WEBINAR INFORMATIONPart of the research agenda for the Young Scholars Initiative’s (YSI) Liquidity Project Financial Market Infrastructure (LPFMI) includes innovations in settlement, clearing and financial infrastructure. Stablecoins (cryptocurrency designed to be stable in value) are an excellent example of the nascent innovation that has come about in financial technology that is relevant to modern liquidity …

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WEBINAR INFORMATIONCross Border Payments form a crucial part of the role of the Payment Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) in maintaining stability of exchange rates across the globe. The recent CPMI report from BIS calls out the necessity to improve cross-border payments to make them faster, cheaper, more transparent and inclusive and aims to resolve longstanding …

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WEBINAR INFORMATIONDr. Robert Hofmeister is a is a payment market infrastructure expert at the European Central Bank (ECB) Directorate General (DG) Market Infrastructure & Payments, Oversight Division and within there the Payments Oversight Section. In his capacity he oversees Foreign Exchange (FX) Cross Border Infrastructure which most prominently includes Continuous Linked Settlement (CLS - www.cls-group.com) …

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