Payments Reporter
American Banker
Joey Pizzolato is a reporter at American Banker, covering payments. Previously, he's covered auto and equipment finance, the mortgage and housing industry, and bank technology and marketing. He holds a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from the Naslund-Mann School of Writing at Spalding University, and a Bachelor of Arts in English from DePaul University.
Cross-border payments are undergoing their most significant transformation in decades, driven by stablecoins, tokenized deposits, real-time payment rails, and regulatory shifts across major jurisdictions. For banks, stablecoins are no longer a theoretical innovation—they are becoming a strategic question of infrastructure, liquidity, compliance, and customer ownership.
This executive panel will debate what a “winning” cross-border model looks like in 2026 vs. 2030, and how stablecoins and on-chain settlement models are reshaping cross-border payments economics, market structure, and competitive dynamics. Panelists will explore whether banks should issue, integrate, partner, or compete with stablecoin providers—and how to modernize cross-border strategies to balance speed, cost, control, and regulatory accountability in a rapidly evolving global payments landscape.
Cross-border payments will be real-time, programmable, and global by default. The strategic question for banks is not whether stablecoins will be part of that future—but whether banks will define the rails, or simply ride on them. Discussion points will include: