JOIN US AT “THE ART OF PAYMENTS” ON OCTOBER 21
If you help companies move money across borders, this is for you.
On October 21, we’ll be holding “The Art of Payments: Designing the Future of Money” conference at the InterContinental Mauritius Resort in Balaclava. This will be our second event, but the programme at this edition will be quite different from what we offered last year, as the agenda is complemented by some specialities.
Three CPD hours with a certificate
One of Mauritius' leading Financial Crime Compliance trainers and the island's first CAMS-certified tutor will speak on both conference panels.
For anyone working in compliance, fiduciary or financial services, that matters beyond the content. Attendees can claim 3 CPD hours toward their annual requirement and will receive a Certificate of Attendance confirming the points.
Six sessions, and three questions worth arguing about
The day opens with an address on Mauritius as a gateway between Africa and Asia, followed by a keynote on what clients will expect from payments by 2030: speed, transparency, real-time settlement across cards, accounts and wallets.
Then the two panels
Where Money Moves Next opens the panel programme. Cross-border payments remain slow, and few providers can say with confidence when a transfer will actually land. The panel digs into why that persists, and into the move away from single-provider setups toward routing across several rails at once. Underneath it all sits a bigger question about whether Mauritius can turn itself into a genuine regional payments hub.
Mahen Govinda, CEO of MITCO, moderates. Joining him: Ashveen Gopee of PwC Legal, Naushad Khadun (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist by ACAMS), and Nitish Caullychurn from MAGMA Finance, and others.
After lunch, Trust at the Speed of Money turns to AI in KYC, AML and fraud detection. Automated systems now make calls that used to belong to a compliance officer, which raises an uncomfortable question about who answers when one of those calls goes wrong. The panel also makes the case for treating compliance as product infrastructure instead of a cost centre.
Vikash Ramdin, CEO of Mauritius Africa Fintech Hub, moderates. One of the speakers will be Naushad Hadun; the others will confirm their participation later.
Nitish Caullychurn closes the day. His subject: what changes when a company stops acting as a payment intermediary and starts running the infrastructure itself.
Who's in the room
Regulators, card networks, and the people running payments across the region. Five speakers are confirmed so far, with more names announced weekly.
Commerce is borderless. Financial infrastructure isn't, yet. This is a day for the people working on that.
Registration and ticket sales open later. For now, put October 21 in your calendar and keep an eye on the conference site.
Want to speak at the conference or explore sponsorship? Send a request on our site!