CBDC
Banque de France announces second wholesale CBDC experiment phase
CBDC as a settlement asset may be ready by 2023
Swift gears up for innovation around digital currencies
Head of innovation at global payments messaging provider is focused on CBDCs, tokenised securities and artificial intelligence
Taiwan completes phase two CBDC trials with banks
Resolving further challenges could take at least two years, governor says
Danish central bank sceptical on retail CBDC
Report says existing payment systems offer similar benefits, but case for CBDC could change
Crypto a ‘wake-up call’ for central banks
Digital economy needs CBDC as risk-free asset, say panellists at ECB’s Sintra conference
Japan and Soramitsu to conduct Asia-Pacific CBDC studies
Observers note de-dollarisation and spread of e-yuan as potential motivations
BIS: the future of money is not crypto
Hyun Song Shin lays out vision of payments innovation backed by CBDC
Officials urge narrow focus as CBDC use cases proliferate
Communication and financial inclusion are critical concerns, Summer Meetings panellists agree
CBDCs could improve energy efficiency of payments – IMF paper
Design choices could allow for greater efficiency than existing credit card infrastructure
BoJ finds some CBDC designs suffer from bottlenecks
Designs faced pressures on transaction throughput, latency and CPU load
Chilean central bank to step up CBDC work
BCCH to carry out public outreach but says existing payments system may be enough
Digital shekel must avoid arbitrage, public says
Israeli digital currency should comply with global information security standards
Two-thirds of central banks say retail CBDC ‘possible’
BIS survey finds 90% of central banks now working on digital currencies
RBNZ finds ‘overwhelming’ support for cash
New Zealanders emphasise importance of access to cash, and call for privacy in CBDC
Philippines central bank announces wholesale CBDC pilot
“Project CBDCPh” will test large transactions at limited number of institutions
HKMA advances e-HKD exploration
Authority notes risks around cyber security and removing intermediary banks
Mexico’s Rodríguez says CBDC project will take another year
New estimate would have the Bank of Mexico’s digital currency arriving in 2025
IMF panel weighs up wholesale versus retail CBDC
Officials reflect on trade-offs involved in crypto assets and new payments technology
Do CBDCs make sense for Latin America?
Steven Kamin says CBDCs may be particularly beneficial to emerging market economies
BoJ’s Uchida outlines phase two of CBDC experiments
Japanese people will ultimately decide whether they want a digital currency, executive director says
Riksbank reports on e-krona pilot’s performance
Pilot CBDC can integrate into payments systems, but met potential AML and performance problems
Every CBDC decision is a tradeoff, says Bank of Canada’s Shah
Privacy, security, and offline access present difficult problems
China expands e-yuan pilot
Beijing to trail use of central bank digital currency outside of Olympic Games centres
BoE partners with MIT on CBDC
Bank of Canada and the Boston Fed have also teamed up with MIT on research projects