Building Sovereign Payment Infrastructure for Resilience

As geopolitical risk and system disruptions increase, payment resilience is becoming a strategic priority for governments and financial ecosystems. This panel explores how sovereign payment infrastructure—spanning domestic schemes, instant payments, offline capabilities, and interoperable digital rails—is being designed to ensure continuity, security, and operational independence. Bringing together infrastructure providers and payment orchestrators, it examines how national-scale systems can remain open, resilient, and adaptable while supporting cross-border interoperability.