The initiative brought together delegations from Latin American countries in Punta Cana.
Mexico, Uruguay, Colombia and Bolivia were among the attending countries.
Delegations from El Salvador, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and the Dominican Republic attended the XV Annual Latin American Seminar on Public Treasury Management.
This event, which began on October 28 and will end on the 30th in Punta Cana, included a presentation by Patrick Cheng of the World Bankwho discussed the topic Digital Innovation in Finance: How the World Bank Treasury has been exploring Artificial Intelligence and the Tokenization of digital assets.
The event included the participation of nations grouped in the Forum of Government Treasurys of Latin America (Fotegal) and international organizations such as the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as well as others such as the World Bank.
According to a statement from the government of the Dominican Republic, Luis Rafael Delgado Sánchez, the National Treasurer, held that At the meeting the latest advances in public treasuries were discussed. Likewise, he stated that this allowed the exchange of knowledge and experience in the region.
Latin America unites to make its treasuries more efficient
“In the seminar, various topics were discussed that seek to make government treasuries in Latin America more efficient and technical, in order to provide governments with better tools and resources for public finances,” said the national treasurer.
In addition to the World Bank panel on digital assets in treasuries, among the speakers were Alejandra Montiel, from the General Treasury of Chile, and Juan Araujo, general deputy treasurer of Argentina. These with the dissertation “Applications that strengthen Treasury services and processes.”
Likewise, Daniela Torre Peláez, from the Inter-American Development Bank, headed the panel “Step-by-Step Guide to the Issuance of Green Bonds.” Claudio Roberto Carrilho also participated, with the topic “Digital Collection Services-Pagtesouro”, and Claudio Vázquez Insfrán, with the conference “Optimization of payroll payments in the Public Treasurer: efficiency and transparency through the banking network”, among other speakers.
This initiative takes place amid the growing evaluation and adoption of digital assets in national treasuries. As reported by CriptoNoticias, this has been driven by the United States, which ordered the creation of a bitcoin (BTC) and cryptoasset reserve at the beginning of 2025.