The Future Menu of Cross-Border Payments: Fiat, Stablecoins, or a Hybrid?

Cross-border payments are at a turning point. For decades, the system relied on a slow, costly correspondent banking model. Now, new solutions are reshaping the landscape; from card networks leveraging FX and liquidity strengths to stablecoins promising cheaper, faster settlement. 

But do these innovations solve the root issues? Stablecoins still face on/off-ramp frictions, liquidity costs, and new compliance risks. Meanwhile, card incumbents like Mastercard and Visa are modernising cross-border with real-time payout rails. A new software-driven layer is emerging, one that enables real-time pricing, authenticated KYT, “see-through” KYCC, consented data sharing, and pre-transaction decisioning across 100% of flows. 

Join this webinar for an objective, fact-based discussion on the emerging innovations in cross-border payments, the opportunities and the ‘hype’ around stablecoins, as well as what’s necessary to make these payments safe, fast and transparent beyond the payment form factor. 

What we’ll cover: 

• The root-causes of the problem with cross-border payments – Foreign currency liquidity? Regulations? Risk? Manual flows? A disconnected and disparate network of bank partners?    

• The conversion challenge - Stablecoins still require on/off ramps that impact cost and speed – how does this compare to other existing methods?  

• No one-size-fits-all Solution - Why the future will likely feature a “menu” of cross-border payment options rather than a single standard. 

• Innovations from traditional players - How Mastercard, Visa, and others are reinventing their cross-border strategies. 

The Big Question
Will cross-border payments stay anchored in fiat, pivot to stablecoins, or evolve into a hybrid model? Join us for a candid discussion on what the next chapter will look like – and what it takes to make global payments safer, faster, and regulation-ready. 

Join this discussion on 23rd October to get practical tips on how to protect your organisation and turn compliance into a competitive advantage! 

The Speakers:

15:00 Welcome remarks 

15:10 Panel Discussion with Live Q&A

15:55 Closing remarks

16:00 Finish