Upcoming Event

FinTech 2030: Shaping the Next Era of Financial Services

DateTuesday, 22 September 2026
LocationThe Xara Lodge, Rabat, Malta

A forward-looking conference exploring trends transforming financial services, including digital assets, AI, cybersecurity, and regulation. Speakers from MFSA, European Commission, and global authorities.

Overview

Join leading regulators, policymakers, industry experts and technology innovators for a forward-looking discussion on the trends transforming financial services. The conference will explore the opportunities, challenges and regulatory developments shaping the financial sector including digital assets, payments, tokenisation, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and financial crime.

Why Attend?

This event is designed for senior executives, board members, regulators, innovators and decision-makers shaping the future of financial services. Attendees include financial institutions, FinTech, RegTech and crypto-asset firms, payment service providers, digital finance companies, investment firms, asset managers, family offices, regulators, central banks, policymakers, compliance, AML, risk and internal audit professionals, technology, AI and cybersecurity leaders, legal, audit and consulting firms, international investors, foreign financial institutions, academia, researchers and innovation hubs.

Agenda Highlights

The full-day agenda includes:

  • 08:30 Registration and welcome coffee
  • 09:00 Welcome remarks by Kenneth Farrugia (CEO, MFSA)
  • 09:10 Strategic overview of the current regulatory landscape by Christopher P. Buttigieg (Chief Officer Supervision, MFSA)
  • 09:20 International developments in crypto assets regulation
  • 10:35 MiCA lessons learnt two years on
  • 11:05 MiCA 2.0 from a European Commission perspective
  • 11:20 MiCA experience so far by Carlo Comporti (Commissioner, CONSOB)
  • 11:35 Panel discussion on MiCA across Europe and beyond
  • 12:15 Crypto assets views from Bermuda
  • 13:30 PSD3/PSR implementation in Malta
  • 13:45 Tokenisation international developments, opportunities and challenges
  • 14:00 Tokenisation of securities state of play
  • 14:15 Tokenisation of fund units
  • 14:30 Panel discussion on tokenisation
  • 15:35 Emerging risks and regulatory responses
  • 15:40 Panel on frontier AI systems
  • 16:10 Panel on quantum AI systems
  • 16:40 AML risks in crypto assets panel
  • 17:25 Closing remarks by Kenneth Farrugia
  • 17:30 Networking

Registration/RSVP Info

Registration is open until 18 September 2026 on a first-come, first-served basis. Fees are non-refundable; substitutions may be accepted at MFSA discretion. Participants attending the event are eligible for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours. ID card numbers must be provided during registration.

Photos and videos will be taken during the event for publication on digital platforms.

Registration link: https://mfsa-fintech2030.evenio.io/register/

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