The Future 2025

Money has built society. As a technology for holding and exchanging value, money has evolved over millennia and is therefore fit for purpose. Money is the universal incentive mechanism that holds society together like glue. But money is changing rapidly as the 21st century takes shape. This change introduces opportunities to reinvent currency and commerce at a foundational level. This change also offers society the chance to reorganize relationships around common projects. It offers new capabilities for the evolving role of banking in the consumer value chain. It proposes a new vision for liquidity as a tool to manage growth, stability and prosperity. It presents the promise of greater economic inclusion across the world. But this change also presents peril. It risks undermining centuries of great sacrifice to build the society we have today, imperfect as it is and always a work in progress. As such the importance of this topic begs a broad discussion across the public arena. This event seeks to host that conversation. The Future of Money is… now.