Designing the Future of Payments Systems | Konstantin Richter & Tom Zschach
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Introduction
(4:08) What Are Agentic Payments?
(7:29) Machine Accountability
(12:23) Regulation Still Lags
(17:16) Do Rails Replace Swift?
(20:48) Crypto Needs Systems Design
(22:14) Closing Comments
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