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Hosted by
Karin Keller-Sutter
Federal Councillor & Head of the Federal Department of Finance, Switzerland
Marianne Zentriegen
Head of Payment Journeys
PostFinance AG
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.
Speaking at
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12:00–1:30pmTue 23 JunGFTN InsightsRoundtable Room 3, Ground FloorOpen
Blueprint for Digital Assets
Agorá - How Moving Money Matters
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Andrei PustelnikovSenior Manager, Wholesale experiments and international projectsBank of England
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Audrey MetzgerDirector of Innovation & Financial Market InfrastructuresBanque de France
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Holger NeuhausHead of Market Innovation & IntegrationEuropean Central Bank
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Louise JohnstonDirector, Government Affairs & PolicyMastercard
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Marianne ZentriegenHead of Payment JourneysPostFinance AG
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Masashi WatanabeManaging Director, Head of Digital AssetsMUFG Bank, Ltd.
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Michael ZimmertHead of Banking Operations AnalysisSwiss National Bank
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Nick KeriganManaging Director, Head of InnovationSwift
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Rene MichauGlobal Head, Digital AssetsStandard Chartered
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Sabih BehzadHead of Digital Assets & Currencies TransformationDeutsche Bank AG London
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Tim MoncrieffManaging Director of Visa Payments & Currencycloud & VP, Strategic Initiatives & Execution, Visa DirectVisa
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Zou XiaonanExecutive Director, Group Digital Assets; Head of Digital Assets, Group TreasuryUBS
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Jessica RenierManaging Director & Head of Digital FinanceInstitute of International Finance (IIF)Moderator
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Morten BechCentre Head - SwitzerlandBIS Innovation HubModerator
About this session
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.
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