What markets won't fix: do payments need public intervention?

Live: Tuesday 1 December, 15:30 - 16:30 (UK), 10:30 - 11:30 (NYC), 22:30 - 23:30 (SNG)

Payments systems worldwide are evolving, with central banks seeking to improve efficiency, strengthen resilience and ensure that payments systems continue to meet the needs of users across all segments of society. As stablecoins gain traction and cross-border payments continue to face challenges around cost, speed and reliability, central banks are considering where public intervention may be needed to support competition, inclusion and monetary sovereignty.

To explore how central banks are responding, OMFIF’s Digital Monetary Institute, in partnership with Giesecke+Devrient, has conducted a survey with central banks, examining their views on the challenges affecting their payments markets and their attitudes towards central bank digital currencies as a potential solution. The results of this survey will be featured in a forthcoming report, produced in partnership with G+D.

Join us to learn which payments issues central banks see as most urgent and discuss what it will take to build a more resilient and inclusive payments system.

Speakers

Edited headshot John Orchard

John Orchard

Chairman
OMFIF
ws-headshot-2

Wolfram Seidemann

Chief Executive Officer
Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology

Partners

G+D

Partner with us

About the Digital Monetary Institute

OMFIF’s Economic and Monetary Policy Institute is a trusted forum that convenes a global community of central banks, finance ministries, regulators, banks, investors, consultants and other organisations to explore the future of the global economy.

The bedrock of EMP is our off-the-record roundtables with key policy-makers across the world, allowing members to actively discuss the factors shaping economic policy and market trends. In 2024, we hosted over 30 in-person membership events across the UK, Germany and the US as well as more than 20 virtually, with over 1,000 members across the public and private sector registering to attend.

Moreover, through our market-leading Global Public Investor series, we have engaged with 160 central banks, public pension funds and sovereign funds across the world to explore their main investment strategies. We aim to deepen our engagement in 2025 through a new working group on reserve management diversification strategies.

DMI Team
DMI logo

Related events

Eurosclerosis 2.0 in a changing world: from repetition to rupture

Eurosclerosis 2.0 in a changing world: from repetition to rupture

29 October 2026
In this keynote talk, Pierre Wunsch, governor of the National Bank of Belgium, draws on ...
OMFIF Sofia forum: Enlargement, transformation, digitalisation

OMFIF Sofia forum: Enlargement, transformation, digitalisation

3 November 2026
Bulgaria enters a new era in its economic and financial development as a member of ...
Money Disrupted: US monetary policy and emerging markets

Money Disrupted: US monetary policy and emerging markets

9 November 2026
Money Disrupted is a monthly roundtable series examining how economic fragmentation, geopolitics and technological change ...

Join Today

Connect with our membership team

Scroll to Top