Julie Guetta

Managing Director

ThitsaWorks

Julie Guetta is the Managing Director of ThitsaWorks, a leading system integrator specializing in digital payment infrastructure. She leads the company's strategy, growth, and delivery of national and cross-border payment systems, working closely with central banks, national payment system operators, regulators, and financial institutions to design, implement, and operate inclusive instant payment systems that enable citizens and businesses to access fast, secure, and interoperable digital financial services.

Previously, Julie was responsible for advancing the Mojaloop Foundation’s mission to promote financial inclusion by supporting the adoption of its open-source instant payments platform across Southeast Asia and contributing to global cross-border payments initiatives. With more than four years of active involvement in the Mojaloop ecosystem, she has been at the forefront of several strategic workstreams, including the implementation of ISO 20022 standards, the development of cross-border payment frameworks, and the evolution of industry best practices. She continues to actively contribute to the Mojaloop community and its technical governance.

A finalist in the 2024 Women in Payments Innovation Awards, Julie brings more than a decade of experience implementing complex payment systems, covering payment schemes, interoperability, messaging standards, and business processes to deliver efficient, resilient, and inclusive payment ecosystems.

Before joining the Mojaloop Foundation, Julie served as Technical Product Director at Partior, where she contributed to transforming cross-border payment settlement. She also led Payments Strategy at RedCompass Labs, advising financial institutions on emerging payment trends and developing actionable strategies.

A recognized thought leader and frequent speaker at international conferences, Julie regularly shares insights on financial inclusion, digital public infrastructure, open-source payment systems, and cross-border interoperability. She also lectured at the EBA Summer School in 2022..

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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?

GFTN InsightsRoundtable Room 1, Ground FloorOpen
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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Beyond De-Risking: Are Stablecoins the Future of Trusted Cross-Border Payment Infrastructure?