Technology is driving dramatic change in the U.S. payments system, which is a vital infrastructure that touches everyone.1 The pandemic accelerated the migration to contactless transactions and highlighted the importance of access to safe, timely, and low-cost payments for all
Read More »Bank of England statement on Central Bank Digital Currency
The Bank of England and HM Treasury have today announced the joint creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Taskforce to coordinate the exploration of a potential UK CBDC
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Many central banks are currently researching the possibility of issuing digital money (central bank digital currency - CBDC) as a complement to the central bank money we use today, namely cash
Read More »Burkhard Balz: Central bank digital currencies – the future of money?
The future of money. Do we need other forms of money beside the ones we already have? And do we need other forms of central bank money?
Read More »Banque de France conducted a successful experiment with IZNES on the use of central bank digital money for interbank settlement purposes.
Banque de France successfully carried out an experiment on central bank digital currency (CBDC) with IZNES as part of the experimental programme launched in March 1.
Read More »Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation to develop virtual assets and to facilitate CBDC infrastructure with the Stellar Development Foundation
On December 28, the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation, within which they will work on the development of a strategy for virtual assets in Ukraine.
Read More »From the payments revolution to the reinvention of money
Retail payments play a fundamental role in our daily lives and for the economy. Last year, adults in the euro area made two payments per day on average.
Read More »Ida Wolden Bache: Central bank digital currency (CBDC) and real-time payments
Speech by Ms Ida Wolden Bache, Deputy Governor of Norges Bank, at Finance Norway's Payments Conference
Read More »RBA partners with Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, Perpetual and ConsenSys Software on Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency Research Project
The Reserve Bank today announced that it is partnering with Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, Perpetual and ConsenSys Software, a blockchain technology company, on a collaborative project to explore the potential use and implications of a wholesale form of central bank digital currency (CBDC)
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