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This episode explores the role of digital assets in payments and financial services with insights from NatWest's strategy and challenges.

In this episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, recorded live at Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam, host and FinTech Futures Managing Editor Paul Hindle is joined by Lee McNabb, Payment and Digital Asset Lead at NatWest, to explore the growing role of digital assets in payments and financial services, and how banks such as NatWest are positioning themselves to lead in this rapidly evolving landscape. Paul and Lee discuss how banks should approach their payment strategies in an era of multiple payment rails and emerging technologies like stablecoins, what the mainstream adoption of tokenised deposits and programmable payments could mean for both retail and corporate customers, and the technical challenges of modernising legacy infrastructure while maintaining 24/7 availability. The conversation also covers NatWest's digital asset strategy, including their participation in major UK and international pilots, how the bank is managing the balance between innovation and interoperability, and their approach to building customer confidence and literacy in technologies that many people don't yet understand. Whether you're a banking executive navigating digital transformation, a fintech…

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