Enhancing instant payments: security, scale and future-readiness
As demand for instant payments accelerates, central banks are facing urgent questions about how to scale and secure these systems without compromising integrity. In partnership with Mastercard, OMFIF is convening a virtual roundtable to examine some of the difficulties that central banks deploying real-time payments systems will need to overcome – from addressing liability in an era of instant fraud to building trusted cross-border infrastructure through models like the Bank for International Settlements’ Project Nexus.
The discussion also explores how future-proof functionality, including digital asset interoperability and account-to-account payments, can be embedded into tomorrow’s payments architecture.
Speakers
Michael Eganza
Director, Banking and Payment Services
Central Bank of Kenya
Michael Eganza
Director, Banking and Payment Services
Central Bank of Kenya
Arif Ismail
Head of Department, National Payment System
South African Reserve Bank
Arif Ismail
Head of Department, National Payment System
South African Reserve Bank
Paul Ruggieri
Senior Vice President of Infrastructure Development
Mastercard
Paul Ruggieri
Senior Vice President of Infrastructure Development
Mastercard
Rachel Whelan
Managing Director, APAC & MEA Head of Corporate Cash Management & Global Head of Payments
Deutsche Bank
Rachel Whelan
Managing Director, APAC & MEA Head of Corporate Cash Management & Global Head of Payments
Deutsche Bank
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.
Timings
11:00-12:00 (London)
06:00-07:00 (New York)
18:00-19:00 (Singapore)
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