Tracks

Tracks

Tracks

Last year's Central Banking Autumn Meetings was built around three tracks: central bank digital currency (CBDC), fintech and reserve management. 

CBDC

For central bankers, the question is increasingly when – not if – to issue a CBDC. But what are the requirements, market implications and social impacts? The CBDC track will cover:

  • CBDC implementation: what have we learned?
  • Regulatory and legal frameworks for CBDCs and stablecoins
  • Cross-border payments
  • Competition and collaboration with new payment systems

This track welcomes fintech officers, heads of payments and settlements, heads of data, risk officers, technology officers, digital transformation officers, heads of payments and innovation units.

Fintech

New developments in financial technology are impacting not just markets central banks supervise, but the tools, policies and practices the use. The Fintech track will cover:

  • New developments in suptech and regtech
  • Artificial intelligence, big data and cloud application in central banks
  • Anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism: where technology is adding value
  • Mitigating cyber risk institutionally and in systems

This track welcomes fintech officers, heads of payments and settlements, heads of data, risk officers, technology officers, digital transformation officers, heads of payments and innovation units.

Reserve management

Rising inflation, geopolitical tensions and demands to invest sustainably: the reserve manager’s in tray is full. Over two days, the reserve management track will address:

  • Outlook for reserve currencies and global markets in 2023
  • Asset allocation in an elevated inflation environment
  • Strategies for sustainable investing
  • Opportunities for diversification: exchange-traded funds

The reserve management track is designed for reserve managers, risk managers, back-office specialists, market analysts, treasury officers and auditors.