Date:
May 20 – 21
2026
Location:
Hotel Hyatt,
Cartagena Colombia
To bring together technical professionals and experts from central banks across Latin America and the Caribbean to share experiences and best practices in instant payment systems, fostering the development of innovative, secure, interoperable, and efficient infrastructures in the region, with a focus on regulatory harmonization and technical cooperation among countries.
Managers, directors, specialists, and officials from central banks in Latin America and the Caribbean with responsibilities in payment systems, regulation, supervision, and interoperability of financial infrastructures.
José Darío Uribe | Executive President | Latin American Reserve Fund
Leonardo Villar | General Manager | Banco de la República
Juan Ayuso | Director General of Markets, Operations and Payments | Banco de España
Manuel Ramos Francia | General Director of CEMLA
What have been the main lessons learned and outcomes of the regional payments community? How can these advances be leveraged to strengthen collaboration and chart the next milestones?
This session aims to highlight the value of collaborative work and consolidate an active, connected, and results-oriented regional community.
Instant payment systems in Latin America are at different stages of development, ranging from already consolidated ecosystems to initiatives still under construction. Within this spectrum, Bre-B represents the most strategic phase: the one where the most critical decisions are made.
What is Colombia defining, and what can it learn from—and teach—the regional ecosystem? Brazil will share concrete lessons from PIX, the system with the greatest scale and impact in the region, and what that experience means for Bre-B. Ecuador will contribute the perspective of a country in its early stages, with Bre-B as a close reference and roadmap. Together, these three voices create a strategic conversation with a clear direction: what has worked, what is being built, and what remains to be defined.
Ana María Prieto | Director of Payment Systems | Banco de la República
Breno Lobo | Head of the PIX Management and Operations Unit | Central Bank of Brazil
Salomé Velasco Struve | Manager of Supervision and Innovation in Payment Methods | Central Bank of Ecuador
Moderator: María Fernanda Acosta | Legal Counsel | Latin American Reserve Fund
Instant payments are redefining the role of central banks as regulators, operators, and guardians of system integrity. What regulatory frameworks are emerging, and what lessons do they offer for the sustainable development of these systems?
This session will address regulatory principles, recent experiences, and key challenges in strengthening the security, competition, and interoperability of instant payment systems.
William Edwards Cook | Financial Sector Specialist | CGAP
Moderator: Mariana Paredes | Associate at Marulanda & Consultores
As instant payment systems expand, so do the challenges associated with operational resilience, security, and fraud prevention. What operational models and technological tools are proving most effective in mitigating these risks? What role should the central bank play as operator, regulator, and guarantor of system integrity?
This session will analyze emerging experiences and approaches to strengthen resilience, security, and trust in instant payment systems.
David Parra | Director of Strategic Clients | Feedzai
Moderator: Ana Claudia de los Heros | Vice President | Central Bank of Uruguay
As new instant payment infrastructures and global technology platforms emerge, the payments ecosystem is undergoing profound transformation. What lessons do these experiences offer for Latin American countries? This session will examine how global innovations are reshaping payment infrastructure, competition, and the user experience.
Elena Casal | Chief Client Officer | The Clearing House
Albert Morales | Lead Group Product Manager | Google Pay & Wallet – LATAM
Moderator: Irene Arias Hofman | CEO and Founder | MIRA
Cross-border interoperability is key to the future of payment systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. How can countries advance in a coordinated way toward more integrated and efficient infrastructures?
This session will address the technical, regulatory, and governance challenges that must be overcome to enable secure, efficient, and scalable cross-border payments across the region.
Andrew McCormack | Chief Executive Officer | Nexus Global Payments
Sebastian Rojas | Product Lead, Scheme Execution Team | SWIFT
Ralph Koker | Senior Vice President, International Money Transfers for the Americas and Europe | Terrapay
Moderator: Fidel Jaramillo | Secretary General | Latin American Reserve Fund
The objective of this session is to examine and analyze practical use cases of stablecoins and to discuss the implications of such uses for financial stability, monetary sovereignty, exchange rate policy, and the integrity of the payment system.
The session also seeks to explore how authorities are addressing these risks through regulatory frameworks, supervisory tools, and data collection mechanisms, with emphasis on the challenges posed by the cross-border nature of many of these transactions.
Daniel Mendez | Digital Finance Policy Advisor | Institute of International Finance (IIF)
Daniel Mangabeira | Vice President of Strategy for Brazil and Latin America | Circle
Jan Paulick | Senior Economist | BIS Office for the Americas
Jorge Ponce | Superintendent of Financial Regulation | Central Bank of Uruguay
Federico Grinberg | Senior Economist Monetary and Capital Markets Department | International Monetary Fund
Lucio Holanda | Deputy Director, Prudential and Exchange Regulation Department | Central Bank of Brazil
Moderator: Andrés Murcia | Deputy Governor for Monetary Affairs and International Investments | Banco de la República
FLAR Contacts:
Deily Lozada: dlozada@flar.net
Jorge Rodríguez: jrodriguez@flar.net
