Digital currency
BIS tests stablecoins in its first retail CBDC project
Project Aurum with HKMA also explored a token model
Nigerian governor says new banknotes will lessen cash hoarding
Governor says 85% of notes are outside banking system as finance minister criticises move
China’s CBDC will have “managed” anonymity, says PBoC governor
Yi Gang says authorities must balance between protecting privacy and fighting illicit activity
PBoC welcomes anti-corruption probe into deputy governor
PBoC removes Fan Yifei from list of top officials and releases statement supporting investigation
OCC to create fintech office
US regulator will appoint chief financial technology officer to lead regulation of sector
BIS and central banks say multi-CBDC platform trial was a success
Central banks of China, Hong Kong, Thailand and UAE took part in US$22 million cross-border trial
Should a CBDC really be like cash?
Electronic and physical cash are fundamentally different and must be treated as such, writes Dave Birch
Educating banks is key to CBDC project, ECCB officials say
Crypto asset providers tried to take advantage of CBDC launch, deputy governor says
Eswatini central bank signs contract for CBDC research
Giesecke + Devrient hired as “technical consultant”
Demand for cash in turbulent times
Antti Heinonen analyses trends in cash use as Covid fades, but new shocks take its place
CBDC, cash and fast payments: the view from the IMF meetings
Digital currency and fast payments present ample opportunity for improvements, say policy-makers
China’s CBDC spending surpasses 100 billion yuan
PBoC vows to promote e-yuan use beyond retail payments
RBI working towards phased CBDC launch
Central bank preparing for pilots in both retail and wholesale digital currency
Digital dollar could reduce unbanked in US by 93% – Dallas Fed paper
Inclusion need not come at the cost of disintermediation, researchers find
Australia’s central bank invites CBDC proposals
RBA aims to launch a CBDC pilot early next year
People: new climate risk officer at OCC, Sama hires CBDC head, and more
Saudi Central Bank names CBDC director; Dominican Republic and Tunisia announce senior appointments
NY court orders world’s largest stablecoin issuer to prove reserves
Defendants accused of crypto market price manipulation
Australian senator introduces bill to regulate e-yuan
International use of the CBDC viewed as boosting China’s strategic power
Social media: an essential tool for central bank communication
Strategies to secure popularity, comprehensibility and reputation as new media takes centre stage
Myanmar may go on money laundering blacklist, report says
Opposition calls on New York Fed to unfreeze Myanmar assets to back proposed digital currency
Iran legalises crypto for imports
Trading crypto domestically still illegal, central bank tells citizens
Banknotes: July to September 2022
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Ethiopia tells crypto firms to register with cyber security agency
National Bank of Ethiopia had said transactions using crypto are illegal
PBoC launches new phase of e-yuan pilot
Consumers in some cities can use prototype CBDC for public transport and housing