Barnabas Ferenczi has over 20 years of experience in the payments industry, combining regulatory and policy expertise with in-depth knowledge of technology and business. Throughout his career, he has held various leadership positions and played a key role in advancing the payments sector.
He began his professional career at the Hungarian National Bank, where he led several regulatory initiatives. In 2012, he joined Giesecke+Devrient (G+D), a global leader in security technologies across the areas of Digital Security, Financial Platforms, and Currency Technology, headquartered in Germany.
After serving as Head of Sales for Europe, he took on responsibility for strategy and marketing in G+D’s PayTech business in 2020. In his current role, he drives business development, M&A, and product marketing.
Barnabas also heads the Digital Payments Working Group of Bitkom, the largest digital industry association of Germany.
Roundtable Room 3 (Level 3)
Open
European policymakers are actively seeking to reduce reliance on overseas technology giants while fostering homegrown AI and tech innovation, with initiatives such as the EU Chips Act, the EU AI Act, Gaia-X and stricter data localisation laws. Does Europe’s push for digital independence enable a more competitive technology ecosystem or does it risk creating new regulatory and technological barriers that stifle cross-border technology collaboration?
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