Hilton Supra, Vice Chairman of ztudium Group, interviews Jannah Patchay, Executive Director and Policy & Strategy Lead at Digital Pound Foundation, in the latest episode of Citiesabc YouTube Podcast. The two experts discuss the role of The Digital Pound Foundation in designing the digital Pound in both publicly and privately issued formats.
Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are digital representations of a country’s fiat currency, issued and regulated by the central bank. Digital Pound Foundation is a member-led non-profit forum that aims to support the wider understanding of new forms of digital money, whether that’s in the form of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), stablecoins, tokenised deposits, or otherwise. As governments and central banks explore the implementation of CBDCs, the Digital Pound aims to modernise the payment ecosystem, improve financial inclusion, and enhance the efficiency and transparency of transactions.
During the interview, Hilton and Jannah discuss the multiple facets of digital currencies. Jannah also highlighted that by providing a secure and stable digital alternative to physical cash and traditional banking systems, the Digital Pound plays a crucial role in stabilising financial systems, especially during times of economic uncertainty or crisis. Moreover, CBDCs like the Digital Pound look forward to offer interoperability, enabling seamless transactions across borders and between different digital currencies, thereby facilitating global trade and commerce.
Jannah Patchay: Policy advisor and fintech strategist
Jannah Patchay is a fintech expert, blockchain influencer, policy advisor and consultant, and journalist, with more than two decades of experience in Financial Markets Innovation, Digital Assets, Sustainable Finance, Policy & Regulatory Strategy, and Market Structure. Currently she is serving as the Executive Director and Policy Lead at the Digital Pound Foundation.
Jannah is also currently the Director and Regulatory & Market Structure Advisor of Markets Evolution. She is also the Product Innovation and Policy Advisor at Orora.
She has held multiple roles as a Regulatory Consultant at corporations like Icebreaker One, Natwest Markets, and RBS Global Banking and Markets. She has also managed multiple project deliveries at Agora Global Consultants, HSBC, Plus Markets Group, Rule Financial, Detica, and Accenture.
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About Hilton Supra
Hilton Supra is a business and financial industry veteran and thought leader. Hilton has more than 30 years of Finance, Investment, Banking, and Asset Management experience in international markets namely London, Europe, Africa, and Asia. This while having a passion for growing businesses, fashion, and new technologies, especially fintech and blockchain where he has been deeply involved since these technologies’ inception. Now, Hilton is co-leading the fashion directory fashionabc as well as technology startup Ztudium, a builder of 4IR platforms (using blockchain, AI and IoT data analytics).
Learn more about Hilton Supra on https://businessabc.net/wiki/hilton-supra
Useful links and sources
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jannahpatchay
https://digitalpoundfoundation.com/about/
https://thepaymentsassociation.org/article/speakers/jannah-patchay/
https://www.gdf.io/events/preserving-the-singleness-of-money-in-a-future-digital-currency-ecosystem/
https://thebankingscene.com/opinions/the-future-of-money-can-be-boring
https://gpilondon.com/the-cbdc-revolution
https://www.longfinance.net/documents/3548/Conf.Brochure.April_2.2023ML2.pdf
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