Agenda

Agenda

Agenda

09:0009:30

Coffee and registration

09:00 - 09:30

09:3011:00

Session 1: Impact of fintech and disruptive innovation

09:30 - 11:00

  • Drivers and building blocks of fintech innovation
  • Operational implications for FMI design and oversight
  • Overview of LEI and ISO 20022
  • Opportunities and risks of target2-securities
  • Group discussion: instant payments as the new normal?

11:0011:30

Coffee break

11:00 - 11:30

11:3013:00

Session 2: The emerging world of CBDCs and crypto assets

11:30 - 13:00

  • Applications of blockchain and DLT in payments and settlements
  • Distinctions and overlaps between crypto assets and central bank digital currencies
  • Overview of key projects and regulatory responses
  • Group discussion: What problem is digital money trying to solve?
  • Hands-on exercise: how to solve a crypto puzzle

13:0014:00

Lunch

13:00 - 14:57

14:0015:30

Session 3: retail payments

14:00 - 15:30

  • Overview of the training course and discussion of participants’ expectations
  • Key features of retail payment instruments and infrastructures
  • Implications and opportunities of disruptive technological innovation
  • Case study: retail payments in the euro area

15:3016:00

Coffee break

15:30 - 16:00

16:0017:00

Session 4: large value payments

16:00 - 17:00

  • The automated clearing house in the 6-corner model
  • Risk and benefits of RTGS and DNS systems
  • Key sources of systemic risk and how to deal with them
  • The trade-off between settlement risk and liquidity need: LSMs
  • Herstatt risk and its mitigation
  • Hands-on exercise: settlement finality – what to do when a bank goes into bankruptcy?

09:0009:30

Coffee

09:00 - 09:29

09:3011:00

Session 5: Interdependencies workshop

09:30 - 11:00

Participants will be divided into small groups and using case studies from previous sessions will explore practical implications of systemic interconnectedness of various payment and settlement frameworks

11:0011:30

Coffee break

11:00 - 11:30

11:3013:00

Session 6: Securities and derivatives

11:30 - 13:00

  • Delivery versus payment: securities settlement systems
  • Evolution of central securities depositories 
  • The bankruptcy question and central counterparties
  • Case study: September 2018 Nasdaq clearing member default

13:0014:00

Lunch

13:00 - 14:57

14:0015:30

Session 7: Effective oversight: a user’s guide

14:00 - 15:30

  • Overview of the oversight bodies and frameworks
  • Roles and responsibilities of central banks
  • Upcoming CPMI agenda
  • Examples of oversight in practice
  • Case study: the standard setter’s response to the Lehman crisis – PFMIs
  • Mini Workshop: develop your own oversight framework based on a real-life oversight template.

15:3016:00

Coffee break

15:30 - 16:00

16:0017:00

Session 8: Course conclusion

16:00 - 17:00

  • Review of key takeaways from earlier sessions
  • Overview of emerging themes, trends and opportunities
  • Preparation of delegate action points
  • Distribution of course materials including the new textbook