John O'Neill

HSBC Group Head of Digital Assets & Currencies, HSBC

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John has more than 20 years of experience in financial services. He is HSBC's Group Head of Digital Assets and Currencies, responsible for the bank's approach to CBDCs, stablecoins, cryptocurrencies and asset tokenisation. John is responsible for HSBC Orion, the propriety digital assets platform that financial institutions and corporations are able to use to issue digital bonds on blockchain. Prior to joining HBSC, John held various roles at ICE Futures Europe (previously the London International Financial Futures Exchange – LIFFE), finally becoming head of the FICC business.

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Roundtable Room 1 (Level 2)

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Tue, 6 May | 10:00AM - 11:30AM

Permissionless blockchain in financial services

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The objective of this roundtable is to bring together regulators, financial institutions, and technology leaders, to advance industry thinking on the use of permissionless blockchain in financial services.

Key outcomes of this roundtable:

To identify why permissionless blockchains have not made significant inroads with industry incumbents, exploring whether the hurdles are primarily commercial, regulatory, reputational, or a lack of expertise
To explore how financial services can be provided on transparent, permissionless and immutable blockchain while advancing the goal of consumer protection
To assess the challenge posed by the fragmented landscape of blockchain infrastructure and brainstorm potential solutions to enable greater interoperability