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Stefan Ingves

Former Governor, Sveriges Riksbank

Search every verified Stefan Ingves interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Stefan Ingves, former Governor of Sveriges Riksbank, participated in a SUERF-Bocconi e-lecture on 11 May 2026 titled "Money of the Future," where he discussed central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and stablecoins. Ingves stated that he believes CBDCs will not threaten banks, and argued that without a CBDC, money would become privatized, which he said could lead to problems in the financial system that would prompt political questions about who allowed it. He also warned that if legacy banks and central banks mismanage the transition, activity could move into stablecoins, which he described as dangerous because it could result in "two central banks in one country." Ingves addressed the topic of paying interest on retail CBDCs, saying he thinks it will eventually happen and that it is not a technical issue. He noted that a key challenge is getting the banking community to agree to changes, as they are "constantly watching each other." During the discussion, Ingves also predicted that by around 2033, payments would be made automatically by personal AI agents, requiring a centralized payment ledger.

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“If the legacy banks and the central banks mismanage this then everything will move or a lot of it will move into stable coin in one form or the other and that is very dangerous if you talk about it in terms of your own currency because that could produce a result where you de facto have two central banks in one country and that's not a good place to be.”

“My own view sort of old-fashioned is that money is part of how you define a nation. Central banks need to speed up these things just not they need to actually invest and do things not just write memos. Uh but central bankers are better writing memos than actually getting things done because that's what central banks are are trained to do.”

“I firmly believe that CBDC's will not threaten the banks and I also think that without a CBDC in one form or the other we have privatized money and if that happens waiting to wait until you have a problem in the system as a whole and wait until people find out and they will ask the politicians who allowed this to happen. So I don't think that that is a good uh good scenario.”

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