National Bank of Georgia highlights Middle Corridor regional cooperation and interoperable payments priorities at Tbilisi Finance Summit

The National Bank of Georgia published remarks from Governor Natia Turnava at the Tbilisi Finance Summit, where she stressed the growing importance of regional cooperation amid global fragmentation and positioned Georgia as a strategic financial node in the Middle Corridor. She also pointed to work under way on payment infrastructure and regulatory initiatives intended to support next-generation financial services. In the “Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Dialogue: Future Perspectives” panel, Turnava discussed the region’s macroeconomic outlook, the impact of geopolitical developments on finance and technology, and the rise of new financial corridors, alongside the central bank governors of Armenia and Kazakhstan and the UN Resident Coordinator in Georgia. She highlighted the regional expansion of Georgian banks and increasing interest from financial institutions and investors in Kazakhstan, Singapore, China and Europe in establishing or expanding a presence in Georgia. In a separate panel on innovation in financial services and payments, she discussed developing an independent and interoperable payment infrastructure across the Middle Corridor to enable real-time settlements and smoother regional capital flows, and highlighted technologies including artificial intelligence, tokenization and quantum technologies, alongside priorities such as regulatory frameworks for virtual assets and digital banks, cross-border payment systems and open banking.