MAGMA Finance Conference
October 21, 2026 Intercontinental Hotel Mauritius

The Art of Payments: Designing the Future of Money

Commerce is borderless. Financial infrastructure isn't — yet. For one day, the people building cross-border payments, regulation and financial infrastructure across Africa and the Indian Ocean region come together in Mauritius to talk about what changes next.

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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Earn CPD Hours

Part of the day is delivered as an accredited CPD session, led by a qualified tutor. Attendees working in compliance, fiduciary and financial services roles can claim 3 CPD hours toward their annual requirement — the session is structured and independently verifiable, in line with FSC competency standards.

Accredited session Qualified tutor 3 CPD hours
You will get the Certificate of Attendance which will confirm the CPD points.
The Agenda

One Day, Six Sessions

  1. 09:00
    Welcome and opening by MAGMA Finance
  2. 09:15
    Official Address Mauritius and the Future of International Financial Services Mauritius as a gateway between Africa and Asia, and the country's ambitions in fintech, payments and trusted financial infrastructure. Speaker: TBC
  3. 09:35
    Keynote The Borderless Business: What Clients Will Expect From Payments by 2030 Speed, transparency and real-time settlement across cards, accounts and wallets — and what SMEs and corporates will demand from providers within five years. Speaker: TBC
  4. 10:00
    Panel I Where Money Moves Next Why cross-border payments are still slow and unpredictable, how orchestration across multiple rails is replacing single-provider models, and whether Mauritius can become a genuine regional payments hub. Moderator: Mahen Govinda (MITCO)
    Speakers: Naushad Khadun (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist by ACAMS), Nitish Caullychurn (MAGMA Finance) and others.
  5. 11:15
    Networking Break
  6. 11:45
    Panel II Trust at the Speed of Money AI in KYC/AML and fraud detection, human accountability in automated decisions, and why compliance should be treated as product infrastructure rather than a back-office cost. Moderator: TBC
    Speakers: Ashveen Gopee (PwC), Naushad Khadun (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist by ACAMS), Nitish Caullychurn (MAGMA Finance) and others.
  7. 13:00
    Closing From Moving Money to Running Money MAGMA's view on the shift from payment intermediary to financial infrastructure for borderless business. Speaker: Nitish Caullychurn (MAGMA Finance)
Who's on stage

The Speakers

Regulators, card networks and the people running payments in the region. More names announced weekly.

Nitish Caullychurn
Nitish Caullychurn Director MAGMA Finance
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Naushad Khadun Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist by ACAMS Training Institution
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Ashveen Gopee
Ashveen Gopee Partner & Managing Director PwC Legal (Mauritius)
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Mahen Govinda
Mahen Govinda Chief Executive Officer MITCO, Part of Fidence Group
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Previous edition

Last Year in the Room

Photographs from "Fintech Conference: Payments, FX and Digital Assets"

On the panel
In the audience
Keynote
Networking
Full house
Panel discussion
Between sessions
Listening in
Closing remarks
Meeting people
On stage
Questions from the floor
Coffee and conversations
The room
The Venue

The Location

Intercontinental Hotel Mauritius Balaclava Fort, Coastal Road, Balaclava
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Made possible with

Sponsors & Partners

Host

MAGMA Finance is a regulated fintech providing multi-currency accounts, FX and cross-border payments for businesses worldwide, licensed by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission.

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Supporting partners

MITCO Group — corporate, fiduciary and fund services provider headquartered in Mauritius, licensed as a Management Company by the FSC since 1993, with operations across Mauritius, Seychelles and Dubai.

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October 21, 2026 · Balaclava, Mauritius

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One day, six sessions, and the people who decide how money moves in this region. Tickets are sold per delegate.

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