Marianne Zentriegen is Head of Payment Journeys at PostFinance and a member of the senior management team. She is responsible for product management across domestic, international and interbank payments and drives the strategic development of payment solutions and infrastructures. As Co-Lead of PostFinance’s participation in Project Agorá, the BIS-led initiative exploring next-generation cross-border payments using tokenisation and CBDCs, she helps shape the future of global payments. With more than 20 years of experience in payments, correspondent banking and financial institutions, Marianne combines deep industry expertise with a strong passion for innovation and collaboration across the public and private sectors.
Roundtable Room 3, Ground Floor
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Project Agorá tests the hypothesis that a multi-currency settlement mechanism that leverages tokenisation and programmability could mitigate inefficiencies and frictions in cross-border payments, making them faster, more transparent and safer.
To examine this, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Institute of International Finance (IIF) combined forces to convene seven central banks and over 40 international financial institutions to test the tokenisation of commercial bank deposits and central bank reserves on a unifying ledger. The roundtable will bring together Project Agorá public and private sector participants to reflect on the project and lessons learned.