Yesha Yadav

Milton R. Underwood Chair & Professor of Law, Associate Dean and Robert Belton D Vanderbilt University Law School

Yesha Yadav's research interests lie in financial market regulation, securities regulation, and corporate bankruptcy. She has developed expertise in market structure, exchange design, digital assets, payments, distressed debt and restructuring. In the area of market structure, her work examines the regulation of trading ecosystems for various asset classes, notably, cryptocurrencies (including stablecoins), equity, U.S. Treasuries and corporate bonds. Before joining Vanderbilt's Law faculty, Professor Yadav worked as a legal counsel with the World Bank in its finance, private-sector development and infrastructure unit, where she specialized in financial regulation and insolvency, and creditor-debtor rights. Before joining the World Bank, she practiced in the London and Paris offices of Clifford Chance in the firm's financial regulation and derivatives group. As part of her work in payments regulation, she advised the European Payments Council on the establishment of the Single Euro Payments Area. Professor Yadav has served as honorary advisor to India’s Financial Services Law Reform Commission and on the Atlantic Council’s Task Force on Divergence, Transatlantic Financial Reform and G-20 Agenda. She has served as a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Technology Advisory Committee, where she served as Vice-Chair of the Distributed Ledger Technology Subcommittee and was a member of the Algorithmic Trading Subcommittees. Professor Yadav is a current member of Nasdaq’s Hearing Panel and the Board of Advisors of the Digital Dollar Project. In other public service, she has worked as Vice-Chair of the Tennessee State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Professor Yadav earned an M.A. in Law and Modern Languages (First Class) at the University of Cambridge, after which she earned an LL.M. at Harvard Law School. She was a Vanderbilt University Chancellor Faculty Fellow for 2019-21. In 2022, she won Vanderbilt University’s Chancellor Research Award for her research into U.S. Treasury market regulation. She was honored in 2020 as a second-time winner of the student-selected Hall-Hartman Outstanding Professor Award for excellence in teaching.

Day One | Monday, 16 March, 2026

1:00 PM THINK TANK | What Risks Are Worth Taking? Designing Self-Serve Journeys

Customers don’t wake up wanting to call their bank but want answers, actions and reassurance in seconds. Yet every click removed or shortcut offered forces institutions to confront a deeper question: how much risk are we willing to take in the name of effortless experience? This discussion explores how to balance empowerment and protection, and make evidence based decisions about when to simplify Vs when to safeguard and when a human touch is essential.

• Build decision frameworks that weigh customer effort, regulatory exposure and business value

• Identify which authentication, verification and policy steps create unnecessary friction

• Use data, journey insight and controlled experimentation to validate risk-based simplification

• How to better partner across risk, legal and compliance to co-design self-serve that is safe, seamless and scalable

1:30 PM LUNCH & LEARN | Stablecoin 101: The Foundations that CX & C-Suite Leaders Need to Know – Now

In this interactive lunchtime primer, Yesha Yadav, a leading expert in financial regulation and digital assets, equips CX and C-Suite leaders with a clear, practical understanding of stablecoins - without the hype.

Designed to set the stage for tomorrow’s “Preparing for a Stablecoin-Shaped Future” think-tank, this session demystifies stablecoin potential and why banks are paying attention. Attendees will leave better prepared with context, confidence, and foresight before the next wave of financial innovation reshapes customer expectations.

5:50 PM Table 1: Operational Efficiency AI

5:50 PM Table 2: Designing Digital Experiences People Want to Come Back to

5:50 PM Table 3: How to Use Real-Time Payments to Improve Customer Experience

5:50 PM Table 4: Customer-Facing AI

5:50 PM Table 5: Creative Levers to Pull for Remote Service Occupancy

Day Two | Tuesday, 2 June, 2026

1:20 PM THINK TANK | The Next Currency of CX? Preparing for a Stablecoin-Shaped Future

At a critical inflection point in the US market, where stablecoin legislation is now in place and the focus is shifting toward adoption across banks and financial institutions- the future of payments, accessibility and customer expectations may evolve faster than many teams are prepared for. This expert-led presentation and discussion invites leaders to examine how stablecoin adoption could redefine trust, reshape transaction design, transform servicing models, and influence competitive positioning - and what leaders must begin planning for today.

With Yesha Yadav, a leading financial regulation expert in digital assets, offering a unique vantage point on how current market structures are adapting to stablecoins, this session explores fundamental questions, including: in a payment system where customers have choice, how likely are they to opt for stablecoins - and what will their experience look like?

Stay ahead of this disruptive digital asset by:

• Exploring how faster, cheaper, borderless payments could rapidly elevate customer expectations

• Assessing the trust, education and transparency challenges customers may face and understanding how stablecoins maintain safety and soundness

• Preparing CX teams, service operations and digital channels for a new era of financial interaction shaped by evolving regulation and adoption trends

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