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The winners of the 2021 FinTech RegTech Global Awards
Fourth annual tech awards recognise excellence among central banks and the firms they work with
BoE’s Bailey says CBDCs could be ‘fundamental’
Innovation hub run by BoE and BIS hub likely to concentrate on CBDCs and payments, official says
Riksbank starts work on CBDC with external firms
E-krona pilot project to test technical solution with Handelsbanken and TietoEVRY
Benoît Cœuré on CBDCs, stablecoins and central bank fintech co-operation
BIS Innovation Hub chief speaks about fintech risks for supervisors and monetary policy-makers, and hub development plans
BIS and central banks partner to create CBDC ‘bridge’
Cross-border project will link up digital currencies of China, Hong Kong, Thailand and the UAE
Decentralised, private, cash-like: researchers propose CBDC designs
Canadian universities outline several options for a central bank digital currency
Ulrich Bindseil on the launch of the digital euro
ECB’s payments head speaks about the functionality, tiering and technology of the eurozone’s planned CBDC
BIS to research prototype DLT green bond platform
Innovation hub sets up international network to share knowledge and address problems
Book notes: The currency cold war, by David Birch
Pleasant and interesting read on if digital money will jeopardise US dollar’s dominance in global trade and finance
Project Helvetia proves central banks can use tokenised assets – BIS
Benoît Cœuré says project marks “the beginning of the further evolution of central banking”
SNB’s Maechler: innovation hub in race to catch up with fast-paced markets
Swiss hub is laying foundations for a fast market-monitoring platform
Saudis and UAE say shared CBDC is technically possible
“Project Aber” shows DLT can be used to upgrade cross-border payments, central banks say
How can central banks secure the future of money?
Central banks should start tackling the accounting, legal and policy challenges related to CBDC
Policy-makers should develop blockchain standards – panellists
Standards should ensure systems can communicate with one another, experts say
Norges Bank looks to narrow down CBDC options
Project enters third phase as central bank prepares recommendation on specifics of CBDC design
DLT could improve US payments – Fed team
Fed’s “FooWire Project” built simulated payments network using DLT platform
Facebook’s libra could disrupt collateral markets – IMF paper
Collateral used to back ‘stablecoins’ such as libra will be unavailable for reuse
Boston Fed and MIT collaborate on digital currency research
Research results on software architecture will be released as open source
Timothy Lane on CBDCs and why the private sector is no competition for central banks
BoC deputy governor discusses the difference between a private-sector digital currency and a CBDC
The evolving role of central bank money in payments
The multiple-issuer/one-currency paradigm is set to remain in a CBDC world
BIS expands innovation hub network
Several new locations unveiled in Europe and North America
Singapore and China to deepen collaboration on green finance
MAS chief proposes working together in areas including loan syndication and verification
CBDCs unlikely to be based on blockchain – Central Banking survey
New Central Banking survey finds central banks favour DLT for possible digital currency projects
The Central Bank Digital Currency Survey 2020 – debunking some myths
Most central banks believe there are retail uses for CBDCs, but few plan to launch one in the next five years