Our Annual General Meeting 2025 is our opportunity to present a retrospective of 2024 and our future plans. This year, our guest of honour will be María Saenz de Buruaga Azcargorta, Team Lead for the Digital Euro at the European Central Bank. She will deliver a presentation on 'A New Euro Era: Progress Update on the Digital Euro.'
Additionally, this is a unique opportunity for our new members to introduce themselves, and for you all to finish off with some excellent digital networking.
Please note that our events are reserved for members and about to become members. If you are not yet a member join us now and don't miss out on any of these great events!
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'A New Euro Era: Progress Update on the Digital Euro.' with María Saenz de Buruaga Azcargorta
Speakers
María Saenz De Buruaga
Team Lead - Digital Euro at European Central BankMaría Saenz de Buruaga joined the ECB in 2024, where she works in the digital euro directorate as a Team Lead. Her current work focuses on developing the digital euro’s product for merchants and consumers. Prior to joining the ECB, she worked in the payments field both as a strategy consultant (Monitor Deloitte from 2020 to 2024) and as a corporate lawyer (Uría y Menéndez, from 2019 to 2020). She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and law, as well as a Master’s in European Economic Studies from the College of Europe (Bruges).
Speakers
Thibault
De Barsy
General Manager & Vice-Chairman at Payments Association EU
Co-founder of Banking Circle and Chief Executive Officer of Banking Circle Group, Anders la Cour previously worked as a technology and financial M&A lawyer at a tier one law firm in Copenhagen.
Anders was a top graduate from the University Master of Laws in Denmark, and was admitted to the Bar in 2008. His experience in legal M&A, as well as in venture capital, coupled with his strong commercial acumen and entrepreneurial mind-set means Anders understands the financial tech industry. In identifying a flaw in how the FinTech sector is serviced by the banks, he has seized the opportunity to bring a solution to market that will be a serious game-changer and challenger to the status quo.
Anders is responsible for the day to day management of Banking Circle Group as well as investor relations.
“Because FinTechs have been, rightly, focused on improving the customer’s user experience, the banking side of the equation hasn’t been addressed to the same degree. This means they haven’t had the ability to offer international bank transfers that match their ‘no barriers’ ambitions. That’s where Banking Circle comes in.”
María
Saenz De Buruaga
Team Lead - Digital Euro at European Central Bank
María Saenz de Buruaga joined the ECB in 2024, where she works in the digital euro directorate as a Team Lead. Her current work focuses on developing the digital euro’s product for merchants and consumers. Prior to joining the ECB, she worked in the payments field both as a strategy consultant (Monitor Deloitte from 2020 to 2024) and as a corporate lawyer (Uría y Menéndez, from 2019 to 2020). She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and law, as well as a Master’s in European Economic Studies from the College of Europe (Bruges).
