FNA Broadcasts

| Richard Dzina, The Clearing House | Stephen Wojciechowicz, BNY Mellon On the 10th of November, guests Richard Dzina (The Clearing House, TCH) and Stephen Wojciechowicz (Bank of New York Mellon) joined FNA to discuss the Relevance of Liquidity Savings in a real-time World.

With: | Anneke Kosse, Bank for International Settlements | Illaria Mattei, Bank for International Settlements Today, 90 per cent of central banks are exploring Central bank digital currencies, with over half already developing digital currencies or conducting experiments. In Session #10 of FNA’s 60-minute webinar series, The CBDC Broadcast, guests Anneke Kosse and Ilaria Mattei from the Bank for I...

With: | John Velissarios, Accenture | Raoul Herborg, Giesecke + Devrient CBDC is a very particular product. An extremely successful rollout, with massive adoption, could affect financial stability as deposits could migrate to CBDCs. On the other hand, poor adoption could mean a reputational risk event for the central bank. Therefore, unlike most central bank products, it looks like CBDC design sho...

With: | Jan Schoombee, Fnality Financial markets face unprecedented challenges. These challenges include fragmented and inefficient post-trade processes, liquidity constraints and complex and costly risk management. To address these challenges, Fnality is developing a peer-to-peer payment system underpinned by Distributed Ledger Technology to enable quicker and safer exchanges of value. In session...

| Claudi Ceresani, DGT Solutions | Phil Mochan, Nomos Cross-border payments have always been in the spotlight, often criticized for being slow and costly and unable to cope with the demands for efficient payments among individuals, firms and financial institutions from different jurisdictions. Challenger financial market infrastructures are trying to solve this long-lived claim for efficient cross...

With: | Larissa de Lima, Oliver Wyman Forum | Erica Salinas, Amazon Web Services In previous sessions of The CBDC Broadcast, we focused on the many motivations for rolling out a CBDC, from achieving higher financial inclusion and higher transactional efficiency to preserving monetary sovereignty by compensating for the declining use of cash and by countering the entrance of new private forms of di...

With: | Masaki Bessho, Bank of Japan | Dr Steven Hu, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore There are many motivations for rolling out a CBDC, from achieving higher financial inclusion and higher transactional efficiency to preserving monetary sovereignty by compensating for the declining use of cash and by countering the entrance of new private forms of digital currencies. Each country has a differen...

Throughout history, technological developments, economic growth and the requirement for the effective execution of payments have driven changes to currencies and the financial system- from the first transatlantic cable to the rise of ATMs and credit cards 100 years later. Today, as new technologies and innovations continue to emerge with the potential to transform the financial system, such as CBD...

With: | Ludmilla Buteau Allien, Bank of the Republic of Haiti | Dr Adolfo Sarmiento, Central Bank of Uruguay There are many motivations for rolling out a CBDC, from achieving higher financial inclusion and higher transactional efficiency to preserving monetary sovereignty by compensating for the declining use of cash and by countering the entrance of new private forms of digital currencies. Each c...

With: | Francisco Rivadeneyra, Bank of Canada | Mehregan Ameri, Bank of England There are many motivations for rolling out a CBDC, from achieving higher financial inclusion and higher transactional efficiency to preserving monetary sovereignty by compensating for the declining use of cash, and by countering the entrance of new private forms of digital currencies. Each country has a different set o...

The successful test of an advanced token and digital wallet settlement capability encompassing direct transactions between two central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in a hybrid cloud environment How the project executed a complex, multi-asset transactional scenario across ledgers Multi-assets: CBDCs, eBonds (primary and secondary DvP), FX (PvP) Ledgers: IBM’s Hyperledger Fabric & R3’s Corda,...

The difference between retail CBDC and Wholesale CBDC Why Central Banks are looking at issuing CBDCs and what can they do to attract users CBDC Design: is blockchain a requirement? What about the difference between two-tier and single-tier models and the growth of privately issued digital money? Balancing anonymity and privacy

Dr Kimmo Soramäki and Dr Carlos León joined host Will Towning to explain how central banks, commercial banks and other organisations can use simulation technology to understand the impacts of introducing a CBDC? The presentations covered: A brief introduction to simulating payment systems The advantages of using an agent-based model for modelling complex adaptive systems FNA’s model for simulating...

Adrian Waddy, Data Consultant at Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and Developer at the Bank of England, joins host Adam Csabay to discuss his contribution to the Risk books publication, Data Science in Economics and Finance for Decision-makers. Adrian's chapter, Implementing Big Data Solutions, provides an insight into implementing Big Data platforms and the decisions that must be made a...

In this latest episode of the FNA Talks podcast series, David Bolder, Director of Model Development and Economic Capital and FNA’s Central Bank and Academia Programme Manager, Will Towning, discuss one of the most awaited Fintech publications of 2021: Data Science in Economics and Finance for Decision Makers, edited and co-authored by the ECB’s Per Nymand-Andersen. David – who co-authored the book...

It's the one topic that's been on everyone's mind since the start of 2020, Covid-19. But what impact have Covid-19 disruptions had on the financial sector, and what technological innovations have arisen as a result? In this episode of FNA Talks, Kevin Gardiner, Managing Director and Global Investment Strategist at Rothschild & Co joins host Adam Csabay to highlight the key lessons from the Cov...

Together, Clair and Bella, discuss Clair’s diverse career leading up to her current role as Chief Operating Officer for the Prudential Regulation Authority within the Bank of England, her experience of gender diversity and advice to women interested in a career in finance and technology. Clair Mills is currently, the Chief Operating Officer for the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), within the...

Julapa Jagtiani, Senior Economic and Economist at the FRB Philadelphia, joins Bella to discuss Julapa’s career and her experience of gender diversity in finance and the steps we can take to increase diversity in the finance and technology sector. As well as a Senior Economic Advisor and Economist at the FRB Philadelphia, Julapa Jagtiani, is also a Fellow member of the Wharton Financial Institution...

Stacey Cunningham, President of the New York Stock Exchange joins host, Bella for the third instalment of FNA’s podcast mini-series, Women in Fintech & Suptech. Stacey Cunningham joins host, FNA’s Isabella Ivanov, to discuss Stacey’s role at the New York Stock Exchange and her experience as a woman in a traditionally male-dominated sector. Stacey Cunningham is President of the NYSE Group and a...

Carlos León at Banco de la República and Gilberto Chavez-Velazquez at Deutsche Bank join FNA's Mohesen Namazi and Kimmo Soramäki to share their perspectives on approaches to Intraday Liquidity stress testing. 00:00:00: Introduction 00:02:13: Approaches to applying stress testing to intraday liquidity 00:09:42: What are some of the data and operational challenges in quantifying and measuring stress...

European Banking Authority's Slavka Eley joins host FNA's Isabella Ivanov to discuss her experience as a woman in finance and the role women will play in the industry in the future. ​ Slavka Eley joined the European Banking Authority in 2013 and currently leads the Banking Innovation and Products Unit, responsible for the EBA's work on financial Innovation, digital finance, capital market union an...

Bank of Lithuania's, Jekaterina Govina joins host, FNA's Isabella Ivanov, to discuss women in the Financial industry, Jekaterina’s own personal experiences throughout her career as a lawyer within fintech and advice to young women interested in finance and fintech. For four years, Jekaterina has developed policies for the fintech industry in Lithuania and prior to her appointment as Executive Dire...

In this latest episode of the FNA Talks podcast series, the ECB’s Per Nymand-Andersen joins FNA’s Suptech Lead, Adam Csabay to discuss one of the most awaited Fintech publications of 2021: Data Science in Economics and Finance for Decision Makers. Per - who edited and co-authored the book - and Adam review the key themes of the book and highlight its practical contributions, as well as discuss the...

Digital Currencies and Crypto Assets in 2021: Impacts, Implications and Regulatory Responses The first FNA Talk of the year focuses on one of the most prominent FinTech themes of 2021. Join Adam as he chats with with Moad Fahmi, Senior Advisor (Financial Technology) from the Bermuda Monetary Authority. Bermuda is one of the first jurisdictions with a regulatory framework designed specifically for...

Intraday Liquidity Management in Banking - Technology Landscape in Focus Today's FNA Talk is dedicated to one of the most important topics for the banking sector, with FNA's President Phillip Straley and Tucker Dona, Head of Business Development and Client Success at Baton Systems, examining the technological considerations of intraday liquidity. Index 00:00 - Introduction 02:19 - What does the la...