The annual CPPO Prepaid Symposium is the premier event for the Canadian prepaid industry that is fueling the transformation to a true digital banking and payments ecosystem. The well-established thought leadership and networking event is attended by local and global leaders in fintech, banking, payments and government. It is the once a year meeting-of-the minds to discuss critical issues for the industry and for new entrants to learn about market opportunities. Traditionally held in person, the 2020 and 2021 Symposiums were held in a virtual setting.
The CPPO Spring Prepaid Symposium is set to be in-person in 2022. Join us to discuss how prepaid is impacting challenger banking, earned wage access, instant payments for corporates, BNPL, gig worker offerings, global payment trends and the Canadian regulatory environment.
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Recap the 2021 CPPO Prepaid Symposium Sessions
Video: Prepaid Card Issuing in the Digital Payments Ecosystem
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically accelerated the move to digital and contactless payment solutions by an estimated 5-10 years. This panel of card issuing experts
Video: Erasing the Lines — Embedded Finance
The integration of a financial service into a non-financial app or website enables financial services on the customer’s terms, and allows non-financial businesses to build
Video: Fireside Chat with Department of Finance’s Erin O’Brien
SPEAKERS Bonny Murray – CPPO Government Relations Advisor and Partner, Blake, Cassels Graydon Erin O’Brien – Director General, Department of Finance
Video: Fireside Chat with Mogo’s Greg Feller
SPEAKERS: Jennifer Tramontana—Executive Director, CPPO Greg Feller, President, Mogo
Video: Canadian Prepaid Ecosystem Report
2021 Fintech Growth Syndicate presented its 2nd research study of the open loop prepaid ecosystem in Canada, identifying areas of growth and innovation and future
Video: Meet Prepaid’s Newest Innovators
The CPPO Prepaid Heatmap captures the newest innovators in prepaid. Hear directly from four of Canada’s newest prepaid companies bringing new use cases to the
Video: Gen Z In the Post-Pandemic Environment
Think you know all there is to know about Gen Z? New global research from Mastercard shows us how the youngest consumers have reacted to
Recap the 2020 CPPO Prepaid Symposium Sessions
2020 CPPO Symposium: Balancing Payments Innovation and Security — Managing the Tension
In this exclusive and candid discussion, Canada’s payment system regulators, policymakers, operators and the Canadian paytech industry face off with their best arguments for how to modernize Canada’s payment system.
2020 CPPO Symposium: The Issuer Perspective
Karen Budahazy, CPPO Board Chair, takes a deep dive into the hurdles and opportunities facing 21st century card issuing companies.
2020 CPPO Symposium: The Future of Fintech is Now
This CPPO Prepaid Symposium panel talks about the recent merger between Galileo and SoFi, their joint mission to use their fintech platforms to promote diversity and equity and what it means for the reshaping of the fintech industry for the next 5 to 10 years.
2020 CPPO Prepaid Symposium: Redefining Finance and Banking
Jason Gardner, Founder and CEO of Marqeta, explores the fintech disruption of finance and banking in this in-depth conversation with Peggy Vande Plassche of Roar Growth.
2020 CPPO Symposium: Prepaid is the Platform for Payments Innovation
In the final Keynote of the 2020 CPPO Prepaid Symposium, Sue Kelsey of Mastercard delivers insights from across continents to help set the stage for what a prepaid future in Canada could look like.
2020 CPPO Symposium: The Convergence of Software and Payments
Drawing on a few case studies, this CPPO Symposium session from Robert Hyde (Payment Source) explores the new wave of software company entrants to the payments space and asks what their arrival means for established payments companies, fintech startups and the Canadian consumer.
2020 CPPO Symposium: The Customer Experience Journey — The Key to Fulfilling the Mission
In this 2020 CPPO Symposium session, BankMobile and Ubiquity share a case study on how the digital bank is driving record breaking Net Promoter Scores by focusing on mission, culture, calibration and technology.
2020 CPPO Symposium: Operating in an Uncertain Regulatory Environment
This discussion features two of the CPPO’s top legal and government relations advisors and covers the federal regulatory environment, provincial harmonization of GPR rules and how the payments modernization process is affecting the industry.
2020 CPPO Symposium: The Global Economic Forecast
Eric Lascelles, Chief Economist for RBC Global Asset Management Inc., presents the latest outlook for the economy and predictions on how financial markets may move in the coming months.
CPPO Symposium 2020: How Will Canada’s Challenger Banks Accelerate in 2020 and Beyond
Michelle Beyo of Finavator leads a lively discussion on the role challenger banks will play in Canada’s financial services industry in the years to come. Speakers include Saud Aziz (Revolut), Michael Fox (Koho), Kartik Kamat (EQ Bank), Miro Pavletic (STACK) and Hannah Zaidi (Wealthsimple).
2020 CPPO Symposium: Gradually Then Suddenly, Covid Accelerates Digital Transformation
This 2020 CPPO Symposium session explores how financial institutions are speeding innovation in the next wave of the digital era to enhance customer engagement and the customer experience.
The Evolution of Prepaid: From Underbanked to Digital Banking
Jennifer Tramontana, Executive Director of the CPPO, charts the growth and maps the future of Canada’s rapidly evolving prepaid industry.
