Robin O’Connell

Robin O’Connell

CEO, Uphold Enterprise

Uphold

With over 20 years of experience in payments, financial services, and crypto, Robin O’Connell has been at the forefront of digital finance innovation for decades. As CEO of Uphold Enterprise, he is driving enterprise adoption of stablecoins and blockchain-powered payments, helping financial institutions integrate next-generation solutions for banking, payments, and fiat-to-crypto services.

Robin is leading the charge in helping financial institutions navigate and capitalize on this evolution. Under his leadership, Uphold Enterprise has launched a seamless crypto onramp and off-ramp, as well as a whitelabel product designed to power stablecoin transactions at scale. Previously, Robin played a key role in shaping digital payments at Visa USA, where he managed the Visa Bill Payment Initiative. Robin believes enterprises worldwide are finally acknowledging the transformative power of stablecoins—ushering in a future where transactions are faster, more efficient, and borderless.  

Featured Sessions

Tuesday, June 3, 2025
2:45 pm

A super-panel of experts and industry players explores the coming wave of opportunities for banks and other traditional financial institutions—and competitive challenges if they resist—to participate in on-chain finance, offering custody solutions, issuing and managing stablecoins for cross-border payments and remittances, tokenization of traditional financial assets, etc. What’s at stake? TradFi as we know it—finally.