European Digital Finance Conference

🎤 MEET THE SPEAKERS of the Amsterdam Banking Forum 🚀

📅 June 1
📍 Amsterdam

What will be discussed?
👉 All topics and agenda updates are here:https://amsterdambankingforum.com/agenda/

We are happy to welcome:

🏦 Laurens Hamerlinck — Head of Fintech Venturing, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
💡 Carly Van de Riet — Head of Global Process Excellence and Digitalisation, ING
🌍 Brad Goad — Global Head – Banking & Payments, Commercial Lead, DXC Technology
🇳🇱 Thomas Vles — Founder, GoDutch
💳 Myles Harrison — Chief Product Officer, AMINA Bank
🤝 Daniel Poole — VP, Strategic Partnerships, Cover Genius
🚀 Bruno Sanglé-Ferrière — CEO, Carrousel Digital
📲 Nehal Mokhles — Sector Head, Digital & Innovation Hub, MIDBANK
💼 Dhritiman Mukherjee — Managing Partner, Financial Services, DXC Technology
🧠 Lex Veltman — Head of Enterprise Architecture, FSI, NTT DATA
🌐 Roisin Levine — Head of EMEA Partnerships, Wise Platform
📈 Viktor Smits — Senior Strategy & Operations Manager, Revolut
🔐 Damir Vodenicarevic — CEO & Co-Founder, Clehance
☁️ Swaminathan (Mac) Mahalingam — AWS Global Financial Services, Amazon
📊 Delisa Stone — Partner, Deloitte
🌍 Rheta du Preez — Managing Partner UK & Europe, Monocle Solutions
🪪 Boris Recsey — Chief Global Expansion Officer, WebID Solutions
⚡ Tatiana Descamps — Senior Manager, Emerging Technology & Transformation, EY-Parthenon
💳 Parth Parikh — Product Leader, Financial Products, Adyen
📱 Ankur Sisodia — Head of Product, N26

See you at the Amsterdam Banking Forum! 🚀

🚀 How mBank S.A. modernized its core banking system—without disruption
At the European Digital Finance Conference, Michal Niedzwieckił (IT Director at mBank) shared a powerful case of transforming a legacy core system while keeping the bank fully operational.
(Article and video: https://digitalfinanceconference.eu/core-banking-modernization-without-disruption-lessons-from-mbank/)

💡 Key takeaway: The biggest risk wasn’t transformation—it was doing nothing.

Instead of a risky “big bang” migration, mBank chose a gradual, step-by-step approach:
500+ small migrations
Parallel run of old and new systems
Sharding for true scalability
Continuous testing at massive scale

📊 The result:
Near zero downtime
Faster releases
Improved resilience
Seamless experience for 80%+ of customers

👥 But the real success factor? People.
No job losses—teams were upskilled and became the drivers of change.
🔑 Key lessons for banks:
Focus on business value, not just tech
Build rollback into everything
Never stop operations
Think in years, not quarters

👉 Core transformation isn’t a project—it’s a long-term evolution of both technology and organization.

The Banking 50 😊
Join us to network during the conference and the Money Party on June 1 🤝
https://lnkd.in/gmg9HrMA

Last days of the 50% discount on tickets for the Amsterdam Banking Forum on June 1. Order here: https://amsterdambankingforum.com/buy-tickets/

🚀 EDFC is free for bankers
All major banks are attending the European Digital Finance Conference. Join senior banking and fintech leaders on March 5 in Amsterdam for a day of real insights, peer discussions, and high-quality networking.
🔎 Agenda: https://digitalfinanceconference.eu/agenda/
🎟️ Registration: https://digitalfinanceconference.eu/tickets/
Looking forward to welcoming you!

What do we like most? That many people are coming back from previous editions of on March 5 — both vendors and bankers.

🔎 Top agenda: https://digitalfinanceconference.eu/agenda/

💼 Participation for bankers is free of charge. Register here:

https://digitalfinanceconference.eu/tickets/

For your attention, here are a few moments from the summer with some of our returning attendees.

European Digital Finance Conference March 5, Amsterdam
Session 1 — Re-Platforming the Core: From Legacy Constraint to Innovation Engine
How leading banks are turning mainframe and core platforms into API-driven foundations for digital experience, AI enablement and continuous value delivery

09:00 – 12:00
Session chair: Swaminathan (Mac) Mahalingam, AWS Global Financial Services, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Presentations:
- How innovation is reshaping financial services by Yorick Naeff, Head of Innovation, ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (20 minutes)
From creating better client experiences to unlocking new ways of delivering value in an increasingly digital world.

- Platform-Led Core Transformation: Building the Bank for the Next Decade by Vladimira Tomasek, Head of Core Banking Systems, VÚB banka and Brad Goad, CRO Banking Services DXC GrowthX (20 minutes)
Modern core banking transformation leverages existing systems through functional decoupling, modular architecture, and platform thinking—supported by strategic vendor partnerships that enable continuous innovation and long‑term sustainability.

- Mainframe@Rabobank: Our Modernization Journey by Henk van Dasler, VP, Manager Generic Infra Services, Retail NL, Rabobank (20 minutes)
Rabobank’s modernization journey putting the mainframe platform as the back end of the new core payment systems.

- Reimagine Legacy: Deterministic Understanding for AI-Speed Delivery by Run Asulin, Head of Chief Mainframe Programmer Division, Bank Leumi and Ohad Kotler, CEO and Co-Founder, Tweezr (20 minutes)

- Changing the Engine While Flying: How to Modernize a Core Banking System Without Stopping the Business by Michal Niedzwiecki, IT Director, mBank S.A. (20 minutes)

- Presentation title to be confirmed by OutSystems (20 min)

Panel discussion: Innovation in Banking Built on Legacy Foundations (40 mins)
- Innovating without replacing the core: pragmatism vs ambition
- How legacy platforms can still enable digital products and speed
- The role of AI in modernizing, operating, and extending legacy systems
- Lessons learned from large-scale legacy transformation programs

Panelists:
✅ Nathan Snyder, Head of Modernization, DXC Technology
✅ Alexander Wiener, CEO and Co-Founder, Element
✅ Run Asulin, Head of Chief Mainframe Programmer Division, Bank Leumi
✅ Peter Heijblom, Head of Mainframe, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

Full Conference agenda: https://lnkd.in/eu85xrHE

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Agenda: https://digitalfinanceconference.eu/agenda/
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