How Virgin Media 02 changed onboarding forever.

When recurring payments feel complicated, customers walk away. In telecoms, more than half have abandoned sign-up due to perceived complexity-costing millions in lost conversions and missed opportunities.

Fireside chat: Trustly × Virgin Media 02

Available online on 11 November 2:00 PM CET

Meet the speakers

Abraham Georgakarakos

Digital & E-commerce VP, Virgin Media O2

Johan Tjärnberg

CEO, Trustly

In this fireside chat, you will:

Learn how to make onboarding effortless.

Watch Johan Tjärnberg (CEO, Trustly) and Abraham Georgakarakos (VP Digital & E-commerce, Virgin Media O2) share how Trustly's direct bank connections and real-time data intelligence helped Virgin Media 02 rebuild onboarding from the ground up.

See how one of telecom's biggest conversion blockers was eliminated with a single automated payment flow-turning a slow, manual process into a seamless experience customers actually prefer.

Discover how Virgin Media O2:

  • Cut onboarding time by automating direct debit setup.
  • Reduced fraud and failed mandates using verified bank data.
  • Got nearly 60% of users to opt to automate their direct debit during the initial rollout.
  • Lowered operational costs by fewer failed payment setups and less back-office rework

Duration: 28 minutes

Format: Interview

Available: 11 November, 2 PM CET

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