The impact of COVID-19 is shaping and transforming the payments industry with innovation from both traditional financial services players, and fintechs. This session will apply a payment lens to our new reality and explore the acceleration of contactless and digital payments due to COVID. This panel will discuss how the coronavirus affects payments economics and provide examples of what has been done so far. Looking forward, it will explore predictions for the future, and look at what may still be needed to enable Canada’s rapid economic recovery.

- Due to C19, consumer use of Digital and Contactless payments is a trend that will last post Covid and even potential for QR based payments seem possible in North America since C19 - I hope that new regulation will come into place in many fronts including Digital ID, Consumer Data Rights and working towards Open Banking - C19 has changed the world in so many ways including the mass global debt which will take decades to repay as well as driven the largest boom in online shopping and digital payments which has pushed the threat of cyber attacks - I believe consumer are more savvy since C19 and are more open to using FinTech offerings and are gaining ground due to covid. We need new competition law in canada to drive additional offerings - I hope that FI's are focused partnering with FInTech and their digitalization - Open Banking is key to pushing for competition and consumer savings

Michelle Beyo, Founder, FinAvator "Importance of Contactless Payments in the wake of Global Pandemic"

PayPal's Frank Keller joined Money20/20's Sanjib Kalita for the #MoneyFest Daily Wrap-Up for Day 2 🙌 Frank and Sanjib share their insights on why 'people' and 'details' put the magic into Day 2 of #MoneyFest for them.

A special edition of B in The Know, bringing your virtual coffee conversations with leaders in quarantine all around the world. We need to stay connected to support each other so join us as we discuss current events, navigating leadership during uncertain times, and how we can think about the future. Our first guest is Michelle Beyo, Founder at Finavator and brilliant fintech consulting group from Toronto, Canada! Talle is a global media company that brings literacy & content solutions to #finance and #technology. This is one of our shows that highlights the leaders working to humanize #tech and #innovation conversations across banking and finance. ---------------------------- Connect with Michelle: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellebeyo https://www.finavator.com/ —————————— Follow Talle on our social accounts: LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/2P4kGcX Instagram: https://bit.ly/31NtCov Facebook: https://bit.ly/31S5CAz Get in touch: www.talle.co #finance #technology #innovation #media #literacy

Finavator INC's first #MoneyFest Money20/20 presentation on "Maintaining the Ultimate #worklifebalance in Wake of a Global #pandemic" with #riseup alumni Genevieve Dozier, Fiserv! "The only thing constant is change. From your first job, relationships, perhaps starting your own business to external forces such as COVID-19, shifting government regulation or consumer behavior - it’s everywhere, all the time. During coronavirus, many of these changes have collided, impacting women in business in particular."

Speakers: Sue Whitney, Payments Canada Kristy Duncan, Women in Payments Michele Beyo, Shyft MOD: Fruzan Nijrabi, FGS FinTech is positioned right between two historically male-dominated industries: finance & technology. Women are gaining momentum as CEOs and Founders, however, there is still a significant gender gap in these roles. In fact, studies show in Canada that gap is worse in FinTech than in Finance and Technology. The result of research conducted by FinTech Growth Syndicate (FGS) is staggering, only 9% of the FinTechs in Canada have at least one female founder or CEO/C-level executive. Despite these facts, the gender disparity in the Canadian FinTech industry has been closing in recent years. Indeed, the proportion of female to male CEO/C-level or Founders has increased in the last 15 years. FinTech is a relatively new industry with an opportunity to change and disrupt not only the financial sector, but also the diversity of people in the workplace. One of the many ways to close the gender gap is raising awareness about what is happening in FinTech. Join this conversation and hear from the women innovating the way in FinTech.