Webinar: Digital Money, Real Business: Stablecoins, Tokenised Bank Money, and CBDCs in Payments by The Paypers

Digital Money, Real Business: Stablecoins, Tokenised Bank Money, and CBDCs in Payments

About

The way we work, communicate, consume information, and transact is changing - becoming increasingly digital, real-time, and automated. Yet much of the infrastructure underpinning today's payments was designed for a very different economy.

As commerce evolves, so does money. Stablecoins, tokenised bank money, and central bank digital currencies are moving beyond experimentation into real-world pilots across retail payments, corporate treasury and programmable transactions.
For banks, merchants and PSPs, the question is no longer simply ‘What is it?’, but ‘What does it mean for my business?’

The question we're asking: are stablecoins, tokenised bank money, and CBDCs becoming commercially relevant payment instruments, and if so, where is the value for banks, merchants, and PSPs?

Join us to understand what is real, where the value lies, and what your organisation should do next.

When

Thursday, October 15, 2026 · 5:00 p.m. Bucharest (GMT +3:00)

Agenda

Where are the real use cases - and where is the hype?
Where is the business value and potential ROI?
What happens when money becomes programmable?
How could stablecoins change merchant and cross-border payments?
What role could tokenised bank money and CBDCs play?
What are the regulatory and operational implications?
And what should banks, merchants, and PSPs be doing now?

Presenters

Philipp Haumueller

Senior Vice President Global Treasury/Group Treasurer, Avolta

Philipp Haumueller is Senior Vice President Global Treasury and Group Treasurer at Avolta, the world’s leading global travel retail and food & beverage player, operating in more than 70 countries and headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, with shares listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. He sponsors Avolta’s stablecoin payments programme and has been with the group for 13 years. Prior to his current role, he served as Director of M&A and Corporate Development. Before joining Avolta, Philipp spent a decade in M&A and Transaction Services at PwC in Switzerland and Australia.
He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Basel and is a CFA charterholder and Swiss Chartered Accountant.

Dr. Michael Blaschke

Principal and IT Architect, SAP’s Digital Currency Hub

Dr. Michael Blaschke is a Principal and IT Architect at SAP’s Digital Currency Hub as well as SAP’s Enterprise Architecture Excellence practice, focusing on banking, IT architecture, institutional DLT, and digital currency infrastructure. Previously a top-management consultant at A.T. Kearney’s Digital and Analytics practice, he holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of St.Gallen and the London School of Economics. He co-hosts the podcast Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock’n’Roll and publishes regularly on digital money, tokenization, and the future of financial infrastructure.

Jelmer Koster

Senior Project Manager, Qivalis

Jelmer Koster is Senior Project Manager at Qivalis, the consortium of 37 European banks preparing to issue a fully regulated, 1:1-backed euro stablecoin, with the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) as the supervisory authority, built for blockchain from the ground up: programmable, always-on, and fully MiCA-compliant. He works with banks and other institutions to bring stablecoin-powered use cases to market. Previously, Jelmer worked in consulting, specialising in payments and digital assets.

Douwe Lycklama [Moderator]

Senior Vice President at Oliver Wyman and Co-Founder of Innopay

Douwe is a senior vice president at Oliver Wyman and co-founder of Innopay, a business of Oliver Wyman focused on digital transactions.
He is a thought leader in the digital transactions ecosystem. With his long-standing industry experience and insights into electronic and mobile payments, e-invoicing and e-identity, Douwe has helped to shape countless breakthrough business and market innovations, standards and data-sharing schemes.
He is particularly passionate about the topic of "digital sustainability": empowering businesses and individuals to have greater control over their data and promoting digital trust. His focus is on enabling data to be easily, safely, and transparently reused across the digital universe.

Reserve Your Spot

Full name*

Email Address*

Job Title*

Company*

Country*

Phone Number