Designing next-generation instant payments systems for a globally connected economy
Global efforts to modernise financial infrastructure and expand access to financial services are driving the evolution of real-time payments systems. As regions pursue greater integration and cross-border interoperability, central banks face critical questions on how to keep payments systems secure, inclusive and adaptable. Achieving this demands a careful balance between public policy direction and private sector innovation.
OMFIF’s Digital Monetary Institute, in partnership with Mastercard, is convening a high-level private roundtable to explore the future of global payments infrastructure. The discussion assesses the frameworks and governance models required to support trusted real-time payments systems, including designing risk-aware, inclusive systems that deliver tangible benefits for end users. It also considers the role of multilateral co-operation in advancing the G20 roadmap for enhanced cross-border payments and the practical challenges markets face in achieving its objectives.
Speakers
Mokhtar Benlamine
Executive Director of the Surveillance & Financing Department
Arab Monetary Fund
Mokhtar Benlamine
Executive Director of the Surveillance & Financing Department
Arab Monetary Fund
Rashad Cassim
Deputy Governor
South African Reserve Bank
Rashad Cassim
Deputy Governor
South African Reserve Bank
Rashad Cassim is deputy governor of South African Reserve Bank. He is also chief economist and head of economic research and statistics, responsible for the markets and international cluster, including financial markets and national payment systems. He serves on the Markets Committee of the Bank for International Settlements and chairs the Corporation for Public Deposits. Before joining SARB, he served as the deputy director-general at Statistics South Africa.
Helena Forest
EVP for Global Product and Commercial, Real-time Payments
Mastercard
Helena Forest
EVP for Global Product and Commercial, Real-time Payments
Mastercard
Jennifer Fowler
Member of the Secretariat
Financial Stability Board
Jennifer Fowler
Member of the Secretariat
Financial Stability Board
Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli
Division Chief of the Payments, Currencies, and Infrastructure Division
International Monetary Fund
Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli
Division Chief of the Payments, Currencies, and Infrastructure Division
International Monetary Fund
Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli is division chief, monetary and capitals markets, International Monetary Fund. He is also division chief of the payments, currencies and infrastructure division at the IMF. Prior to joining the IMF, he was senior economist in the research and monetary policy division of the Swiss National Bank. He spent time in the private sector at Goldman Sachs, the Boston Consulting Group and technology start-ups.
Harish Natarajan
Practice Manager, Financial Inclusion and Infrastructure, Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation, FCI
The World Bank Group
Harish Natarajan
Practice Manager, Financial Inclusion and Infrastructure, Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation, FCI
The World Bank Group
Katie-Ann Wilson
Managing Director, DMI
OMFIF
Katie-Ann Wilson
Managing Director, DMI
OMFIF
Katie-Ann Wilson is Managing Director, Digital Monetary Institute at OMFIF. She is responsible for leading and managing the team to deliver the institute’s overall business objectives through a pipeline of publications and events. Katie-Ann develops the editorial scope across these projects and supports senior engagement with central banks, regulators, financial services, and technology providers. She also contributes to the corporate leadership of the entire business.
Prior to joining OMFIF, she worked at King’s College London, supporting the social science and public policy faculty on research submissions to higher education funding bodies. Before this, she worked as a grant writer for a non-governmental organisation in Israel.
Katie-Ann holds an MA in International Political Economy (distinction) from King’s College London and a BA (Hons) in International Relations from the University of Leeds.
Sponsors
