What did Federal Reserve Governor Waller say he would cover on AI in cross-border payments at Sibos?
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Short answer
He said he would start with the implications of AI for the efficiency and security of cross-border payments, then turn to agentic commerce, which he called a potentially transformative topic for the payments industry.
The full answer
What did Governor Christopher J. Waller state?
On September 29, 2026, Governor Christopher J. Waller stated the following. He said he would start with the implications of AI for the efficiency and security of cross-border payments, then turn to agentic commerce, which he called a potentially transformative topic for the payments industry. [1]
The source’s own words: “Given the global audience for this event, I’ll start by discussing the implications of AI for the efficiency and security of cross-border payments. Then I will turn to a potentially transformative topic for the payments industry—agentic commerce.” [1]
Where does this fit on the site?
For the wider picture, see Who does XRP actually compete with in cross-border payments? and Can USDC and Circle do cross-border payments without XRP?. Two related questions are Is using XRP for cross-border payments actually cheaper? and How big is the cross-border payments market XRP competes for?
What we know
- He said he would start with the implications of AI for the efficiency and security of cross-border payments, then turn to agentic commerce, which he called a potentially transformative topic for the payments industry (Governor Christopher J. Waller, September 29, 2026).
In plain English
He said he would start with the implications of AI for the efficiency and security of cross-border payments, then turn to agentic commerce, which he called a potentially transformative topic for the payments industry.
Sources
- Federal Reserve (federalreserve.gov) speech page — Governor Christopher J. Waller, 2026-09-29 Primary
Update log
- — Published.
- — Question, short answer and quoted passage changed so that every name, number and date of the short answer sits inside the quote; the publisher is the speaker, Governor Christopher J. Waller.
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