Systemic Risk Centre event co-hosted with Oxera
Date: Monday 14th October 2024 Time: 10.30am-4.35pm BST
Venue: The Conference Room, MAR.1.06, 1st floor, The Marshall Building, LSE (map)
Speakers: Simon Burden (NatWest), Kim Fe Cramer (LSE Finance), David Geale (Payment Systems Regulator), Jordi Gual (IESE Business School), Vikram Haksar (IMF), Nico Lauridsen (University of Bologna / European University Institute / Florence School of Banking and Finance), Dan Moore (Payment Systems Regulator), James Sanders (Bank of England), Julius Sen (FMG/SRC), David Stallibrass (FCA), Helen Weeds (CCP)
Organisers: Peter Andrews (Oxera & FMG/SRC), Kevin James (FMG/SRC)
Payment systems matter for societal wellbeing. They influence financial stability and financial inclusion as well as the speed, safety and cost of the billions of payments made every day by businesses and private individuals. Recognizing the critical role that payment systems play in the economy, the UK Government created the Payment System Regulator (PSR) in 2015 to “develop and protect competitive markets and contribute to the creation of market conditions in which innovation thrives”.
Today's emerging technologies create enormous scope for innovation and competition. To explore the opportunities and challenges that these developments pose for payment system regulators, the LSE – Systemic Risk Centre and Oxera Consulting LLP have gathered a roster of academics, regulators, and market participants to discuss current issues in payments systems and the best ways forward.
Conference held under the Chatham House Rule.
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Programme
Registration & Coffee
Introduction
Jean-Pierre Zigrand (LSE Finance & FMG/SRC)
Keynote
David Geale (Managing Director, Payment Systems Regulator)
Session 1: Competition and Innovation
Chair: Luis Correa da Silva (Oxera)
Speakers and panel:
- Jordi Gual (IESE Business School) – Competition and Innovation — A European Perspective
- Simon Burden (NatWest) – Competition, Innovation, and the Role of Regulation: Open Banking in the UK
- Helen Weeds (CCP) - Competition and Innovation
- Dan Moore (Payment Systems Regulator) – Competition and Innovation
Lunch
Session 2: Financial Stability
Chair: Jean-Pierre Zigrand (LSE Finance & FMG/SRC)
Speakers and panel
- Nico Lauridsen (University of Bologna/European University Institute/Florence School of Banking and Finance) - Payment System and Bank Systemic Risk
- James Sanders (Bank of England) - Payments Data, Liquidity, and Reserves Demand in the UK
- Kevin James (FMG/SRC) - Discussion
Coffee break
Session 3: Financial Inclusion
Chair: Kevin James (FMG/SRC)
Speakers and panel:
- Vikram Haksar (IMF) - India’s Approach to Open Banking: Some Implications for Financial Inclusion
- Julius Sen (FMG/SRC) - India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) System: Its Transformative Economic Impact
Panel discussion: session 3 speakers and Kim Cramer (LSE Finance) and David Stallibrass (FCA)