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Pedro Arnt
Chief Executive Officer
dLocal
Pedro Arnt is the CEO of dLocal (Nasdaq: DLO), a leader in payments and financial infrastructure for emerging and high growth markets. He has over 25 years of working experience in strategy, operations and finance. Before joining dLocal, Mr. Arnt served as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Mercado Libre for more than twelve years. Prior to his appointment as Chief Financial Officer, Pedro served in various capacities since joining Mercado Libre in December 1999. Prior to joining Mercado Libre, Pedro Arnt worked for The Boston Consulting Group. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Allegro.eu, a leading publicly traded European marketplace and payments company; on the Board of Directors of Naspers, a South African listed technology and investment group; and as an Executive Advisor to Riverwood Capital. He has received numerous accolades as a top TMT public company CFO in Latin America. Pedro Arnt holds a bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, from Haverford College and a master’s degree from the University of Oxford.
Speaking At
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1:00–2:30pmMon 16 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 1Open
Global Frameworks and Shared Best Practices in Payments Chains
Bilateral Linkages, Shared Multilateral Hubs, or Tokenized Instruments: Pathways to Improving Cross-Border Payments Connectivity
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Andrew McCormackChief Executive OfficerNexus Global Payments
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Carrie SuenVice President, Head of Global Affairs & Strategic DevelopmentAnt International
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Chen LiGeneral CounselRedotPay
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Jonathan JachymChief Policy OfficerPayward
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Khai Uy PhamAdvisor, Cross-border Payments & Financial Market InitiativesBanque de France
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Lucy InghamVice President of ResearchFXC Intelligence
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Pedro ArntChief Executive OfficerdLocal
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Tang WeiHead of Public Policy, Southeast Asia & Greater ChinaStripe
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Dr. Tara RiceHead of Secretariat, Committee on Payments & Market InfrastructuresBank for International Settlements (BIS)
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Yang WenhuiChief Executive Officer, TenPay Global Singapore & General Manager, Tencent Financial Technology, Asia PacificTencent
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Lara DouglasDirector of ImplementationFinancial Stability BoardModerator
About this session
Instant domestic payment systems already work and several countries have linked theirs bilaterally, cutting cross-border transfers from days to seconds at a fraction of the cost. But each new bilateral link involves its own negotiation, and multilateral alternatives have yet to go fully live.
Meanwhile, the G20's own 2027 targets for cost and transparency in cross-border payments are, on current trajectory, likely to be missed. The persistent blocker often isn't the payment rail at all, but mismatched technical requirements between jurisdictions that add friction regardless of which technology carries the transaction. What would it actually take to move from a growing patchwork of bilateral links to something that scales – or will the growing adoption of tokenized instruments for cross-border payments render these efforts obsolete?
This session explores the multiple pathways to achieving greater cross-border payments connectivity, from shared multilateral hubs, scaling up bilateral linkages, tokenized instruments, and alternative approaches developed by FinTechs to scaling instant cross-border payments connectivity. Participants will discuss the technical and commercial barriers to scaling instant payments connectivity; identify why current models have yet to deliver the G20 targets; discuss whether the KPIs themselves need redesigning to better capture end-user outcomes; explore the role of tokenized instruments as an alternative approach to solving the cross-border challenge; and determine the viable approaches to greater payments connectivity.
Insights from this discussion will help inform the Financial Stability Board (FSB) as it considers priorities for enhancing cross-border payments beyond 2027.
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