RealFi Meets Real Payments, Real Settlement, Real World - Buenos Aires 2025

Fri, Jan 2, 2026, 12:00 AM

RealFi Meets Real Payments. Real Settlement. Real World.: Shaun Johnson frames payments as an infrastructure problem. Using LATAM as context, he outlines the real costs of exclusion, from high remittance fees to slow settlement, and argues for open, interoperable payment rails built around people rather than institutions. The talk connects RealFi to practical use cases like remittances, merchant payments, and cross-border settlement. Speaker: Shaun Johnson (Stellar Development Foundation) This session was part of the 14th edition of Funding the Commons, held November 19, 2025, at Fundación Beethoven in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Learn more at https://www.fundingthecommons.io