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SUMMARY:Exposing the Critical Trust Intersections Between Stablecoins and Banks
DESCRIPTION:Can stablecoins and decentralised finance ever truly operate without trust\, or does trust simply relocate? While blockchain introduces speed\, programmability\, and transparency\, real-world cross-border payments still depend on verifiable data\, regulatory compliance\, funding certainty\, and enforceability under law. The greatest risks rarely sit in the payment rail itself\, risks emerge in off-chain workflows\, data integrity\, counterparty oversight\, compliance orchestration\, reserve validation or financial integrity\, redemption mechanics\, and ultimately who “owns” the risk when something fails.  \nIn this webinar\, we’ll apply a practical trust test to stablecoin workflows and examine how trust shifts across issuers\, reserve managers\, oracles\, smart contracts\, validators\, bridges\, custodians\, and off-chain intermediaries. We’ll explore why on-chain finality does not equal real-world settlement finality\, and why accountability remains central when something goes wrong.  \nWhen failures occur\, and they will\, regulators and courts won’t ask which chain processed the block – they’ll want to know “who’s accountable?” or “who’s left standing to make someone whole?”. The answer to the first question will likely be everyone who touched a transaction\, and the second is likely to be the deep-pocketed bank\, especially if everyone else is vaporised.   \nWe’ll explore the practical benefits and limits of stablecoins\, where they create efficiency and where they introduce new fragilities. We’ll also discuss how a Global Single Shared Platform can digitise risk\, compliance\, funding\, and settlement controls across financial institutions\, bringing regulator-grade transparency to both fiat and digital asset payment flows.  \nJoin this webinar to explore the use cases\, challenges\, and opportunities including:  \n\nHow is trust executed within stablecoin and DeFi ecosystems\, and how does it compare to traditional banking models? \n\n\nWhat responsibility do banks have in terms of governance\, operational\, and compliance considerations across mentors\, oracle design\, smart contracts\, validators\, bridges\, and redemption processes? \n\n\nFinancial integrity challenges across minting\, reserve management and redemption \n\n\nOvercoming the gaps between on chain and off chain data authentication and sharing in the context of risk\, compliance and data protection.  \n\n\nA Global Single Shared Platform as a technology bridge between on chain and off chain to ensure appropriate transparency\, risk and compliance digitization and financial integrity inside well-established banking and legal frameworks.  \n\n  \nSpeakers: \n 
URL:https://thepaymentsassociation.org/event/exposing-the-critical-trust-intersections-between-stablecoins-and-banks/
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SUMMARY:Stablecoins and the Shift to Hybrid Finance: A Practical Guide for Payments Professionals
DESCRIPTION:Stablecoins are no longer a crypto side story. They are fast becoming a serious part of global payments infrastructure.  \nAs 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.  \nIn 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.  \nSession Takeaways:  \nJoin Sokin and a panel of industry experts to discuss:  \n\nWhat stablecoins really are and how they work in practice\, not theory \n\n\nThe biggest myths around volatility\, risk and criminal exposure\, and what the data shows \n\n\nTrust and safety: reserve backing\, transparency\, regulatory oversight and counterparty considerations \n\n\nWhy hybrid finance is emerging\, and what it means for cross border settlement and liquidity \n\n\nHow stablecoins can integrate into your existing treasury\, settlement and payout processes \n\n\nThe strategic decisions payments firms should be making now to avoid being left behind \n\n  \nSpeakers: \n 
URL:https://thepaymentsassociation.org/event/stablecoins-and-the-shift-to-hybrid-finance-a-practical-guide-for-payments-professionals/
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