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Masashi Watanabe

Masashi Watanabe

Managing Director, Head of Digital Assets, MUFG Bank, Ltd.

Masashi Watanabe is a Managing Director, Deputy Head of Digital Strategy Division and Head of Digital Asset in MUFG Bank, leading the Digital Asset Business Development team based in Tokyo, Japan.

He has been involved in the bank’s business development for more than 25 years, including Transaction Banking, IT & Payments and Digitalization area, having worked abroad in London and Bangkok.

Prior to his current role, he took part in developing a payment platform utilizing blockchain technology in Tokyo.

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GFTN Insights

Roundtable Room 3, Ground Floor

Open

Tue, 23 Jun   |   12:00PM - 01:30PM

Agorá - How Moving Money Matters

Project Agorá tests the hypothesis that a multi-currency settlement mechanism that leverages tokenization 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 tokenization 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.

Andrei Pustelnikov

Andrei PustelnikovSenior Manager, Wholesale experiments and international projects, Bank of England
Audrey Metzger

Audrey MetzgerDirector of Innovation & Financial Market Infrastructures, Banque de France
Holger Neuhaus

Holger NeuhausHead of Market Innovation & Integration, European Central Bank
Louise Johnston

Louise JohnstonDirector, Government Affairs & Policy, Mastercard
Marianne Zentriegen

Marianne ZentriegenHead of Payment Journeys, PostFinance AG
Masashi Watanabe

Masashi WatanabeManaging Director, Head of Digital Assets, MUFG Bank, Ltd.
Michael Zimmert

Michael ZimmertHead of Banking Operations Analysis, Swiss National Bank
Nick Kerigan

Nick KeriganManaging Director, Head of Innovation, Swift
Rene Michau

Rene MichauGlobal Head, Digital Assets, Standard Chartered
Sabih Behzad

Sabih BehzadHead of Digital Assets & Currencies Transformation, Deutsche Bank AG London
Tim Moncrieff

Tim MoncrieffManaging Director of Visa Payments & Currencycloud & VP, Strategic Initiatives & Execution, Visa Direct, Visa
Zou Xiaonan

Zou XiaonanExecutive Director, Group Digital Assets; Head of Digital Assets, Group Treasury, UBS
Jessica Renier

Jessica RenierManaging Director & Head of Digital Finance, Institute of International Finance (IIF)
Morten Bech

Morten BechCentre Head - Switzerland, BIS Innovation Hub
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