Payments
Sweden may have a digital currency in five years, says Riksbank governor
Sveriges Riksbank is testing e-krona pilot as Swedish cash use falls rapidly
Fintech & IT Benchmarks 2021 report – executive summary
Shedding light on fintech initiatives, staffing, salaries, cyber security and more
RBI to give some non-banks access to payments systems
Indian central bank to allow non-bank payment service providers to use payments architecture
Fintech & IT Benchmarks 2021 report – detailing the evolution of technology
Benchmarking data sheds light on staffing trends, priority areas of research and more
ECB’s digital euro consultation says public worried over privacy
Nearly half of responses to ECB come from Germany
Regulating big tech and non-bank financial services in the digital era
Experiences from China highlight potential benefits of digital-bank and holding-company approaches
Central banks take less than 50 minutes to fix critical outages
Time tolerances for critical system downtime range from one to 32 hours
HKMA and BoJ launch new securities settlement framework
New “delivery versus payment link” aims to reduce settlement risk
Cuban central bank approves new money transfer app
Digital wallet offered by Cuban telecoms firm will only receive and pay out in pesos
Riksbank prepares for second phase of e-krona pilot
Next phase will explore whether blockchain can handle scaled-up retail payments
Payment innovation is top fintech research priority for central banks
CBDC ranked second as central banks explore wider implications of fintech for payments
‘Giant of the field’ Robert Mundell dies
The Nobel laureate influenced a generation of economists via the Mundell-Fleming model
ECCB launches live CBDC pilot
Blockchain-issued DCash is the world’s first CBDC within a currency union
Richmond Fed: is US ready for digital dollar?
Brief argues there are questions to answer before embarking on CBDC
Central banks considering interlinked CBDC options
Agustín Carstens presents results of cross-border CBDC survey
Bank of Jamaica announces prototype CBDC partner
Irish firm eCurrency Mint will provide technology that connects with central bank’s RTGS system
PBoC and Swift to offer cross-border payments services
Joint venture will set up local network and data centre to support financial messaging, PBoC says
A bellwether moment for CBDC plans
Launch of ‘sand dollar’ may herald a new era of CBDCs as Fed and ECB step up their preparations
Nine in 10 central banks are working on CBDCs
Very few central banks have progressed past the research phase, but those that do are working on general purpose variants
BoJ must prepare thoroughly for CBDC – Kuroda
Central bank should not rush issuance of CBDC, governor says
IMF cautions Marshall Islands on digital currency plans
Institutional framework to accommodate the sov is not ready, fund says
Payment innovation is top fintech spending priority
One-third of central banks say they are prioritising digital currencies
Central bank of the year: The Federal Reserve System
Overwhelming Fed interventions forestalled a damaging global financial crisis
Initiative of the year: Saudi Central Bank’s business continuity programme
Advanced planning allowed Sama employees and systems to continue operating critical functions despite Covid-19 lockdowns