FULL OVERVIEW

Open digital financial infrastructure has moved beyond pilots and test cases to demonstrable business value. Enterprises are adopting interoperable, programmable rails to accelerate settlement, enhance liquidity management and streamline cross-border operations – improving efficiency while enabling new financial products and revenue models. A major catalyst is the adoption of regulated, reserve-backed stablecoins as practical settlement instruments, linking traditional currencies to open infrastructure and enabling near-instant global transfers.

As the infrastructure matures, successful live deployments are increasingly replacing proofs-of-concept. Yet adoption among traditional financial institutions and multinationals remains uneven, shaped by questions around interoperability standards, regulatory expectations and operational integration – including the management of stablecoin reserves. Tokenisation is advancing, but organisations are still determining how best to balance innovation with security, compliance and implementation risk.

The Financial Times, in partnership with the Stellar Development Foundation, is hosting an in-person briefing to examine where open digital infrastructure is already delivering business value – and assess how interoperable public rails can support financial access, operational efficiency and global growth while accounting for risk and security considerations.

Designed for senior leaders in global finance, financial markets, enterprise strategy and public policy, this exclusive panel discussion and drinks reception on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum will focus on the practical next steps to move from exploration to implementation.