Silk Road Conference on Cash and Payments: The Future of Money 2023 | Cvent | 26 March 2023 | TBA, Almaty, Kazakhstan

To what extent trade was based on bartering, and to what extent the silver, gold and perhaps other valuable items were considered payments is perhaps of historical interest; it is clear though that today, payments will have to be a key enabler for the success of a New Silk Road.

Whatever the political motives might be, there is no question that the New Silk Road, or One Belt, One Road, will bring significant infrastructure changes to a vast geographical region. It will bring construction of roads and ports and ultimately enable more cost effective and timely trade between many countries connected to the new infrastructure. For trade to be effective and timely though, and for the businesses and people in those countries to benefit from the economic upswing, the payments infrastructure has to be fit for purpose, too. Fast, affordable and reliable cross-border payments are of course the most obvious area to consider, but these will only provide the full benefit if domestic payment systems are also ready to seamlessly interface with the international rails. Compliance solutions need to align with the new requirements, and even cash very much needs to be considered, be it for the facilitation of smaller cross-border transactions or of course increased domestic use in a region where cash still reigns supreme.

Who Should Participate:

• Central Banks/Issuing Authorities, Governments, Regulators
State Printing Works, Commercial Printing Works
• Law Enforcement Agencies, Counterfeit Analysts, Banknote
• Quality Control Specialists, Fraud & Risk Management Experts, Pre-press, printing, finishing and inspection equipment and Banknote Processing Equipment Manufacturers
• Suppliers of substrates and security features, Suppliers of specialist services for the security printing market
• ATM Equipment/Service Providers, Independent ATM Deployers, Cash Recycler Manufacturers
• Armoured Carriers, Cash-in-Transit (CIT) Companies, Outsourced Cash Processors, Foreign Exchange Companies, Cash Forecasting Software/Service Provider, Automation Specialists
• Payments Agencies/Associations, Regulatory Compliance Specialists
• Secured Packaging Specialists, Theft Prevention Specialists

2023 Sponsors

CO-HOST EXHIBITOR:
• Banknote Factory of the National Bank Of The Republic Of Kazakhstan

PRIMARY SPONSORS:
• Koenig & Bauer
• Land Art
• NPCI International
• Progress soft
• RTGS. Global
• Visa

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• Giesecke + Devrient
• IQ Structures
• Jura
• Mint of Finland
• Swift