The 2024 Airline & Travel Summit of Payments Asia-Pacific (ATPS APAC) took place at the Angsana Laguna Phuket Hotel on the 20th and 21st of August.
This conference was the place to be if improving profitability is on your agenda. Payments and fraud prevention are key areas that can drive revenue and decrease your costs. We shared the latest innovations and trends for airlines, travel companies and OTA’s in payments & fraud prevention as well as connecting industry professionals from across the region!
A few of the hot topics covered on the agenda included:
- Account Takeovers: the fraudsters’ new line of attack
- B2B Payments: a new area to deliver cost savings
- Artificial Intelligence: current reality in fraud prevention, how is it being applied to payment optimization?
Scroll down to see the full agenda.
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Airline & Travel Payments Summit APAC
Tuesday 20th August 2024
12:30pm – 2:30pm
Welcome Lunch and Registration
2:30pm – 5:00pm
Payments Track
Payments Workshops: Open to all registered delegates
Small group sessions to let delegates learn first hand on key payment topics from leading industry experts
Topics & Session Leaders
Payment Orchestration – what it is and how it can benefit your business
– Toreson Lloyd, Co-founder & CCO, Apexx Global
B2B Payments
– Daniel Yao, Director Market Development Travel, Mastercard
Multi Currency Pricing
– Sandeep Mander, VP Sales, Continuum Commerce Solutions
Fraud Track
Asia-Pacific Fraud Roundtable | Peer to Peer Learning Sessions – sharing experiences and solutions
Please note this session is Invitation Only for Airline & Travel Fraud Professionals
Moderators:
– Peter Gross, Revenue Fraud Analyst, Virgin Australia
– Chris Staab, Co-founder, Loyalty Security Alliance
Topics & Speakers
Loyalty Programs and Account Takeovers
–David Ellens, Regional VP of Sales, Arkose Labs
Revenue & Loyalty Fraud Prevention – an integrated approach
–Patrick Coulomb, VP Sales & Marketing, Ypsilon.net
Airline & Travel Payments Summit APAC
Wednesday 21st August 2024
9:00am – 9:30am
Chairman’s Welcome Remarks
–Lance Blockley, Managing Director, The Initiatives Group
How to build and operate a global payments platform
–Sheue Chee Bee, ex Head of Payments, Uber
–Nakul Kothari, Head of Market Expansion, Juspay
9:30am – 10:00am
How Account Take Over is the fraudsters new line of attack
–Nik Laming, CEO, Loyalty ConnectOS in conversation with
–Michael Smith, Co-founder, Loyalty Security Alliance
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10:00am – 10:30am
The surge in ATO spurs a fraud tool rethink
–Ed Gower, VP, Solution Consulting & Industry Practices at Arkose Labs in conversation with
–Chris Staab, Co-founder, Loyalty Security Alliance
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10:30am – 11:00am
Coffee Break & Networking
11:00am – 12:00pm
Panel session: Issues and Challenges now that B2B Payments has now come centre stage. Dealing with third parties paying airlines & travel companies, and merchants own payments to their suppliers.
Moderator
–Lance Blockley, Managing Director, The Initiatives Group
Panellists
–Vicky Au Yong, Head of Partnerships APAC, Outpayce
– Toreson Lloyd, Co-founder & CCO, Apexx Global
– Maarten Rooijers, Industry Payments Veteran & Consultant with Payments Taking Off
–David Newington, Regional Director APAC, Travel & Payment
12:00pm – 12:30pm
Build in house, buy in or outsource? The eternal debate for fraud and payments systems
–Lance Blockley, Managing Director, The Initiatives Group in conversation with
–Luke Dynan, VP & GM APAC, Accertify
–Damien Cramer, Global Head of Travel & Airlines, Worldline
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Lunch & Networking
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Is AI Making any impact on payments and fraud – are there practical use cases?
– Alex Behar, Chief Information Officer, Zota
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2:30pm – 3:00pm
Improving the process for B2B Supplier Payments
– Daniel Yao, Director Market Development Travel, Mastercard
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3.00pm – 3.45pm
Panel session: Is payment and fraud technology helping or holding the industry back?
Moderator
–James Alba-Duignan, Business Solutions Consultant, Performance Matters
Panellists
– Peter Gross, Revenue Fraud Analyst, Virgin Australia
– Sandeep Mander, VP Sales, Continuum Commerce Solutions
– Grace Fang, Regional VP International Markets, Discover
3:45pm – 4:15pm
Coffee Break & Networking
4:15pm – 5:00pm
ATPS APAC Wrap up session: What are the issues and challenges that the event has raised ?
Our closing session well hear from various speakers and panellists on what their key take aways are from the event. Together with the Conference Chairman they’ll summarise the lessons from ATPS APAC 2024.
Moderator
–Lance Blockley, Managing Director, The Initiatives Group
Panellists
– Patrick Coulomb, VP Sales & Marketing, Ypsilon.net
– Daniel Yao, Director Market Development Travel, Mastercard
–David Newington, Regional Director APAC, Travel & Payment
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