AMRO Director/CEO Yasuto Watanabe reflects on his first year leading AMRO, the region's challenges & his priorities to ensure AMRO remains ready to safeguard the region's resilience and stability through rigorous surveillance, member-focused policy advice, and deeper cooperation.

How can increasingly diverse forms of money coexist within a financial system that remains open, trusted, resilient, and globally connected? AMRO Director/CEO Yasuto Watanabe argues that the objective should not be technological uniformity, but the institutional capacity to adapt—updating rules, strengthening international cooperation, and integrating innovation without sacrificing stability.

How can increasingly diverse forms of money coexist within a financial system that remains open, trusted, resilient, and globally connected? AMRO Director/CEO Yasuto Watanabe argues that the objective should not be technological uniformity, but the institutional capacity to adapt—updating rules, strengthening international cooperation, and integrating innovation without sacrificing stability.