Currency
Panama’s president vetoes parts of crypto law
Bankers’ association also opposes law, which president says lacks AML protections
The signal and the noise: cash forecasting in uncertain times
From big data tools to Arima models and structural time series, cash forecasting methods are evolving
CBDC and bank intermediation in the eurozone
An assessment of the impact different ‘digital euro’ designs could have on the banking system
Book notes: A full-value ruble, by Kristy Ironside
Soviet experience shows MMT worked, only with far more challenges and downsides than promoters envisioned
Honduran banknote to honour murdered activist
Berta Cáceres, who was killed in 2016, has been declared a “national hero”
Book notes: The future of money, by Eswar S Prasad
Prasad’s book is the best on the topic so far
Digital yuan being tested at Chinese high school
“Smart ID card” allows students to make purchases – and parents to track them
Digital euro could be reality by 2026 – ECB’s Panetta
ECB will step up engagement with authorities and investigate means of issuing CBDC
CBDC little threat to Canadian bank liquidity – paper
Bank of Canada research says most bigger banks have enough funding to handle retail CBDC competition
Zimbabwe freezes all bank lending
President announces controls on money creation to stem decline of currency
Cuban central bank to license crypto service providers
Resolution may encourage greater use of virtual currencies for remittances
Central African Republic makes cryptocurrency legal tender
War-torn state is second country to give crypto official status, after El Salvador
Fiji launches $7 varnished banknote
Reserve Bank issues commemorative note to celebrate rugby sevens squads
Are central banks ahead of banknote counterfeiters?
Antti Heinonen analyses data on recent trends in counterfeiting
Honduras central bank warns on bitcoin again
Central American country will not follow El Salvador in making bitcoin legal tender, BCH says
Barbados to make switch to polymer
Redesigned banknotes will circulate by end of year, says governor
Argentina suspends minting of coins
Global commodities inflation makes production too costly
Digital money and central banks
Monetary policy, regulatory and financial stability focus needed to stay relevant
The ECCB’s DCash outage: what went wrong?
Experts discuss security certificate problems that may have derailed DCash pilot
ECCB says pilot CBDC will return next week
Barbados firm Bitt still working on DCash project after outage beginning on January 14
Union objects to Colombian central bank’s branch closures
Bank of the Republic is converting some regional offices to cultural centres, closing treasuries
Pilot CBDC outage due to expired certificate, ECCB says
Blockchain network requires update before digital currency can come back online