2025 Summit Sessions
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Keynote Speaker
- 60 min
- English
- Spanish Translation available
Speaker: Briana Marbury, President & CEO, Interledger Foundation This keynote sets the stage for a Summit filled with bold conversations, meaningful collaborations, and a shared celebration of what’s possible when we build an open, inclusive financial future, together.
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Human Rights by Design: Financial Infrastructure that Works for Everyone
- 60 min
- English
- Spanish Translation available
As digital public infrastructure becomes the backbone of global financial systems, we stand at a critical juncture: will these foundational technologies amplify existing inequalities or become engines of inclusion? This panel will examine how human rights principles can be operationalized within digital public financial infrastructure. Drawing on expertise from financial inclusion, digital public …
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The Regulator's Dilemma
- 90 min
- English
- Spanish Translation available
The Regulator’s Dilemma is an engaging, debate-driven role-playing game that places participants in the complex intersection of enabling financial innovation while ensuring consumer protection. Players will role-play being FinTech Innovators or Regulatory Teams, simulating the real-world tensions faced by policymakers. Teams will debate...and ultimately decide: whether to approve, conditionally …
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Kanzu Finance
- 20 min
- English
The Infrastructure of Inclusion: Inside Kanzu Finance’s ILP Microloan Engine.
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Enabling Banks in Pakistan to offer faster, cost-effective remittance services via ILP
- 20 min
- English
Paysys Labs, a leading fintech company known for its innovative digital payment and financial service solutions, is partnering with Allied Bank Limited to transform the remittance landscape in Pakistan. Banks in Pakistan currently face challenges such as high costs and delays in cross-border payments, which impact customer satisfaction. This arrangement will enable ABL to offer faster, more …
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BessPay Plugin: Powering MSME Marketplaces on Sharetribe with Interledger Open Payments
- 20 min
- English
The BessPay Plugin for Sharetribe integrates Interledger’s Open Payments standard, enabling MSMEs to transact globally in local currencies, faster, cheaper, and more securely. In this Demo Lab, participants will see a live walkthrough of SouthLink Marketplace, covering marketplace owner setup, seller onboarding, wallet linking, and buyer checkout flows. The demo shows how Open Payments make …
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From Policy to Practice: Financial Inclusion in Mexico
- 60 min
- Spanish
- English Translation available
Financial inclusion is no longer just about opening accounts, it’s about ensuring meaningful participation in the digital economy. This session brings together leaders from across Mexico’s public, private, and community finance sectors to discuss how national policy goals translate into local impact. With insights from government, fintech, and community networks, the conversation will explore …
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miPlata - Payroll that reaches home
- 20 min
- English
miPlata is a US-based fintech working with blue-collar businesses to help employees access, spend, and send their paycheck more efficiently. By integrating payroll systems, US debit card products, international money transfer, and stablecoins, miPlata makes it faster, cheaper and safer for employees to support their families across borders.
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Hop Sauna for federated community-moderated commerce
- 20 min
- English
Hop Sauna reimagines e-commerce and social media. Join me as I demo the current software build, and the roadmap to fully independent, federated and community-moderated commerce.
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From Access to Wellbeing: Designing Financial Tools Women Can Trust and Use
- 45 min
- Spanish
- English Translation available
Latin America has narrowed gender gaps in account ownership, yet women remain 9.4% less likely to use formal financial services. Access alone is not enough; products must be usable, trustworthy, and relevant to daily life. In Mexico the conversation is shifting toward financial wellbeing and resilience, linking money to priorities such as health, family stability, and education. This session …