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Stablecoins for retail payments

This roundtable reflects Elevandi’s commitment to developing the infrastructure to support the adoption of new technologies. Following on from the 2023 Point Zero Summit debate, “Who Will Emerge the Digital Money Winner: Stablecoins or Tokenised Deposits?”, the Insight's Forum saw a public-private roundtable consider the Rules to power a stablecoin driven economy

As digital assets are gaining importance, stablecoins, tokenised bank deposits and deposit tokens promise the facilitation of payments. At the same time, regulatory bodies and standard setters of financial markets have identified a number of issues which call for close attention.

Operating within the theme of Decoding Digital Assets and Payments, this roundtable looks at the international regulatory landscape for stablecoins, tokenised bank deposits and deposit tokens and focusses on ‘lessons learned’ from ongoing regulatory initiatives worldwide. What is needed to reconcile the promise of innovation with the need for sound regulation? What regulations are sensible from a financial stability and monetary policy perspective?

This is one of two discussions surrounding stablecoins which brings together views on this issue from regulators, standard setters, stablecoin issuers, commercial banks and academics at the Insights Forum. Find out more at the "Stablecoins in the monetary system of the future" session, which aims to provide guidance to regulators, support commercial banks in adapting to the evolving landscape, and encourage FinTech innovation alongside stablecoins.

Attendees who wish to familiarise themselves with the topic may refer to the reference materials below.
- Stablecoins or tokenised deposits
- Rules to power a stablecoin driven economy

Speakers

Biba Homsy

Biba Homsy

Lawyer, Homsy Legal

Professor Corinne Zellweger-Gutknecht

Professor Corinne Zellweger-Gutknecht

Professor of Law, University of Basel

Denise Garcia Ocampo

Denise Garcia Ocampo

Senior Advisor, Bank for International Settlements

Matthias Obrecht

Matthias Obrecht

Head Fintech Desk, Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)

Pascale Bruderer

Pascale Bruderer

Founder and Chairwoman, Swiss Stablecoin AG

Tony Mclaughlin

Tony Mclaughlin

Managing Director, Citi

Moderator

Dr Attilio Zanetti

Dr Attilio Zanetti

Alternate Member of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank