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Architecting the future of cross-border payments – An Agorá roundtable

This roundtable gathers experts from key organizations involved in shaping the future of wholesale cross-border payments. In this early phase—focused on collecting diverse requirements, shaping the technological fundamentals and establishing a multi-stakeholder project organisation—participants will share initial lessons learned and discuss anticipated challenges for future phases of Project Agorá. The discussion is designed to foster robust debate and exchange innovative ideas from various perspectives.

It aims to discuss the driving forces and motivation behind project Agorá and synthesise early insights around key coordination, technical, and operational challenges in building a resilient next-generation tokenised cross-border payment platform. Further the roundtable aims to share and ideate on possible strategies to resolve identified challenges and consider emerging technology trends in future phases of the project.

The discussion will produce a report of synthesised insights, current challenges and proposed solutions and strategies, to effectively and efficiently enable the future of cross-border payments with future phases of Project Agorá.

Speakers

Audrey Metzger

Audrey Metzger

Director of Innovation and Financial Market Infrastructures, Banque de France

David Newns

David Newns

Head, SIX Digital Exchange

Dr. Efthimia Kefalea

Dr. Efthimia Kefalea

Head of Derivatives Clearing Market Development, Eurex Clearing AG

Gottfried Leibbrandt

Gottfried Leibbrandt

Member of the Board, CLS Group

Jennifer Fowler

Jennifer Fowler

Member of the Secretariat, Financial Stability Board

Marc Schluep

Marc Schluep

Head of Banking Operations, Swiss National Bank

Nick Kerigan

Nick Kerigan

Managing Director, Head of Innovation, Swift

Per von Zelowitz

Per von Zelowitz

Director, New York Innovation Center, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Rajeev Sambyal

Rajeev Sambyal

Managing Director, Digital Assets, BNY

Sung-guan Yun

Sung-guan Yun

Director General of Office of Digital Currency Research, Bank of Korea

Zou Xiaonan

Zou Xiaonan

Head of Digital Assets, Group Treasury, UBS

Moderator

Daniel Eidan

Daniel Eidan

Advisor, BIS Innovation Hub

Priscilla Koo Wilkens

Priscilla Koo Wilkens

Senior Economist, Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Chair

Morten Bech

Morten Bech

Centre Head - Switzerland, BIS Innovation Hub