European Banking Forum: Europe's financial meeting place




The European Banking Forum (EBF) is an exclusive, invitation-only community of senior professionals working within the banking industry across the EMEA region. Delegates receive personal invitations to attend regular events to analyse recent technological, regulatory and market developments, and their likely impact on industry leaders. Subjects covered at EBF events include:

  • building a financial power brand
  • capturing the whole risk picture
  • combatting online banking fraud risk
  • customer-facing retail banking solutions
  • customer segmentation
  • EU regulatory compliance
  • future-proofing information security
  • information agenda in banking
  • improving operational efficiency
  • IT infrastructure development
  • maximising the online channel
  • mobile banking
  • multichannel security
  • social networking and banking
  • sustainability in banking.

EBF 2013

EBF events are held at exclusive locations that provide the ideal setting for business networking. Over two full days, there is a series of private one-on-one business development meetings between banking delegates and solution providers.

Planned drinks and dinner receptions also provide the opportunity to network with peers and colleagues from the EMEA region. The comprehensive educational programmes cover keynote presentations and interactive seminars.

Customer Acquisition & Retention Forum

Adapt and change is a must in the future of banking technology and strategy. Banks need to adjust to the dynamic changes in the economy, new regulations and advances in technology. These institutions will have to modernise their systems and change the way they deliver their financial services, with the growth of new technology areas such as online, mobile and social media.

"EBF events are held at exclusive locations that provide the ideal setting for business networking."

The EBF Customer Acquisition & Retention Forum, which will take place in Amsterdam on 15-16 May 2013, will look at how retail banks can drive profitability through innovative customer solutions and improved operational efficiency. Invited delegates include CIOs, COTs, COOs and heads/directors of firms operating in areas including: branch banking, business development, CRM, customer service, distibution, growth, ICT, innovation, IT, marketing, mobile banking, multichannel banking, operations, payments and retail banking.

Security & Risk Forum

The growth of banking services available to consumers through different avenues is increasing the scale of risk that banks are exposed to. With dynamic changes in the economy, new regulations and advances in technology, banks need new strategies to address the information of security risk platforms and risk management disciplines.

The EBF Security & Risk Forum will look at how retail banks can drive profitability through innovative security and risk solutions to improve their operational efficiency, from a functional and strategic viewpoint. Invited delegates include CIOs, COTs, CROs, CIAOs and heads/directors in areas such as: compliance, enterprise risk, fraud, IT risk and security, infrastructure, network security, online security and operational risk.

The EBF Dining Club

The EBF Dining Club provides the opportunity to have exclusive sponsorship of an event (dinner, lunch or conference), and includes an audience with senior decision-makers, a top restaurant/venue and expert speakers.

"The EBF Security & Risk Forum will look at how retail banks can drive profitability through innovative security and risk solutions."

You choose the location and subject, and EBF will invite your clients. EBF can organise an event anywhere, and will cover all areas in the financial industry, including: capital markets, commercial/corporate/private banking, insurance, investment and retail.

Arena International Events Group

EBF is part of Arena International Events Group. Each year, over 10,000 business directors from Fortune 1000 and FTSE 100 companies attend over 80 Arena International events worldwide. These events are addressed by over 1,700 industry leaders delivering leading-edge content and discussion.

Arena International Events Group acts as both a business development consultancy and a leading event management organisation. ?

 

The EBF Customer Acquisition & Retention Forum will take place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on 15–16 May 2013, will look at how retail banks can drive profitability through innovative customer solutions and improved operational efficiency. Image: Dohduhdah