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Are central bank digital currencies inevitable?

Launching a CBDC could protect the pre-eminence of public money, a new report argues

Jul 12, 2019centralbanking
Report: Adversaries Building Commerce “Pipelines” to Undermine US Dollar Dominance

Two researchers at The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) have produced a comprehensive report on Russia, Venezuela, Iran and China's efforts to create or exploit alternative payment systems that would allow them to circumvent the US dollar as a means of enforcing American foreign

Jul 12, 2019crowdfundinsider
PBoC gets go-ahead from China’s cabinet to develop CBDC

China’s central bank is developing its own CBDC, as officials voice concerns over Facebook’s Libra

Jul 10, 2019centralbanking
IMF Report: Countries are Broadly Embracing the Opportunities of Fintech to Boost Economic Growth and Inclusion

In a paper entitled 'Fintech: the Experience So Far,' the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated that, while there are regional differences, 'countries were broadly embracing the opportunities of Fintech to boost economic growth and inclusion.' The pursuit of Fintech innovation is being balanced with the

Jul 8, 2019crowdfundinsider
Who Will Own, and Operate, the Money We Use?

As Fintech Challenges the World Order. We know how fundamentally the internet and the web have changed not just the world of work, business and commerce but all our lives and the way we live, around the world. It's touched and changed just about everything

Jul 6, 2019crowdfundinsider
CBDCs could protect citizens from e-currency abuse, official says

Citizens in cashless societies could be vulnerable to monopoly power, says Sveriges Riksbank official

Jul 4, 2019centralbanking
IMF: some central banks ‘on the verge’ of piloting CBDCs

IMF survey also highlights need for greater co-operation on fintech regulation

Jul 2, 2019centralbanking
CBDC could raise bank funding costs – Philadelphia Fed

Choosing an appropriate interest rate could help alleviate problem, say researchers

Jun 13, 2019centralbanking
National Bank of Ukraine continues to focus on CBDC

‘E-hryvnia’ pilot project was completed in February

Jun 7, 2019centralbankinge-hryvnia
Head of German Bundesbank Advises Against Creation of Central Bank Digital Currencies

The President of Germany's central bank, Jens Weidmann, has warned that implementing central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) could lead to the destabilization of global financial systems, especially during times of fiscal crisis. The warning came during a speech delivered at the opening of the Bundesbank

Jun 1, 2019crowdfundinsider
CBDC need not pose stability threat – paper

Markus Brunnermeier and Dirk Niepelt say some arguments about CBDC are “questionable”

May 28, 2019centralbanking
Vitas Vasiliauskas: Central bank digital currencies

Speech by Mr Vitas Vasiliauskas, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania, at the Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee conference "Managing the Soft Landing of the Global Economy", Washington DC, 12 April, 2019.

May 27, 2019bise-krona
Sarb announces ‘CBDC feasibility project’

Central bank pursues partners to test digital currency

May 24, 2019centralbanking
Hong Kong Monetary Authority & Bank of Thailand Sign MoU on Fintech Collaboration, Seek to Investigate CBDCs

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Bank of Thailand (BOT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on Fintech innovation between the two regulatory authorities. The MoU was signed between Norman Chan, Chief Executive of the HKMA, and Veerathai Santiprabhob, Governor

May 14, 2019crowdfundinsiderLionRock
Thailand develops prototype for blockchain-based CBDC

The central bank’s collaborators have made progress on ‘Project Inthanon’

May 8, 2019centralbanking