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Resilience Runs on Trust: Securing Payments in an Uncertain World - Powered by Visa

Today’s heightened geopolitical uncertainty (fragmentation, cyber risk, and macroeconomic volatility) is testing the resilience of the global payments system, which depends fundamentally on trust and security to function at scale.

This session explores how public authorities and the private sector can work together to preserve confidence, continuity, and cross-border connectivity through information-sharing, interoperable standards, and regulatory approaches that strengthen resilience without fragmenting the ecosystem. It also explores how Visa is innovating for resilience, including through offline solutions that safeguard transactions in low-connectivity or high-risk environments.

The discussion aims to highlight how security and fraud prevention are not peripheral issues but core pillars of payments resilience.

Speakers

Agustín Carstens

Agustín Carstens

International Advisory Board Member, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN); Visa Economic Empowerment Institute Member, Visa; Board Member, UBS; Former General Manager, Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Aoife Houlihan

Aoife Houlihan

Vice President, Government Affairs, Visa

Christoph Müller

Christoph Müller

Head Banking Services & Member of the Executive Board, SIX

Peter Kerstens

Peter Kerstens

Advisor, DG FISMA, European Commission

Todd Fox

Todd Fox

President of Visa Economic Empowerment Institute, Visa

Moderator

Elizabeth Mahoney

Elizabeth Mahoney

Senior Director, International Financial Organizations, Visa