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Karin Keller-Sutter
Federal Councillor & Head of the Federal Department of Finance, Switzerland
Juan López Carretero
Head of Market Development Europe
Stellar Development Foundation
Juan leads market development strategy and execution in Europe for the Stellar Development Foundation. He works with industry actors to grow Stellar as the enterprise-grade blockchain of choice for everyday financial services. Previously, he was head of global partnerships at BBVA.
Juan has 30 years of experience in international banking. He led digital acquisitions for BBVA in fintechs, payments, data and design and was an investment banker at Lehman Brothers and Société Générale. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BBA from the University of Wisconsin.
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4:00–5:30pmThu 25 JunGFTN InsightsRoundtable Room 1, Ground FloorOpen
Blueprint for Digital Assets
Beyond De-Risking: Are Stablecoins the Future of Trusted Cross-Border Payment Infrastructure?
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Adam GagenGlobal Head of Government AffairsRevolut
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Bridget Rose Mesina-RomeroDirector, Payments Policy and Development DepartmentBangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
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Calvin ChengChairmanPaymonade Tech
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Carine ChartouniDeputy Division Chief, Legal DepartmentInternational Monetary Fund
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Dr. Guerino ArdizziDeputy Head of the Analysis & Database Division (Retail Payment Instruments & Services Directorate)Banca d'Italia
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Jeannie LimCo-Founder & Head of GrowthXweave.io
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Juan López CarreteroHead of Market Development EuropeStellar Development Foundation
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Julie GuettaManaging DirectorThitsaWorks
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Mathias ImbachCo-founder & Group Chief Executive OfficerSygnum
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Matthias ObrechtHead Supervision New TechnologiesSwiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
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Steven McWhirterGlobal Policy LeadBinance
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Prof. Yesha YadavBoard Member & ProfessorFintech Foundation, Vanderbilt Law School
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Lucy InghamVice President of ResearchFXC IntelligenceModerator
About this session
Cross-border payments remain among the most expensive, slowest, and least accessible financial services globally. Stablecoins have emerged as a working alternative in the corridors underserved by traditional correspondent banking, processing significant volume alongside traditional rails, but questions of trust, reserve integrity, adoption, and systemic risk remain unresolved.
As regulatory frameworks mature across jurisdictions, this roundtable will explore the question of whether stablecoins are poised to graduate from a parallel system into genuine cross-border payment infrastructure, and what has to be true about their design, governance, and regulatory treatment for that to happen.
With payment-native banks, institutional settlement networks, and central banks at the table, the conversation will move beyond the technology debate to the harder questions of standards, coexistence, and who bears the risk when settlement infrastructure fails at scale.
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