2026 Speakers
Liu Heng
Vice President
UnionPay International
Mr. Liu Heng is a Member of the Board and Vice President of UnionPay International. He joined China UnionPay in 2004 and worked for the International Division where he was appointed as Supervisor and then Senior Supervisor of the Business Analysis Team of the Corporate Management Department. He joined UnionPay International as the General Manager of the Administration Department in 2012. After that, he took the positions of General Manager of the Hong Kong Branch, head of the System Architecture Working Team, General Manager of the Technology and System Operations Department, and then the Technical Director.
Speaking At
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11:30am–12:20pmWed 28 OctSummit StageKavkasioni Ballroom, Level 1Open
Securing the Future
Building the Infrastructure of Regional Connectivity
Summit StageKavkasioni Ballroom, Level 1Open
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Cem SoydemirHead of Payments Market Development - MENA, TCIS & IndiaSwift
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Ekaterine GaldavaVice GovernorNational Bank of Georgia
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Liu HengVice PresidentUnionPay International
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Dr. Kishan SrinivasHead of Business for Europe, GCC & Central AsiaNPCI
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Zdeněk TůmaFormer GovernorCzech National BankModerator
About this session
Cross-border payments work when the networks that move the money and the regulatory frameworks that govern them align. Real-time payment rails are being linked across borders, global messaging and card networks are adapting, and regulators are designing frameworks that can keep pace with the technology. This session brings together voices from the payment networks and the regulator to examine what regional payment connectivity actually requires, where the gaps still are, and what the Middle Corridor can realistically build, and how fast.
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