Attilio Zanetti, Alternate Member of the Governing Board, Zurich
Attilio Zanetti, born in 1969, studied economics at the University of Fribourg and completed his doctorate in 2001. In 1994, he joined the Swiss National Bank's Economic Affairs division. From 2002 to 2008, he was Head of the Economic Analysis Switzerland team within the Economic Analysis unit. In 2008, he was appointed Head of the Economic Analysis unit. From 2010, he also took over the leadership of the SNB's delegates for regional economic relations. In addition to these responsibilities, Attilio Zanetti held lectureships in macroeconomics and monetary policy at the University of Basel between 2008 and 2019. As a Visiting Scholar, he also spent time at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the International Monetary Fund. In 2020, Attilio Zanetti was appointed Head of the SNB's International Monetary Cooperation division. The International Monetary Cooperation division is responsible for managing cooperation with other central banks as well as multilateral institutions and authorities.
With effect from 1 August 2022, the Swiss Federal Council appointed Attilio Zanetti to the position of Alternate Member of the Governing Board. In this function he acts as deputy to the head of Department I (Secretariat General, Economic Affairs, International Monetary Cooperation, Statistics, Legal Services, Compliance, Internal Audit, Human Resources, and Premises and Technical Services) in Zurich .
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Roundtable Room 1 (Level 2)
Decoding Digital Assets and 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