Stop creating a monster:
how to slay system migration demons
Whether it’s platform-migration jitters, life-sapping new-product delays or daunting regulatory deadlines, there’s no shortage of pain points in the world of payments innovation. But many of these challenges can be easily overcome with the right approach and technology.
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Creating a mindset for success
To help financial institutions understand what this entails, Iliad Solutions has teamed up with some of the finest minds in the industry for a special webinar on Wednesday, 5th November at 13:00 GMT.
Hosted by seasoned tech executive, banker in recovery and author Leda Glyptis, this insights-rich session will take in viewpoints from Iliad Solutions’ Anthony Walton, Andi Howkins from Shieldpay, and Swift’s Philip Benton.
Leda will probe our experts on three key areas of migration friction, namely:
- How indecision, anxiety and the crushing weight of responsibility can curse projects before they’ve even started.
- The impact of common planning flaws, such as trying to manage too many variables and exhausting political capital rather than simply getting on with the job.
- How to overcome unforeseen challenges late in projects when there is little budget or appetite for a change of course.
The panel will also explore the foundations of agility and how a strategic approach to testing and certification can treat both the symptoms and causes of common industry pain points.
5•Nov•2025 | 13:00
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Think of it as your guide to taming the most beastly challenges in payments.
In less than one hour we’ll cover…
- How to gain a competitive advantage by reframing difficult legacy migrations (for example, from ISO 8583 to ISO 20022) as a strategic opportunity
- How to de-risk delivery and achieve faster revenue by transforming testing from an end-of-project hurdle into a continuous discipline
- How to keep innovation moving by taking a fresh and practical approach to compliance mandates
Your host
Leda Glyptis
Financial services author and consultant
With a career in transformation and technology functions across financial services, Leda Glyptis has cultivated a respected reputation as one of the industry’s leading commentators. Author of best-seller ‘Bankers Like Us: Dispatches from an Industry in Transition’ and recently released ‘Beyond Resilience: Patterns of Success in Fintech and Digital Transformation’, Leda is a frequent keynote speaker at events like SIBOS, Money 20/20 and Finovate.
A Fintech Futures columnist, she also works as an external advisor to boards and executive teams for banks, financial institutions and technology companies globally, supporting leadership teams in transition: be it a process of transforming themselves, their business or their software infrastructure. Additionally, Leda works with established technology and younger fintech companies as an external advisor.
Meet the panelists
Anthony Walton
CEO, Iliad Solutions
A veteran of over 30 years in the payments industry, Anthony Walton is the CEO and a founding director of Iliad Solutions, the world’s leading payment testing solutions provider. The business specialises in creating cutting-edge testing and certification platforms for the electronic payments industry, and works with the planet’s largest banks, processors, fintechs and card schemes to improve the quality of their testing and certification processes. Iliad has been at the forefront of building, implementing and supporting major payment solutions in every global region.
Andi Howkins
Chief Revenue Officer, Shieldpay
With a successful track record in corporate banking and payments technology, Andi Howkins boasts deep expertise in domestic and European Scheme payments, clearing and settlement solutions, VAS and orchestration, analytics, tooling, operations, legacy transformation and modernisation. She’s currently chief Revenue Officer with Shieldpay, whose mission is to become the trusted payment rails for the professional services sector. Andi joined the business from Form3 earlier this year, having previously held senior leadership positions with Visa and Lloyds Banking Group.
Philip Benton
Lead Analyst – Payments, Swift
Philip is a seasoned Payments Analyst with 15 years of experience tracking market trends across fintech, banking, and payments. He currently serves as the lead payments analyst within Swift’s Go-To-Market team, specialising in cross-border payments, stablecoins, and digital wallets. Before joining Swift, Philip led the Financial Services practice at Omdia, a global technology research firm. Beyond his analyst role, Philip is a resident columnist for Fintech Futures, where he explores the evolving landscape of fintech subsectors, and he also serves as a judge for the PayTech Awards.