Payment Rails Reimagined? Is the Backbone of Payments Safe from Chaos in 2027?

01 Dec 2026
The payments backbone is under pressure from new rails, new regulation, new fraud patterns and rising expectations for speed and reliability. But innovation at infrastructure level brings complexity as well as opportunity. This panel explores whether the payments ecosystem is ready for 2027 or whether the next phase of modernisation risks creating new points of instability.
Speakers
Stevan Bajic
Stevan Bajic, Managing Partner - Inflective Partners
Tristan Blampied
Tristan Blampied, Director, Head of Domestic Payment Products - Barclays
Boris Radev
Boris Radev, Senior Product Manager - SumUp