Taking place in London on 19-20 May, the Digital money summit 2026 brings together 200 senior leaders from central banks, regulatory authorities, financial institutions and technology providers.
Under the theme ‘The great convergence: public purpose and private innovation in digital money’, the summit will examine how policy-makers and market participants are responding to rapid change across payments, digital assets and financial market infrastructure – and how public–private collaboration can translate policy objectives into practical, scalable outcomes.
Take a look at the first confirmed speakers, with more to be announced:
- Isadora Arredondo, Vice President, Global Policy, Hedera
- Emma Butterworth, Head of Financial Market Infrastructure Innovation and Payments Policy, Bank of England
- Clarence Blay, Director and Head of the Payment Systems, Bank of Ghana
- Carla Carriveau, Head of the Office of International Affairs and Senior Advisor to the Acting Superintendent, New York Department of Financial Services
- Angelo Duarte, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Governor, Banco Central do Brasil
- Mark Gould, Chief Payments Executive, Federal Reserve Financial Services
- Peter Kohl-Landgraf, Digital Transformation Manager, Capital Markets, DZ Bank
- Matthew Long, Director, Payments & Digital Assets, Financial Conduct Authority
- Nellie Liang, Senior Fellow, The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Brookings Institution; Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, U.S. Treasury Department (2021–25)
- Vasudevan Parameswaran, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India
- Daranee Saeju, Assistant Governor, Bank of Thailand
- Craig Swan, Chief Executive Officer, Bermuda Monetary Authority
Over two days of keynote addresses, panels, presentations and roundtable discussions, participants will examine the most pressing questions and opportunities facing the digital payments landscape. Key themes to be explored include:
- Defining the future of commercial money – how banks and regulators are shaping boundaries between stablecoins, tokenised deposits and traditional bank money
- Building Europe’s digital finance strategy – creating interoperable solutions, preserving sovereignty and promoting resilience in payments
- Driving improvements in cross-border payments – joining up domestic instant payments networks and streamlining international systems
- Exploring blockchain in financial services – finding use cases for decentralised market infrastructure, and assessing trust, compliance and operational challenges
- Enabling tokenisation – improving liquidity and collateral mobility on scalable, interoperable platforms
Safeguarding crypto markets and protecting consumers – ensuring accountability, protecting participants and managing evolving market risks
