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SUMMARY:PA@TheCity April 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join us at PA@TheCity April! \nThe event will run between 18:00 – 20:00 GMT and is an outstanding opportunity for in-person networking with industry peers\, friends and your membership engagement manager. This event will be held at Balls Brothers\, 10-11 Austin Friars\, London EC2N 2HG. \nSimply pick up your badge at registration and join us for a drink or two to catch up with old friends and engage with new members of The Payments Association and their guests. \nDrinks and canapes will be served throughout the evening. \nPlease note: You must be registered to attend this event. We recommend registering ASAP to guarantee entry as we are likely to sell out of tickets.
URL:https://thepaymentsassociation.org/event/pathecity-april-2026/
LOCATION:Balls Brothers Austin Friars\, 10-11 Austin Friars\, London\, EC2N 2HG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:PA@TheCity
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SUMMARY:Making public services work for you with your digital identity – Consultation Evidence Session 
DESCRIPTION:Event overview  \n\nDate: Tuesday 21 April 2026 \n\n\nTime: 11:30 – 12:30 \n\n\nLocation: Online (Zoom – joining details will be shared with registered attendees) \n\nThis consultation from Cabinet Office and The Rt Hon Darren Jones MP seeks views on a proposed national digital ID system for British and Irish citizens and foreign nationals with permission to be in the UK.  \nThe government intends to introduce a national digital ID (identity document) system. This will sit at the heart of next-generation digital public services in the UK and support innovation in the wider economy. It aims to help unlock entirely new ways to offer goods and services\, and be key to making people’s interactions with the state as efficient and useful as those they are accustomed to in the private sector\, like online banking.   \nThis 60-minute online session for members of The Payments Association will provide a collaborative space to share views\, test ideas\, and contribute directly to the drafting of our formal response to the consultation.   \nThis consultation closes at 12:30pm on 5 May 2026.  \n  \nBackground  \nThe Cabinet Office have proposed that three core principles will guide the design of the new digital ID. It must be:   \n\nUseful \n\n\nInclusive \n\n\nTrusted \n\nTo deliver the new system in the most cost-effective way possible\, the government will be expanding on existing systems which are already successfully proving and verifying people’s identities.   \nThe hope is that the new digital ID will be something people will want to get\, rather than something they must have. There will be no legal obligation for people to have or present the digital ID.   \n  \nWho should attend  \nA national digital ID system is vital public infrastructure for the digital age. The Cabinet Office want to draw on the expertise and wisdom of a wide range of stakeholders\, from businesses to trade unions\, technologists and civil society\, as well as leaders in the public and private sectors who can use the digital ID to improve services for people in the UK.   \nKey design decisions will only be taken after this consultation.   \n  \nWhat happens next  \nOnce TPA members’ views have been collated during this session\, we will create a draft which will be circulated to relevant working groups and attendees to the session.   \nFollowing the initial 8-week consultation period\, the Cabinet Office will be running a ‘People’s Panel on Digital ID’ – an in-depth deliberative engagement process with a broadly UK representative sample of 100-120 individuals to discuss the policy in detail. Individuals will be selected through sortition (civic lottery). This process will conclude on 21 June\, which will be the end of the formal consultation process.    \nViews shared in both these stages will be carefully considered by the government to develop next steps for the digital ID system. A formal government response to the consultation will be published once all stages of the consultation have concluded and all responses have been properly considered.  \n  \nWhy attend \nBy attending\, members will:  \n\nContribute directly to a key regulatory consultation \n\n\nEnsure their views are reflected in a collective industry response \n\n\nHelp shape the future regulatory landscape for stablecoins in the UK \n\n  \nThis is a practical\, discussion-led workshop designed to gather real member insight rather than presentations or briefings. Member input is essential to ensure our response is comprehensive and representative of the views of our membership. 
URL:https://thepaymentsassociation.org/event/making-public-services-work-for-you-with-your-digital-identity-consultation-evidence-session/
CATEGORIES:Policy/Stakeholder Engagement Events
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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/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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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/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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