Stablecoins and the Shift to Hybrid Finance: A Practical Guide for Payments Professionals

Stablecoins are no longer a crypto side story. They are fast becoming a serious part of global payments infrastructure. 

As regulators move, institutions engage, and cross border inefficiencies persist, a new model is emerging. Traditional banking rails are converging with blockchain based settlement, creating what many are calling hybrid finance. The question is no longer whether stablecoins matter, but how and when payments professionals should engage with them. 

In this session, Sokin and The Payments Association will cut through the noise to examine what stablecoins actually are, whether they are safe, and how they fit into real world payment operations. 

Session Takeaways: 

Join Sokin and a panel of industry experts to discuss: 

• What stablecoins really are and how they work in practice, not theory 

• The biggest myths around volatility, risk and criminal exposure, and what the data shows 

• Trust and safety: reserve backing, transparency, regulatory oversight and counterparty considerations 

• Why hybrid finance is emerging, and what it means for cross border settlement and liquidity 

• How stablecoins can integrate into your existing treasury, settlement and payout processes 

• The strategic decisions payments firms should be making now to avoid being left behind 

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