Central bank digital currency
Indian government directs RBI to issue CBDC
Central bank told to prepare to issue the digital currency in 2022 and 2023
Eastern Caribbean digital currency remains offline
DCash has been shut down since January 14, as firm says it has “identified problem”
BIS unveils 2022 programmes for innovation hubs
Focus is on CBDC, payments, DeFi, green finance, and first projects in London and Stockholm
Experts divided over Fed’s ‘intermediated’ approach to CBDC
Observers praise the Fed’s conservative pace but criticise aspects of its hypothetical system design
Visa and ConsenSys launch plan to bridge CBDCs and traditional payments
Payments giant and fintech firm to develop “on-ramp” to link up existing and new systems
Central banks essential to preserve trust in money – Carstens
Companies may fragment monetary system through competing stablecoins, warns BIS chief
No ‘convincing case’ for UK retail CBDC, say legislators
Report warns of potential “significant challenges” for financial stability and privacy posed by CBDC
Japan launches Oceania CBDC study
Fintech firm Soramitsu will examine outlook for digital currencies in four Pacific island states
ECCB digital currency suffers outage
Eastern Caribbean’s DCash disrupted by unspecified “technical issue”
BIS-SNB project links wholesale CBDC to core banking system
Project Helvetia’s second phase demonstrates integration of DLT with standard systems is possible
Bahamas prepares to phase out cheque payments
Central Bank of the Bahamas continues to push digital transformation
Joint CBDC project highlights promise of interoperability
Banque de France, HSBC and IBM find different technologies can still work together
Jamaica prepares for national CBDC launch
Country is in the vanguard of digital currencies as it begins its national launch this quarter
Economics Benchmarks 2021 report – executive summary
Covid-19 coloured central banks’ views on the governance of their economics function in the past year, from research topics to forecasting, data, publications and more
Mexican government announces CBDC for 2024
Bank of Mexico has yet to comment publicly on the initiative
Bank of Canada paper proposes ‘expiry date’ on offline CBDC
CBDC could have expiry date to help consumers recover lost money, authors say
2021: The year in review
The year has seen central banks switch from recovery mode to battling inflation. Central Banking looks back at the stories that made the biggest impact in 2021
How to solve the payments privacy paradox
Anonymous CBDC has major drawbacks, but privacy in payments can still work, says Dave Birch
Podcast: an update on the e-naira project
Bitt’s Imran Khan explains how its project in Nigeria is different to CBDC projects launched before
Alternative data fuels central bank research
Important research areas include monetary transmission, exchange rates, digitisation, SMEs and climate change, against the backdrop of Covid
Project Jura executes ‘real-life’ cross-border CBDC settlement
“Dual-notary” structure could help protect monetary sovereignty, says Benoît Cœuré
RBA says DLT network is viable option for wholesale CBDC
Project Atom proved wholesale CBDC issued over DLT network reduced risk and improved efficiency of loan payments
BIS and Fed launch New York ‘innovation centre’
Fed has mandate to “understand and, in some cases, manage” technological change, says Jerome Powell
Bank of Tanzania ‘working on CBDC’, governor says
Luoga says “cryptocurrencies are not safe” and president has urged work on CBDC