Covid 19 is accelerating fundamental changes already underway in how we handle, use and regulate money. Traditional banks and physical cash are losing out to digital currencies and challenger fintechs. Successive crises are pushing policymakers to reappraise the value of money itself - and the fairness of its distribution. In February, Tortoise will host a one day virtual summit that will look at this dynamic financial landscape and the implications of change for business, society and government.

The summit will bring together monetary experts, business leaders, fintech entrepreneurs, politicians, central bankers, activists and educationalists to discuss the big questions about the future of money.

Sessions include:

• Digital currencies and the death of cash
• What's next in the fintech revolution?
• Corruption: are financial regulators fit for purpose?
• Debt: do we want more of it, or less?

Speakers include:

• Ann Cairns, Executive Vice Chair, Mastercard.
• Huw van Steenis, Head of Investor Relations at UBS; formerly Senior Adviser to Mark Carney.
• Bill Winters, Chief Executive, Standard Chartered.
• Anna Maj, FinTech leader and Advisor
• Charlotte Wood, Head of Innovation and FinTech Alliances, Schroders
• Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times
• Dr Arun Advani, Research Fellow, the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Commissioner, Wealth Tax Commission
• Robert Barrington, Former head of Transparency International UK
• Daniel Hegarty, Founder and CEO, Habito
• Aimie Chapple, CEO, Customer Management at Capita

The format

The Future of Money Summit is a one day programme of virtual conversations hosted by Tortoise. The summit will bring together 20-30 leading thinkers and commentators along with 2,000+ individuals from around the world.

Sessions will be hosted using Tortoise’s award-winning ThinkIn format, encouraging open dialogue between experts and attendees. Sessions will be moderated by senior Tortoise Editors, including James Harding, Editor and Co-Founder, Matt d'Ancona, Editor and Partner, and Alexi Mostrous , Editor and Partner, Investigations.

About Tortoise

Tortoise is a new media organisation focused on slow news and opening up journalism. At the heart of Tortoise is the ThinkIn – our live journalism event that is modelled on an editorial conference. We host ThinkIns every day for our members and we are delighted to have hosted recent ThinkIns with Tony Blair, former UK Prime Minister; Ana Botin, Executive Chair, Banco Santander; Mark Carney, former Governor of the Bank of England and Dave Lewis, former CEO, Tesco; and Pascal Soriot, CEO, AstraZeneca.

Tortoise was founded by James Harding, former Editor of The Times and Director of News at the BBC; Katie Vanneck-Smith, former President of Dow Jones, and Matthew Barzun, President Obama’s Ambassador to the UK and Sweden.