Central bank digital currency
UAE central bank joins Hong Kong’s bond clearing scheme
Monetary authorities say move will provide Gulf state with direct access to renminbi debt market
World will choose dollar stablecoins over CBDCs – Bessent
Treasury secretary expects private sector option to be “important source of funding” for US government
BdF governor and Coinbase CEO clash over stablecoins at Davos
De Galhau warns of ‘full dollarisation’, while head of crypto exchange heralds dawn of ‘bitcoin standard’
India proposes linking Brics countries’ CBDCs
Bloc, which has already committed to improving payments interoperability, faces geopolitical challenges
China’s interest-bearing CBDC a world first, experts say
E-CNY now more integrated with commercial banking, thus solidifying country’s two-tier system
Academics call on European Parliament to back digital euro
Signatories of open letter say CBDC is vital to ensure Europe is not reliant on US payment providers
CBDCs versus instant payments
Are technological and ecosystem advances using CBDCs and instant payments complementary or substitutes?
Villeroy de Galhau warns of ‘Americanisation’ of money
Tokenisation and geopolitics are new disruptive forces, BdF governor says
Renato Gomes on Pix, Drex and digital asset regulation
Brazil’s deputy governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about pros and pitfalls of open finance, financial inclusion and crime on Pix, and the need to sideline DLT for Drex phase 3
2025: The year in central banking
A look back at the biggest and most popular stories of the year
Households ‘open’ to digital euro regardless of holding limit – ECB
Customers would only allocate €500 of €10,000 gift into digital euro, study finds
EU council gives digital euro the provisional green light
ECB says it is ready for 2029 issuance once parliament and council have given their final approval
Book notes: Money in crisis, by Ignazio Angeloni and Daniel Gros
This book should be essential reading for policy-makers at a time of uncertainty and technological change
DBS becomes Singapore’s second RMB clearing bank
PBoC and MAS agree to deepen collaboration on securities, e-CNY and other areas
Richard Doornbosch on central banking in a tempestuous climate
The president of the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten speaks to Christopher Jeffery about addressing legacy financial scandals, transition to a Caribbean guilder, tapping gold holdings and managing a currency peg at a time of US policy uncertainty
China to continue ‘moderately loose’ monetary policy in 2026
PBoC plans to work with other agencies in effort to boost consumption
BIS tests tokenised FX settlement in instant cross-border payments
Minimal tech upgrades proposed to link central bank money on DLT across Europe and Asia
Norway’s central bank latest to disavow CBDC
Currency would not be ‘appropriate’ to maintain krone’s monetary sovereignty, Norges Bank says
The prospects for retail CBDCs
Open instant payments systems offer a quicker route to financial deepening, for now
IIF says China’s CBDC irrelevant to renminbi internationalisation
Economists say yuan’s use for payments growing, though it remains “stagnant” as reserve currency
Digital euro could reopen e-krona debate for Riksbank – Bunge
Swedish central bank to fully move to eurozone settlement system by 2030