Thrilled to have been invited as a panelist to this interesting session hosted by KPMG España regarding the Digital Euro. After an explanatory introduction by Francisco Uría, participants in the first panel covered open discussion about the Digital Euro, such as the potential limits on the amounts of Digital Euro wallets, potential impacts on the funding of financial institutions or privacy issues. In the second panel, in which I participated, we discussed about the impact of Digital Euro on Financial Institutions. In this sense, Swift remains agnostic about whether CBDCs should or should not be used, while focused on the interoperability capabilities to avoid the risk of digital islands in the cross-border payments space. #CBDC #DigitalEuro
Alberto López Nestar, Director Adjunto de Iberpay, ha tenido la ocasión de participar esta mañana en el evento organizado por KPMG España “Hacia el euro digital. CBDCs y su impacto en el sector financiero”. En la mesa, los participantes han compartido impresiones acerca del estado actual del proyecto del euro digital y los retos y oportunidades que este ofrece en el sector financiero. Alberto ha destacado que: “Además de buscar la interoperabilidad entre diferentes tipos de dinero y soluciones de pago, el euro digital podría aprovecharse de la reutilización de las infraestructuras de pago actuales, en concreto de los raíles de transferencias instantáneas que son eficientes e impulsan la innovación y digitalización”. Gracias a KPMG por la invitación y al resto de participantes en el panel: Ana Belén Alonso Hernández de Global Cards Santander; Alberto López González de Mastercard y Beatriz Castro García, CFA de Swift. #CBDCs #eurodigital
It must have been quite an interesting debate, I wish I could have attended! Also a great opportunity to represent Swift’s views in that space. Congrats Beatriz Castro García, CFA! #proud
Congrats Beatriz. I wish I have atended, would you brief me 121? 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Managing Director at Swift | Payments | FinTech | Strategy | Digital Transformation | Non-Executive Board Member | Ex-McKinsey | Ex-Amazon
10moThanks Beatriz Castro García, CFA for the insights shared at this session about the digital euro. Interoperability across different CBDCs will be critical as you mentioned.