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BIS Innovation Summit 2023: Technological innovation in an age of uncertainty

21–22 March 2023, BIS Tower + virtual

Jan 16, 2023bis
CBDCs not worth the costs and risks, says former BoE advisor

Tony Yates, the former senior adviser of the Bank of England, argues that CBDCs are not worth the headache.

Jan 16, 2023cointelegraphDigital Peso
Tanzania wary about CBDC adoption following studies

Tanzania's central bank is proposing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). An East African interdisciplinary technical team examined CBDC hazards and advantages. Four governments have halted CBDC

Jan 16, 2023blockchainnewsTanzania CBDC
PBoC launches offline CBDC payments

Users can also conduct e-yuan transactions with 0% battery

Jan 16, 2023centralbanking
MIT, Maiden Labs examine CBDC inclusiveness issues in report from 4 countries

The report concentrates on real-world research from low- and middle-income countries and untangles questions of inclusiveness, trust and functionality.

Jan 13, 2023cointelegraphProject Hamilton
BIS economists suggest improving TradFi with CBDC to attract users away from crypto

The latest Bank of International Settlements bulletin looks at ways to mitigate the risks of crypto assets and suggests traditional finance could get its house in better order too.

Jan 12, 2023cointelegraph
Nigeria revisits its payments landscape amid sluggish eNaira adoption

The Nigerian central bank has outlined key focus areas for its national payments system in a two-year roadmap leading up to 2025.

Jan 12, 2023cointelegraph
Russia developing cross-border CBDC settlement

Research into two proposed models for digital ruble exports to begin in Q1

Jan 11, 2023centralbankingDigital Ruble
City of London, British trade groups form new digital currency advocacy alliance

The UK capital’s governing body is partnering with the Digital Pound Association and other trade groups to promote good crypto policy and practice and the UK’s position as a global financial center.

Jan 11, 2023cointelegraphDigital Pound
China’s central bank includes digital yuan in report on currency circulation

The 13.61 billion e-CNY represented roughly 0.13% of the 10.47 trillion yuan in circulation at the end of 2022.

Jan 11, 2023cointelegraphe-CNY
Michelle W Bowman: The economy and bank supervision

Remarks by Ms Michelle W Bowman, Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at the Florida Bankers Association Leadership Luncheon events, Miami, Florida, 10 January 2023.

Jan 11, 2023bis
Russia to begin work on CBDC settlement system as sanctions endure

The country’s central bank will begin studying two possible cross-border CBDC settlement models this quarter.

Jan 10, 2023cointelegraphDigital Ruble
T Rabi Sankar: Fintech & regulation

Speech by Mr T Rabi Sankar, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, at the Business Standard Summit, Mumbai, 21 December 2022.

Jan 10, 2023bisDigital Rupee
UK MP says stablecoin is a gateway to CBDC, only crypto can ‘disrupt’ settlements

MP Andrew Griffith and colleagues spoke before a hearing of the U.K. parliamentary Treasury Committee about payments technology and CBDC.

Jan 10, 2023cointelegraph
Shaktikanta Das: South Asia's current macroeconomic challenges and policy priorities

Keynote address by Mr Shaktikanta Das, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, at the high-level Conference co-organised by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Asia and Pacific Department (APD) and the IMF South Asia Regional Training and Technical Assistance Centre (SARTTAC), New Delhi, 6 January 2023.

Jan 10, 2023bis