Taking place in London on 19-20 May, the Digital Money Summit 2026 brings together 200 senior leaders from central banks, regulatory authorities, financial institutions and technology providers.
Under the theme ‘The great convergence: public purpose and private innovation in digital money’, the summit will examine how policy-makers and market participants are responding to rapid change across payments, digital assets and financial market infrastructure – and how public–private collaboration can translate policy objectives into practical, scalable outcomes.
Take a look at the first confirmed speakers, with more to be announced:
- Emma Butterworth, Head of Financial Market Infrastructure Innovation and Payments Policy, Bank of England
- George Chou, Chief Fintech Officer, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
- Angelo Duarte, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Governor, Banco Central do Brasil
- Matthew Long, Director, Payments & Digital Assets, Financial Conduct Authority
- Martin Moloney, Deputy Secretary General, Financial Stability Board
- Vasudevan Parameswaran, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India
- Daranee Saeju, Assistant Governor, Bank of Thailand
- José Manuel Marqués Sevillano, Director of Financial Innovation and Market Infrastructures, Banco de España
- Alexandre Stervinou, Director of Cash and Retail Payments Policy and Oversight, Banque de France
- Ulrich Strohmeier, Head of Wholesale CBDC, Deutsche Bundesbank
Over two days of keynote addresses, panels, presentations and roundtable discussions, participants will examine the most pressing questions and opportunities facing the digital payments landscape. Key themes to be explored include:
- Defining the future of commercial money– how banks and regulators are shaping boundaries between stablecoins, tokenised deposits and traditional bank money
- Building Europe’s digital finance strategy– creating interoperable solutions, preserving sovereignty and promoting resilience in payments
- Driving improvements in cross-border payments– joining up domestic instant payments networks and streamlining international systems
- Exploring blockchain in financial services– finding use cases for decentralised market infrastructure, and assessing trust, compliance and operational challenges
- Enabling tokenisation – improving liquidity and collateral mobility on scalable, interoperable platforms
- Safeguarding crypto markets and protecting consumers – ensuring accountability, protecting participants and managing evolving market risks