EY is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the BPFI National Payments Conference 2026, taking place on Thursday, 5th March at the Convention Centre Dublin.
This year’s theme, The Payment Shift: Moving Money, Minds and Markets, explores how payments continue to evolve at the intersection of trust, innovation and integration. Sessions will focus on the impact of new technologies, regulatory reform and the demands of an accelerating digital economy.
Delegates will hear insights from Irish and international speakers, including senior representatives from the Central Bank of Ireland, the Department of Finance, AMLA, the European Parliament and the global payments industry. The conference is accredited for CPD hours by the Institute of Banking.
The agenda includes:
• Opening keynote from Minister Robert Troy
• Insights on Brazil’s PIX system and lessons for Europe
• Cross border instant payments
• AML maturity and the role of payments in protecting consumers
• Programmable payments, tokenisation and new commerce models
• Operational resilience and payments continuity
• EU payment priorities and what they mean for Ireland
EY is participating as a Gold Sponsor. Diana Halder, EY Canada Payments Practice Leader, and Jonathan Ryder, EY Ireland Banking and Payments Technology Leader, will join the speaker lineup to share perspectives on the future of payments, digital transformation and the shift towards programmable and agentic commerce.
