Last date for submission of paper: unknown; Contact person: Center for Financial Professionals; The Annual Payments Forum provides the attendees with the insights relating to the topics such as rapid evolution and overcoming obstacles to increased competition from FinTechs and digital players, operational requirements for PSD2, lessons learnt pre and post implementation and planning for implementation based on RTS assumptions, using machine learning and predictive analytics to combat the increasing exposure to cyber threats, implementation challenges of AI and current applications and future viability of blockchain as a payment solution, and much more.