu Duan, Senior Engineer, Ant Financial
  • Michael Dewar, Vice President, Crypto and Security Innovation,  Mastercard

 

3:30 PM - 4:00 PMCoffee and networking break 
4:00 PM - 4:10 PMBISIH project demo: Project Hertha

Francesca Hopwood Road, Head, BIS Innovation Hub London Centre

4:10 PM - 4:30 PMInformation sharing and collaboration in cyber-security

Morten Tandle, General Manager, Nordic Financial CERT

4:30 PM - 5:15 PMFireside chat with Carissa Veliz, Associate Professor of Ethics at Oxford University and author of ‘Privacy is Power’

Moderator: Cecilia Skingsley, Head, BIS Innovation Hub

5:15 PM - 8:00 PMNetworking and cocktails  
9:00 AM - 9:45 AMWelcome and registration 
9:45 AM - 11:15 AMAnalytics Challenge solution presentations: problem statement 3

Four solution presentations of 10 minutes each with 10 minutes Q&A with judges

  • IBM
  • Bank of Thailand
  • Pometry
  • Bank Negara Malaysia

Moderator: Maha El Dimachki, Head, BIS Innovation Hub Singapore Centre

Judges:
•    Kenneth Gay, Chief Fintech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore
•    Andy White, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Payments Network (AusPayNet)
•    Mansour A. Alsaleh, Head of Innovation Hub, Saudi Central Bank (SAMA)

11:15 AM - 11:35 AMCoffee and networking break 
11:35 AM - 12:05 PMCreating enabling environments for innovation 

Discuss what authorities and network operators can do to catalyse industry innovation to combat financial crime.

Moderator: Francesca Hopwood Road, Head, BIS Innovation Hub London Centre

Speakers:
•    Ed Towers, Head of Advanced Analytics, Financial Conduct Authority
•    Robin Glover, Senior Manager, Data, Analytics and Financial Crime, SWIFT

12:05 PM - 12:15 PMBISIH Project demo: Project Aurora

Beju Shah, Head, BIS Innovation Hub Nordic Centre

12:15 PM - 1:00 PMPanel discussion: Collaboration to combat the rise of consumer fraud

Moderator: Maha El Dimachki, Head, BIS Innovation Hub Singapore Centre

Panellists to share experience of national initiatives to combat consumer fraud. 

Speakers:

  • Jayde Richmond, General Manager, National Anti-Scam Centre, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
  • Kian Guan Yon, Senior Director, Risk and Compliance, Paynet Malaysia
  • Michael Dewar, Vice President, Crypto and Security Innovation, Mastercard
  • HE Yazeed A. Alnafjan, Deputy Governor for Financial Innovation, Saudi Central Bank (SAMA)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PMLunch break and networking 
2:00 PM - 4:30 PMAfternoon breakout programme 
4:30 PM - 5:00 PMClosing remarks

Reflections about the Analytics Challenge solutions

Announcement of winners

Announcement of next steps in BIS Innovation Hub's work

Day 2 Breakout Programme

2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Tech 101: Applications of Artificial Intelligence to combat financial crime
Carsten Maple, Professor, Warwick University and Alan Turing Institute
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Policy 101: Regulatory barriers to data sharing: current environment and way forward

Jennifer Fowler, Member of the Secretariat, Financial Stability Board

2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Tech 101: Homomorphic Encryption and Applications in Finance

Andrei Stoian, Director of Machine Learning, Zama

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Tech 101: Synthetic data generation
Lukasz Szpruch, Professor, University of Edinburgh and Alan Turing Institute
3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Coffee and networking break
 
3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Policy 101: Corporate identifiers and identity: applications and state of play

Clare Rowley, Head of Business Operations, Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Policy 101: Digital identity systems and application

Alison McDowell, Director, Beruku Identity

4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
AMLTRIX: Standardizing Adversarial Tactics for AML

Evaldas Kazlauskas, Product Owner, AMLYZE

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Fintech Scotland Showcase: Financial Regulation Innovation Lab solutions
  • Lauren Cassells, Research & Innovation Manager, FinTech Scotland
  • Nicola Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Fintech Scotland

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