Central bank digital currency
‘Digital pound’ needed as cash successor, says BoE’s Cunliffe
Departing deputy governor says CBDC could be necessary by decade’s end
Swedish parliament urged to reinforce legal status of cash
“More consumers and businesses need access to payment accounts,” says Riksbank governor
CBDC opponent is Republican speaker candidate for four hours
Emmer has introduced 'CBDC Anti-Surveillance Act' to lower house
E-krona could boost competition and safety, say Swedish retailers
Riksbank analyses consumers and retail traders payment preferences
Public trust: the role of the private sector in exploring digital currency
Digital currencies that effectively protect financial privacy in lawful transactions will garner enduring confidence in the highly integrated networks of the future, argue J Christopher Giancarlo and Daniel Gorfine
EU data protection bodies raise concerns about digital euro
EDPB and EDPS request central bank explain how it will process and protect data
UK researchers propose 3% inflation target and negative rates
Inflation stalls at 6.7% in September, the same figure as in August
ECB launches digital euro preparation phase
Phase includes CBDC rulebook and selection of providers, as well as testing
Australia proposes crypto regulation reforms
Platform operators would need a licence and be subject to financial services laws
Cross-border CBDC challenging to deliver, officials warn
But digital currency could tackle “extremely high” remittance costs, says IMF’s Tobias Adrian
FedNow – at last
The instant payment system might help fix the US’s rusty payment rails, but it also faces competition, says Dave Birch
BIS Innovation Hub takes aim at cross-border compliance
Project Mandala will explore ‘compliance by design’ to boost efficiency of cross-border transactions
BIS wraps up cross-border CBDC trial
Project Mariana explored FX settlement using ‘automated market-makers’
Carstens says lack of legal clarity on CBDC ‘unacceptable’
BIS chief warns widespread uncertainty over legal status of digital currency could impact trust
Will the use of CBDCs improve cross-border payments?
International trials using CBDCs highlight significant architectural and practical challenges, writes Warren Coats
Retail CBDCs can promote payment competition, report finds
BIS, HKMA and Bank of Israel say project found using different service providers need not harm security
Barr says Fed will not issue CBDC without legislation
Supervision chief warns of danger of unregulated issuance of stablecoins
Vanuatu launches new automated payments network
Island nation opens interbank rails and central securities depository
RBI’s CBDC pilot has 1.5 million users, says Das
Governor says project is aiming to reach one million daily transactions by December
PBoC developing interoperable QR codes for digital yuan
Digital yuan to be available in all retail scenarios and in wholesale securities markets
Macau establishes digital currency as legal tender
New legal regime also introduces a penalty system for refusing notes and coins
Kazakhstan joins mBridge project
NBK joins cross-border CBDC project as an observer
Swift tokenisation experiments connect multiple blockchains
Banks and FMIs working towards 24/7 global asset trading settlement and servicing
Hungary’s gamified CBDC pilot designed for children
Student Safe project is the first live retail CBDC pilot in Europe