Head of FinTech Development & Innovation Office, National Bank of Georgia
Varlam Ebanoidze brings an impressive 18-year track record of professional experience, specializing in risk management and digitalization within the banking sector. Prior to his role at the National Bank of Georgia (NBG), where Varlam focuses on implementing a countrywide FinTech Open Finance strategy and regulatory framework, he held senior positions as a risk manager and auditor at esteemed banks in Georgia and Ukraine. Additionally, he served on the management board of Liberty, a leading retail bank in Georgia.
Varlam's passion lies in the strategic transformation of risk management to align with the evolving paradigm of 'Open Finance'. Supported by a Master's degree from LBS, specializing in Strategy and Leadership, and complemented by his extensive domain expertise, he possesses a unique perspective that enables him to envision and propose secure digitization strategies through the lens of industry development.
Roundtable Room 4, Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Level 4
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In September 2024, Elevandi hosted a roundtable “FinTech Above the Fray: Building a Resilient Payments Ecosystem” in collaboration with the Milken Institute at the 2024 Asia Summit. The discussion centered on how the digital economy and fintech services have significantly improved peoples’ abilities to access financial services and transact online.
We are pleased to continue the dialogue on how payments systems, being the first point of entry into the formal economy for many, play a critical role in ensuring that financial flows serve the common good. But the exponential availability of opportunities to participate in the digital economy can be a double-edged sword; the boom of companies and services seeking to facilitate transaction also opens the doors to new risks and concerns.
Bringing together global providers of payments infrastructure and innovative regulators, this roundtable will consider how concerns over data privacy, ownership, and sovereignty, fraud and cybersecurity, nefarious financial activities, and geopolitics are being addressed, and what this implies for businesses and consumers. Participants will discuss how the payments ecosystem can be both safe and trustworthy, but also more efficient, pragmatic, and innovative.
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