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Caroline Butler

Global Head of Digital Assets, BNY Mellon

As the Global Head of Digital Assets of BNY Mellon’s Digital Assets Business, Caroline Butler leads all commercial digital assets initiatives globally for the Bank. With a focus on delivering value to clients, Caroline is responsible for overseeing the digital asset platform strategy, new product development and delivery, and go-to-market efforts for all digital asset products and services across the enterprise. Caroline also serves on BNY Mellon’s European bank board.

Previously, Caroline was Global Head of Custody Services for BNY Mellon, where she led the development of the industry’s first direct, digital asset custody platform for traditional and digital assets from a global systemically important bank. Caroline’s global professional experience spans a range of investment services and trading businesses, centered on running and transforming businesses with expertise in equities, futures and options clearing and securities services.

Caroline is based in New York City and serves on the board of directors for Access Fintech and the International Securities Services Association (ISSA).

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Roundtable 4

Invite-Only

Tue,14 Nov | 01:30PM - 03:00PM

(Invite-Only) Multilateral platforms: Open and interoperable networks

Responsible Tokenisation

Tokenisation of financial and real economy assets is estimated to accelerate the pace of digitalisation and impact the broader economy beyond financial services. Despite good progress in asset tokenisation experimentations and pilots, the lack of FMI compliant digital infrastructure which financial institutions can use to execute digital asset transactions prevents financial institutions’ ability to deploy digital assets at scale.

This roundtable discusses the importance for multilateral platforms to be powered by open and interoperable networks amongst global banks and regulators. Moderated by Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli, Division Chief in the Monetary and Capital Markets Department at the International Monetary Fund and Alan Lim, Head of the FinTech Infrastructure Office at the MAS.

Matthias Obrecht, Head Market Analysis, Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)

Naveen Mallela, Global Head of Coin Systems, Onyx by J.P. Morgan

Rajeev Tummala, Head of Digital & Data - Asia & MENA, HSBC Securities Services

Caroline Butler, Global Head of Digital Assets, BNY Mellon

Dr Peter Wierts, Senior Economist, Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Holger Neuhaus, Head Market Innovation & Integration Division, Directorate General Payments & Market Infrastructure, European Central Bank

Damien Fontanille, Institutional sales, Societe Generale - Forge

Harish Natarajan, Practice Manager, Financial Inclusion and Infrastructure, World Bank

Claudine Hurman, Director of Innovation and Financial Market Infrastructures, Banque de France

Dr Christoph Puhr, Lead CoE Digital Assets, UBS Group AG

Danny Russell, Head of Digital Currency Technology, Bank of England

Masashi Watanabe, Managing Director, MUFG Bank, Ltd.

Sandip Patil, Managing Director, LMS & Digital Assets Asia Lead, Citi

Giuseppe Zingrillo, Director General for Information Technology, Banca d'Italia

Alan Lim, Head, FinTech Infrastructure Office, Monetary Authority of Singapore

Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli, Division Chief of the Payments, Currencies, and Infrastructure, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Insights Stage

Hall 2, Singapore EXPO

Premium

Thu,16 Nov | 02:05PM - 02:55PM

Will FIs and regulators trust the digital asset transaction network?

Responsible Tokenisation

Despite good progress in asset tokenisation experimentations and pilots, it has been identified that the lack of an open, unified digital infrastructure which financial institutions can use to execute digital asset transactions is limiting financial institutions’ ability to deploy digital assets at scale. This panel will discuss the case of a foundational digital infrastructure that is open and accessible for regulated financial institutions to develop, deploy and use applications for financial industry use-cases. This session will highlight key principles and capabilities of such a digital financial network backbone as well as prevailing mechanisms to achieve interoperability between existing and new financial infrastructures.

Umar Farooq, Global Head of Financial Institution Payments and Chief Executive Officer, Onyx by J.P. Morgan, J.P. Morgan

Caroline Butler, Global Head of Digital Assets, BNY Mellon

Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli, Division Chief of the Payments, Currencies, and Infrastructure, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Dr Christoph Puhr, Lead CoE Digital Assets, UBS Group AG

Masashi Watanabe, Managing Director, MUFG Bank, Ltd.

Alan Lim, Head, FinTech Infrastructure Office, Monetary Authority of Singapore

Insights Stage

Hall 2, Singapore EXPO

Premium

Thu,16 Nov | 03:40PM - 04:40PM

Digital Currency Showdown: Stablecoins vs Tokenised Deposits

Responsible Tokenisation

Stablecoins and tokenised deposits have both revolutionised the way we store and transfer value. Stablecoins bring about much needed stability to the agility and democracy of cryptocurrencies while tokenised deposits have brought the speed and efficiency of blockchain technology to traditional banking rails. However, the question remains: Which digital currency can best deliver payment utility for a variety of use cases while minimising associated risks? Tokenised deposits may benefit from the trust that depositors have in the established banking system, but are they quick enough to incorporate capabilities like programmability and interoperability? Fiat-backed stablecoins could offer more inclusive reach but at what cost – can the cryptocurrency industry mitigate risks comprehensively enough to hit critical mass in time to realise its full potential?

The debate will feature industry veterans from the crypto and banking sectors who will champion their native currency. Join us for an opportunity to hear arguments from our top experts and cast your vote to crown the ultimate digital currency winner on stage, live at the Singapore FinTech Festival.