Digital currencies
CBDC is inevitable
Central bank digital currency should be thought of as a platform rather than a product, writes Dave Birch
Levelling the playing field for stablecoins
Regulatory asymmetries are a barrier to innovation in digital payments
CBDCs are subject to ‘trilemma’, ECB paper warns
Research builds on Diamond-Dybvig model to examine possibility of runs on central banks
CBDCs are unlikely to be successful
Most money is already digital, and currency has lost its central function, writes former Barbados governor DeLisle Worrell
Taiwan central bank completes feasibility study on wCBDC
Deputy governor says CBDCs could form “foundation of trust” for future monetary system
Bank of Canada finds widespread public hostility to CBDC
Respondents expressed distrust of government and lack of interest in digital dollar
Central banks of Korea and Italy boost co-operation on payment systems
Bank of Korea and Bank of Italy to exchange knowledge on RTGS and CBDC
MPs cool on UK CBDC prospects
Treasury select committee says upsides to digital pound are “unclear”
Four foreign banks tap into digital yuan market
Standard Chartered and HSBC enable clients in mainland China to access e-CNY services
The ECCB’s Timothy Antoine on currency union, cooperation and DCash 2.0
The ECCB governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about maintaining a currency zone, addressing climate and cyber risks, the decline in correspondence banking and lessons learned from issuing a retail CBDC
CBDC features will have financial stability effects – Fed paper
Design choices could cut chance of bank runs and disintermediation, authors say
CBDCs could challenge foundations of monetary economics, says Tombini
BIS Americas chief thinks digital currencies could co-exist with other rapid payment systems
‘Digital pound’ needed as cash successor, says BoE’s Cunliffe
Departing deputy governor says CBDC could be necessary by decade’s end
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
ECB launches digital euro preparation phase
Phase includes CBDC rulebook and selection of providers, as well as testing
Joachim Nagel on the ECB’s terminal rate, fiscal policy, model relevance and the digital euro
The Deutsche Bundesbank president speaks about compromise on the Governing Council, rolling back PEPP, the need to implement Basel III and the chances of a revised Stability and Growth Pact
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
A ‘unified ledger’ and the future of money
Blueprint set out by the BIS staff raises plenty of questions about the 'singleness of money'
RBA says CBDC decision is likely ‘some years away’
Australian central bank says a CBDC might improve payments system but also questions its necessity
Canadian CBDC would not improve inclusion, paper says
Bank of Canada research finds most citizens already have access to e-payments options