Distributed ledger
Hong Kong and Thailand launch next phase of cross-border CBDC project
CBDC-based payments can cut costs and boost speed, HKMA and Bank of Thailand study shows
Eurochain: CBDC project seeks secure anonymity
Proof of concept blends anonymity with AML/CFT regulation
2020: fintech and beyond
At the turn of the decade, central bankers share their thoughts on financial technology – past, present and future
In search of a better definition of digital money
Dave Birch tries to cut through the noise on cryptocurrencies, blockchains and everything in between
The pursuit of ‘fintecgrity’
Digital currencies, distributed ledgers and deep learning are set to transform the financial economy. How can regulators maintain integrity at the confluence of finance and technology?
Facing up to the tech challenge
Central banks get a wake-up call from libra
Cœuré flags risks to ‘autonomy and resilience’ of European payments
Central banks need to resist payment market fragmentation, says ECB official; Banque de France’s Beau calls for experimentation with wholesale CBDC
MAS develops multi-currency blockchain network
Prototype developed in tandem with JP Morgan and Temasek enables payments to be carried out in different currencies
Barbados-based firm hopes to become world’s CBDC provider
Bitt founder shares his ambitions to create a global CBDC settlement network
Cambodia extends blockchain payment system pilot
Central bank lengthens trial to end-2019 and explores including cross-border transactions
Bankers are ignoring crypto assets’ flaws – expert
Technologists are more worried than financiers by problems, expert tells IMF panel
BIS and SNB co-operate on technology research hub
Swiss centre will investigate how to use digital central bank money on DLT infrastructure
Creating trust in money in a data economy
The NDB’s compliance chief, Srinivas Yanamandra, speaks about the need for new approaches to regulating digital currencies, distributed ledgers and deep-learning algorithms
Seven threats from big tech’s libra
Can central banks avoid a ‘big tech’ monetary meltdown?
BIS paper: DLT opens possibility of ‘embedded supervision’
Distributed ledger data would be useful for supervision, but must be trustworthy, author says
The winners of the 2019 Fintech and Regtech Global Awards
Prizes awarded for outstanding work at the cutting edge of financial technology
Fintech and risk: what does the future hold?
Five key areas where regulators need to make judgements on fintech risks
Agustín Carstens on fixing the global monetary system
The BIS chief speaks about how to strengthen the global safety net, vulnerabilities in emerging markets and the challenges and opportunities posed by fintech
World Bank official says blockchain could cut settlement times
Official says first blockchain bond shows the technology's potential
Cambodia launches blockchain-powered payment system
Central bank hopes to reduce money transfer costs and improve financial inclusion with the mobile-based system
Quant Lipton pans Facebook’s Libra
Former Bank of America exec sees more potential in rival projects, such as utility settlement coin
Central banks complete first blockchain currency swap
Monetary Authority of Singapore and Bank of Canada link experimental local payment networks
The IFF China Report 2019
Insight and perspectives from the world's leaders, premier policy-makers and financiers
The IFF China Report 2019: Financial deepening, fintech development and green financing
The past 40 years have seen China transform from a recipient of global aid to a major economic centre in its own right. China is now seeking to deepen its markets, gradually open its borders to global financial flows, and promote new and innovative forms…