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Hosted by
Karin Keller-Sutter
Federal Councillor & Head of the Federal Department of Finance, Switzerland
Tom Mutton
Executive Director of Payments Innovation & Fintech
Bank of England
Tom is Executive Director, Fintech and Payments Innovation at the Bank of England.
Tom leads the Bank’s strategy on frontier technologies and their implications for the financial system and economy. This work focuses on artificial intelligence, distributed ledger technology, and quantum computing. Tom also leads the Bank's work on payments innovation, across retail, wholesale, and cross border payments.
Tom has a breath of experience in finance, regulation, international policy, and technology strategy. His previous roles at the Bank include Director of Fintech, Head of International Policy and Strategy, Head of Division in Prudential Policy and time as a Senior Manager responsible for the supervision of major international firms.
He was educated at the London School of Economics.
Speaking at
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1:20–2:00pmTue 23 JunLaunchpadLaunchpad Room, Level 1Open
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Central Bank Perspectives on the Path to Production at Scale for Cross Border FX (PvP) Settlements - Powered by Partior
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Alan LimDirector & Head, Financial Infrastructure & Artificial Intelligence OfficeMonetary Authority of Singapore
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Anthony Clark-JonesHead of Digital Assets (Products & Services)UBS Investment Bank
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Tom MuttonExecutive Director of Payments Innovation & FintechBank of England
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Stuart McClymontCo-FounderReifi ConsultingModerator
About this session
Cross-border FX settlement is entering a decisive new phase. As digital money, new settlement models, and emerging infrastructures reshape the global financial system, central banks are moving from theory to practical engagement - domestically, bilaterally, and multilaterally.
This panel brings together leading central banks to explore how the future market structure for cross-border FX PvP settlement is being shaped in practice. The discussion will examine key design choices: decentralised versus centralised orchestration, bilateral interoperability versus federated protocols, and how to move from experimentation to production without creating new fragmentation.
Join the conversation to hear how central banks and progressive market participants are modelling, testing, and guiding the next generation of safe, interoperable, and scalable cross-border FX settlement.
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2:30–3:30pmTue 23 JunLaunchpadLaunchpad Room, Level 1Open
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Unlocking a Cross-Border Multi-Moneyverse: From Fragmentation to Integration - Powered by Giesecke+Devrient
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Matilda Asante - AsieduSecond Deputy GovernorBank of Ghana
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Tom MuttonExecutive Director of Payments Innovation & FintechBank of England
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Wijitleka MaromeChief Representative, DirectorBank of Thailand (London Representative Office)
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Dr. Wolfram SeidemannCEO Currency TechnologyGiesecke+Devrient
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Katie-Ann WilsonManaging Director, Digital Monetary InstituteOMFIFModerator
About this session
The digital currency landscape is expanding rapidly into multi-currency, cross-jurisdictional ecosystems spanning CBDCs, stablecoins, tokenised deposits, and commercial bank money tokens. How can these forms of money operate simultaneously across borders and platforms? What bridging architecture is needed to ensure seamless interoperability, instant exchangeability, and coherent governance, without recreating the very fragmentation tokenisation was meant to solve?
This workshop moves from strategic paradigm to implementation architecture. Participants will examine concrete use cases, explore cross-border design patterns, and identify the regulatory and liquidity conditions required to make the multi-moneyverse a reality. It is designed for decision-makers ready to move from roadmap to execution.
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3:30–4:30pmTue 23 JunWorkshopWorkshop Room, Level 1Open
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Breaking the Speed Barrier: How to Address the Structural Frictions in Cross-border Payments - Powered by Swift
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Edward BowlesGlobal Head of Government Relations & ESGWise
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Jo YeoDirectorMonetary Authority of Singapore
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Thomas LammerDeputy Head of SecretariatBIS Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures
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Tom MuttonExecutive Director of Payments Innovation & FintechBank of England
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Mike TruterDirector, Head of Industry EngagementSwiftModerator
About this session
Cross-border payments are the lifeblood of the global economy, underpinning trade, remittances, investment and financial connectivity. As technology has advanced and economies have become increasingly interconnected, expectations for international transfers have evolved too. Progress has been made, with 75% of payments travelling over Swift reaching destination banks within just 10 minutes. But frictions remain, particularly at the ‘last mile’ of a payments journey, where 80% of the total time is spent before it is credited to the end account or wallet.
Emerging technologies, including blockchain, promise a real-time, 24/7 reality. But innovation in cross-border payments will not come from new rails alone. It will emerge from steady progress in resolving structural frictions - improving data quality, harmonising standards, strengthening coordination and enhancing transparency across the value chain.
In this interactive session hosted by Swift, experts will discuss the structural frictions identified in Swift’s Payment Optimisation Index and provide practical insights on what institutions can do to improve the overall speed and transparency of cross-border payments.
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11:50am–12:30pmWed 24 JunForum StageKongresssaal, Level 1Open
Next-Gen Transactions
The Agentic Checkout: When AI Becomes the Buyer
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Mamerto TangonanDeputy GovernorBangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
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Saira ZahidDirector, Agentic PaymentsAmazon
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Sam Hinton-SmithHead of International Public PolicyStripe
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Shayan HazirChief Digital Officer, Asia (xHK) & MENATHSBC
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Tom MuttonExecutive Director of Payments Innovation & FintechBank of England
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Nicole SandlerChief Ecosystem OfficerUbyx IncModerator
About this session
AI agents are already booking travel, managing subscriptions, and initiating B2B purchases - without a human clicking confirm. As agentic commerce scales, the payments infrastructure built for human decision-makers faces fundamental questions: how do you authenticate a machine, assign liability for an autonomous transaction, and prevent fraud when the buyer never sleeps? This session examines the emerging architecture of machine-to-machine commerce and what it means for every layer of the payments stack.
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