Central bank digital currencies (CBDC)

12 Oct 21 @ 08:10

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has recently published a technical whitepaper on retail central bank digital currency (CBDC), becoming one of the 82 countries now exploring the move to... read more

06 Oct 21 @ 12:33

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published, for public consultation, preliminary guidance that confirms and clarifies that stablecoin arrangements... read more

01 Oct 21 @ 12:00

A group of seven central banks (Bank of Canada, Bank of England, Bank of Japan, European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Sveriges Riksbank and Swiss National Bank), together with the Bank... read more

30 Sep 21 @ 15:23

Visa has announced the launch of a Universal Payments Channel that will support transactions between stablecoins and CBDCs. It an ambitious idea from Visa at this time as it hopes... read more

28 Sep 21 @ 12:39

A prototype of multiple Central Bank Digital Currencies (mCBDCs) developed by the Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub and four central banks has demonstrated the potential of using digital currencies... read more

14 Sep 21 @ 15:54

A majority of Europeans want their own governments to regulate cryptocurrency while a growing number would also support the creation of national digital currencies in order to assert some monetary... read more

13 Sep 21 @ 08:27

Central banks should move forward with CBDC projects to avoid falling behind comparable private sector payment initiatives that are already taking root, Benoît Cœuré, Head of Innovation at Bank for... read more

02 Sep 21 @ 09:56

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and four central banks will test the use of CBDC for cross-border transactions, as global regulators seek to improve the speed and movement of... read more

31 Aug 21 @ 12:48

The pace of evolution in Europe’s payment market is evident in all areas – including processors. Sweeping changes in consumer payment behaviour, merchant acceptance and democratisation of services have produced... read more

26 Aug 21 @ 08:53

Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has announced the inaugural minting of Jamaica’s first batch of central bank digital currency (CBDC). A total of J$230 million dollars in CBDC will be issued... read more

06 Aug 21 @ 14:57

How soon can the Fed create an effective central bank digital currency? Last year the Boston Fed asked researchers at MIT to embark on a project to build and test... read more

02 Jul 21 @ 09:53

The central bank of Russia has announced that it will push ahead with a pilot testing a digital Ruble platform with 12 of the nation’s banks. The central bank says... read more