CBCS announces 3rd Fintech Conference: Regulating the next wave of digital finance

GREAT BAY--The Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten (CBCS) will host its 3rd Annual Fintech Conference on December 5, 2025 at Simpson Bay Resort, St. Maarten. Under the theme “Trust, Transparency, and Technology: Regulating the Next Wave of Fintech”, the one day event will gather regulators, financial institutions, fintech firms and policy makers from across the region and beyond to discuss how regulation can keep pace with rapid innovation in digital finance.

The 2025 conference will examine how supervisors and industry can work together to safeguard trust and stability while unlocking the benefits of payments innovation, digital assets and open finance. Special attention will be placed on regulatory developments that affect the Caribbean and Latin America, as well as global trends that are reshaping cross border financial services.

Key themes for this year’s program include:

• Payments and digital assets

• Innovation and legislation

• Fintech and financial inclusion across Latin America and the Caribbean

• The next wave: stablecoins and digital finance

• Banks in a digital world: reinvention and risk

• Participation is free of charge, with registration required by November 20, 2025 via the CBCS website at www.centralbank.cw.

• International expert speakers

The conference will feature leading international voices in fintech and digital assets regulation.

Alex Panican, Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT)

Alex Panican is Deputy CEO of the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology, Luxembourg’s public private fintech platform. He is a serial entrepreneur with more than fifteen years of experience in business strategy, digital transformation and innovation, and works to build partnerships between fintech firms and established financial institutions. His recent work highlights the importance of keeping fintech “people centric” while scaling innovation in highly regulated markets.

Konstantinos Adamos, Revolut

Konstantinos Adamos is a financial services regulatory lawyer and senior legal leader at Revolut, where he focuses on fintech and crypto asset regulation. His work covers complex regulatory matters, including licensing, cross border expansion, governance and product structuring for digital financial services. He is closely involved in regulatory engagement for Revolut’s digital asset activities, translating evolving legal frameworks into clear guidance for business growth.

Sandra Ro, Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)

Sandra Ro serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Global Blockchain Business Council, the world’s largest industry association for the blockchain ecosystem, with hundreds of institutional members and ambassadors in more than one hundred jurisdictions. She brings a background in investment banking and currency markets and is an early investor and advocate for digital assets and blockchain applications in finance. Sandra is a strong proponent of “human centric” technology and works to connect enterprises, governments and innovators to use blockchain for real world problem solving.

Maha Al Saadi, Qatar Financial Centre (QFC)

Maha Al Saadi is Head of Regulatory Affairs at the Qatar Financial Centre Authority and has more than seventeen years of experience in regulated financial services, compliance and regulatory policy. She has held leadership roles at the QFC Regulatory Authority, Deutsche Börse, Trade Republic Bank and Bankhaus Scheich, and has contributed to the European Digital Finance Package, including MiCAR and the Pilot Regime for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology. Her work at QFC includes positioning Qatar as a digital assets hub through initiatives such as the QFC Digital Assets Lab and cross agency collaborations.

Frank van Dunne, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB)

Frank van Dunne is a supervision strategy expert at De Nederlandsche Bank, the central bank of the Netherlands, where he focuses on fintech, crypto assets and payments. His work covers the prudential and conduct implications of new technologies, including systemic risks from growing digital dependence in the financial sector and the regulatory treatment of crypto assets. DNB has been an active voice in European debates on central bank digital currency and digital resilience, and Frank contributes to this agenda from a supervisory strategy perspective.

Regional dialogue on innovation and supervision

Through plenary sessions and panel discussions, the conference will explore how jurisdictions in the Caribbean and Latin America can balance innovation with robust oversight. Topics will include the evolution of crypto and stablecoin regulation, cross border payments, digital identity and data, cyber resilience and the changing role of banks in a platform based financial system.

‍