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The Payments Association EU and the German Central Bank are inviting you for the first Regulator Working Group of 2025: "Cash, Cards and Mobile Payments – The current payment landscape in Germany"
Presenting you some insights from Bundesbank´s Payment Behaviour Study.
The session will be moderated by Prof Dr.Joachim Wuermeling from A&O Shearman.
BE AWARE THAT OUR SESSIONS ARE NOW HELD ON MICROSOFT TEAMS (NO LONGER ZOOM).
Our Regulator Working Groups are monthly online 1h meetings, where our members come together and discuss the key issues inherent to the regulation of our payment industry in Europe, as well as the evolution of our industry in general.
Our objective in setting up this working group is to guarantee a "safe space" for our members' compliance officers who wish to discuss regulatory hot topics once a month under the "Chatham house" rule. The group regularly invites "special guests" such a key officials from the European Commission, local regulators or prominent actors of our industry. Among the topics discussed recently: the EU Digital financial strategy, PSD3, MiCA, Instant Payments, SPAA, CESOP…
Speakers
Niklas Ego
Payments Expert at Deutsche Bundesbank
• 2012-2015: Ausbildung zum Bankkaufmann bei der Sparda-Bank Münster eG
• 2015-2019; Studium „International Economics B.Sc.“ an der Universität Tübingen und Universidad Iberiamericana in Mexiko-Stadt.
• 2019-2021: „Economics M.Sc.“ an der Universität zu Köln
• Wärhend dem Studium: Stationen bei der Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, KfW-Entwicklungsbank sowie Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (alle in Mexiko-Stadt)
• 2022: Einstieg bei der Bundesbank als Referendar
• Seit 2023: Senior Expert für Analysen in der Hauptgruppe „Digitalisierung des Zahlungsverkehrs“ im Zentralbereich Zahlungsverkehr und Wertpapierabwicklung. Arbeitsschwerpunkte: Zahlungsverhalten, Kosten des Bezahlens, grenzüberschreitender Zahlungsverkehr und technische Innovationen beim Bezahlen.
Joachim
Wuermeling
Rechtsanwalt Of Councel at Allen Overy Shearman Sterling SCS
https://www.aoshearman.com/en/people/joachim-wuermelingHe works with major international clients across jurisdictions on strategic regulatory matters. He has practised in public and private financial institutions for many years. Having been the head of supervision at Deutsche Bundesbank he brings in the prospect of a supervisor in terms of strategy, procedure and substance: How to deal with and adresse the authorities. Joachim has a specific expertise in digital innovation in finance and advises on new legal issues in these areas. Joachim has gained a broad and deep experience in the public sector. Until recently he used to be member of the board of Deutsche Bundesbank with the responsibility for banking supervision, a member of the Supervisory Board of the Single Supervisory Mechanisms of the European Central Bank, a member of the Basel Committee for Banking Supervisions and a member of the German Committee for Financial Stability. Before, he gained wide experience in politics on the EU, the federal and the regional level. He served inter alia as a Member of the European Parliament and a Secretary of State in the federal government. Joachim is an Executive in Residence at the European School of Management and Technology in Berlin with the focus on digital finance. Since 1995 he has taught as a visiting lecturer, first at the University of Bayreuth, then at the University of Potsdam, where he was awarded an honorary professorship in 2011.
