Central bank digital currencies (CBDC)

23 May 22 @ 16:34

The Bank Policy Institute has responded to a Federal Reserve discussion paper evaluating the costs and benefits of a central bank digital currency. The response supports the Fed’s position that... read more

09 May 22 @ 12:52

Nine out of 10 central banks are exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and more than half are now developing them or running concrete experiments. In particular, work on retail... read more

04 May 22 @ 09:59

Cryptocurrency has been in the sights of the payments industry for more than a decade, but it still only just making its way into mainstream commerce. One reason is volatility... read more

12 Apr 22 @ 11:10

It should be possible to integrate an e-krona into banks’ and payment service providers’ own existing systems. This is the conclusion of the Riksbank after testing a technical solution for... read more

05 Apr 22 @ 08:56

The UK government wants to become a “global hub” for the crypto industry. “The UK is open for business and open for crypto businesses,” said John Glen, City minister, whilst... read more

22 Mar 22 @ 17:12

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has announced the completion of prototypes for a common platform enabling international settlements using multiple central bank digital currencies (CBDC). Project Dunbar as the... read more

17 Mar 22 @ 17:23

The Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) has announced plans to start a pilot program of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). In September, the BCB told the Brazilian Senate that it planned... read more

15 Mar 22 @ 13:19

Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, was recently involved in a panel to discus central bank digital currencies at the US Monetary Policy Forum in New... read more

23 Feb 22 @ 12:17

The Riksbank is investigating whether it is possible to issue a digital complement to cash, a so-called e-krona. Just like cash, the e-krona would be issued by the Riksbank and... read more

21 Feb 22 @ 13:33

The Federal Reserve recently requested comment on a discussion paper describing the potential benefits and costs of issuing a CBDC. The paper is not the ringing endorsement of the concept... read more

04 Feb 22 @ 16:12

The 2021-2022 Digital and Card Payment Yearbooks from Payments Cards & Mobile suggest payment card use may be starting to decline, to be replaced by digital wallets, direct-to-account payments and... read more

03 Feb 22 @ 16:11

Increasingly blurred boundaries mean that practically anyone can declare themselves a payment provider, using banking-as-a-service to embed payments. Customers can filter this choice through a lens of preference and habit. For firms, complexity... read more