
Quantum computing could help with prudential policies – study
Bank of Italy paper says technology could help central banks simulate stress scenarios for lenders

The increased computing power from quantum technology could help in simulating stress-test scenarios and calculating capital requirements, research from the Bank of Italy reveals.
In her overview of how quantum computing could affect the financial sphere, Elena Bucciol argues that central banks – and lenders themselves – could make use of the technology.
Whereas traditional computing builds on bits that can have a value of 0 or 1, quantum computing builds on “qubits”. These can assume a state
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