RMA: Interoperability requires consensus as fears of fragmentation continue
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RMA: Interoperability requires consensus as fears of fragmentation continue 13 October 2023US Reporter: Carmella Haswell
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Market participants fear that the move to increase interoperability could cause further fragmentation for the industry, according to the Risk Management Association鈥檚 (RMA鈥檚) Cutting-Edge Technologies Part 1 panel.
As part of a double-session on technology at the 38th Securities 麻豆影视传媒 and Collateral Management Conference, Pirum Systems鈥� CEO Phil Morgan, EquiLend鈥檚 chief information officer Ken DeGiglio and Goldman Sachs鈥� head of EMEA digital assets Amar Amlani, provided a basic understanding of certain new technologies and their practical use cases.
Part 1 of the series also heard from BNY Mellon鈥檚 Victor O鈥橪aughlen, head of digital for Clearance and Collateral Management (CCM), and J.P. Morgan鈥檚 Keerthi Moudgal, head of product for Onyx Digital Assets, who helped to explain key innovations such as tokenisation, digital assets, distributed ledger technology (DLT), smart contracts, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and robotic process automation (RPA).
Interoperability has become a buzzword in the industry, and the aim to become even more interoperable has presented a challenge, the panel heard.
Interoperability is defined by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) as something that 鈥渞efers to the ability to make something happen in one payment system based on something happening in another payment system鈥�.
Panellists were questioned on whether the case for further interoperability was setting the industry up for another future issue.
Every country has its own payment rail 鈥� the infrastructure that moves money from one party to another 鈥� a panellist said. If firms create digital currencies, all on fragmented rails, firms will 鈥榚nd up with the same scenario鈥�, in terms of further fragmentation, unless the industry 鈥榮olves鈥� interoperability.
Panellists expect to see further use of interoperability in the future, with firms increasing their activity with regards to blockchain technology.
Interoperability is solvable, commented one panellist. However, interoperability requires consensus.
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