Alex Paddington is a Managing Director & Partner at Boston Consulting Group, where he leads the firm’s global Transaction Banking segment. A former Head of Wires & International Payments at JPMorgan Chase, he brings deep operating and strategic experience across payments, digital assets, fintech, and financial infrastructure more broadly.

Alex is a co-author of multiple BCG research reports on payments, fintech, digital assets, and AI, focusing on how emerging technologies move from concept to scaled operating reality. He advises leading banks, networks, and fintechs on digital assets, tokenization, agentic commerce, and the broader transformation of money movement.

He is also a frequent speaker at major industry forums, from Stripe Sessions to NACHA Payments, sharing perspectives on the trends redefining financial services. For this panel, Alex brings a strategic practitioner’s view on the tokenized RWA and stablecoin flywheel.