The $150 Trillion Problem: Can We Finally Fix Cross-Border Payments? With MetaComp

<p>In this special episode of THE SHIFT, recorded live at Money20/20 Asia in Bangkok, Danny Levy explores one of the biggest problems still facing global finance:</p><p>Why can you send money across Singapore in seconds… but moving it across borders can still take days?</p><p>Despite decades of innovation, much of the infrastructure powering cross-border payments remains slow, expensive, fragmented, and dependent on multiple intermediaries.</p><p>And this isn’t a small problem. We’re talking about a global cross-border payments market moving more than $150 trillion.</p><p>Joining Danny is Eddie Hui, Co-President &amp; Chief Operating Officer at MetaComp, to explore whether a new liquidity layer built using blockchain, stablecoins, and modern settlement infrastructure could finally change how money moves around the world.</p><p>Recorded onsite at Money20/20 Asia, the conversation explores what’s actually broken in cross-border payments - and what replacing the infrastructure underneath them could look like.</p><p>The conversation explores:</p><ul><li>Why domestic payment systems like PayNow and PromptPay have evolved so much faster than cross-border payments</li><li>Where the current correspondent banking model creates friction, cost, and uncertainty</li><li>Why SMEs and institutional payments may have more to gain from new infrastructure than consumers</li><li>What a blockchain-powered “liquidity layer” actually means in practice</li><li>Where stablecoins fit into the future of global settlement</li><li>How newer payment rails could change liquidity, certainty, and cash flow for businesses</li><li>Whether faster settlement can provide the same trust and protection as traditional banking infrastructure</li><li>Why regulation could be an enabler rather than a barrier to adoption</li><li>Whether correspondent banking will still exist in its current form 5–10 years from now</li><li>Why separating blockchain as a technology from crypto as an asset class matters</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Drawing on Eddie’s experience across payments, digital assets, and financial infrastructure, the discussion cuts through the technology narrative and focuses on the problem that actually matters: moving money around the world faster, more efficiently, and with greater certainty.</p><p>Because the future of payments may not look radically different on the surface.</p><p>But underneath, the rails could change completely.</p><p>That’s THE SHIFT.</p>