MESA’s Emmanuel Ofosu-Appiah on Building Trust in Digital Money

30 Oct 2026

Bringing the Conversation to a Wider Audience

Emmanuel Ofosu-Appiah, Co-Chair of MESA’s Strategic Marketing Committee, was recently featured in FinTech Magazine. He shared his view on what it will take for digital money to become part of everyday financial life. His answer centres on confidence: digital money will only reach wider use if people trust it, understand it and know it operates within clear rules.

Key Themes from the Feature

Trust as the Foundation

For digital money to move from niche use to everyday finance, users need confidence in how it works and how they are protected. Trust underpins responsible adoption.

Clear Communication

Stablecoins and digital money can be hard for the wider public to understand. Clear, accessible communication helps close that gap and supports informed decisions.

Compliance as Part of the Infrastructure of Trust

Emmanuel argues that regulatory compliance enables growth rather than holding it back:

“Compliance is not simply a constraint; it is a part of the infrastructure of trust that allows digital money to scale safely.”

Why Consumer Confidence Matters

As digital money reaches more users, consumer protection becomes more important. Collaboration between industry participants, regulators and communicators helps ensure that growth comes with the safeguards users expect.

Partnering to Extend the Dialogue

MESA is pleased to partner with Luna PR and its CEO, Nikita (Sachdev) Lord, to bring these conversations to a wider audience.

Building Informed Understanding

MESA continues to advance informed dialogue around stablecoins and digital money. Building confidence through collaboration and consumer protection remains central to that work.

Read the full feature on GlobeNewswire: https://lnkd.in/dZijR3mm