Beyond connectivity: Creating more value across the payments lifecycle

Finextra hosts this online webinar in association with Bottomline on 20 October 2026, starting at 15:00 BST (16:00 CEST, 10:00 EDT).

The discussion starts from the idea that connectivity to payment networks is now only the baseline. Panellists will look at how leading institutions extract more value from their payments infrastructure: reducing operational complexity while gaining control and agility, strengthening fraud prevention, compliance and resilience, and applying AI, automation and data to payments operations. Context includes fragmented domestic and international schemes, real-time networks, legacy systems and ISO 20022 adoption, which has standardised messaging but left routing, data management and reporting challenges.

Who should attend

Payments operations, product and technology leads at banks and payment institutions, plus vendors of routing, orchestration and fraud tools who want to understand where financial institutions see the next step after connectivity. The payments lifecycle webinar is relevant to anyone planning infrastructure investment across multiple schemes and rails.