Payments
Jamaica prepares for national CBDC launch
Country is in the vanguard of digital currencies as it begins its national launch this quarter
Mexican government announces CBDC for 2024
Bank of Mexico has yet to comment publicly on the initiative
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
Bank Indonesia launches fast payments system
Central bank is conducting an overhaul of all its main payments systems
How to solve the payments privacy paradox
Anonymous CBDC has major drawbacks, but privacy in payments can still work, says Dave Birch
Brazilian Senate passes new FX law
Central bank will regulate foreign currency accounts under law now on president’s desk
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
Cash: important for a fairer economy
One interesting economic story over the past year has been the growth in grassroots support for cash payments. Against the backdrop of the Covid‑19 pandemic and now debunked rumours that coins and banknotes could be significant transmission vectors for…
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
Pandemic spurred use of alternative data
Advanced and emerging market economies prioritise different applications
Currency Benchmarks 2021 report – executive summary
Perspectives on staffing, circulation, forecasting, note security and composition, outsourcing and more
Brazil’s largest state considers suspending Pix payments
São Paulo legislature examining payments system shutdown as an anti-crime measure
RBNZ begins wide-ranging review of cash
New Zealand’s central bank warns of potential harm caused by “retreat from cash”
People: Chilean Senate confirms board member
Plus senior appointments in New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and more
BIS and Fed launch New York ‘innovation centre’
Fed has mandate to “understand and, in some cases, manage” technological change, says Jerome Powell
Eurosystem approves new payments oversight framework
‘Pisa’ principles will cover stablecoins, e-wallets and other payments arrangements, ECB says
BoE’s new RTGS system to be open 24/7 ‘if required’
Should industry require it, the upgraded system will be operational continuously
CPMI proposes ‘global settlement window’
BIS committee says window could work as focal point for aligning payment systems worldwide
Brazil’s Pix system used by 62% of population – central bank
Real-time retail payments platform was most-used means of payments in October – BCB
RBA stepping up CBDC research despite scepticism over use
Australian central bank is concerned private sector firms could dominate payments sector
People: RBNZ chief economist to leave after 25 years
ECB appoints lead for digital euro project and new director for banknote department
A future-proof RTGS blueprint
Operating hours, access and data standards should all be considered by central banks contemplating an RTGS overhaul
Australia’s central bank to review banknote distribution model
Decline in transactional cash usage has led to excess capacity