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Is Artificial Intelligence the Future of Minting?

In June, the Mint Director’s Association held a webinar focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool and how it can be implemented to improve productivity. While coins were the focus of the talk, the theme applies to all currency and business in general. The webinar was hosted by Mr Aditya Berlia – an entrepreneur, educator, and AI advocate – and sponsored by Carveco.

AI - August 21, 2024 midnight

The Case for Driving Digital Economies in Asia

Mastercard’s President of Global Enterprise Growth, Raghu Malhotra, gave his views on Digital Payment Regulations in Asia recently to Asia Business Outlook. His starting point was to argue for harmonised regulations in order to increase cross-border transactions and financial inclusion. If there can be a seamless operation across four countries versus a single country, the economics will differ and benefit the end consumer and merchants.

Digital CN - August 21, 2024 midnight

Payment News

In the face of US and European Commission regulatory pressure, Apple is enabling iPhones to make contactless payments to third party providers. It will though, charge associated fees.

News - August 21, 2024 midnight

The Impact of Tokenisation

David Birch has written about the presentation made by Sarah Breeden, Deputy Governor at the Bank of England, at the Swiss National Bank’s event ‘Towards the future of the monetary system’. In it she described two waves of benefits from tokenisation. In the short term it will bring greater efficiency to the existing payment and settlement system. In the longer term she sees radical change to post-trade processes.

Mobile Payments - August 21, 2024 midnight

BoE Consults on Innovation

The Bank of England (BoE) has published its approach to innovation in money and payments, proposing a programme to test infrastructure that supports the settlement of central bank money against digital assets such as stablecoins, tokenised deposits and other innovations. The Bank has published previous papers on the regulation of stablecoins, innovations by deposit-takers and CBDCs.

Central Banks - August 21, 2024 midnight

The IMF, Central Bank Independence and CBDCs

Tobias Adrian, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, spoke at the International Symposium on Central Bank Independence in Stockholm at the start of the year. His topic was maintaining central bank independence alongside the development of payments and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC).

Central Banks - August 21, 2024 midnight

CBDC News

Sweden’s Riksbank has started to look at the climate impact of adopting a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).

CBDC - August 21, 2024 midnight

Making the Cash Cycle Work More Sustainably

The European Central Bank’s Product Environmental Footprint study found that 82% of the environmental impact of banknotes happened post-issue. In addition, all around the world cash usage is changing. Stakeholders are having to rethink how cash is organised.

Sustainability - July 23, 2024 12:01 a.m.

News in Brief

A study commissioned by the Polish Cashless Foundation has reported that nearly half of respondents to a survey withdrew cash from store registers. Threequarters were aware this was possible.

News - July 23, 2024 midnight

Payment News

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has published a working paper examining the relationship between innovation, economic growth and informal activities. This is based on data from 101 economies from 2014-2019.

News - July 23, 2024 midnight

New Zealand Trials Community Cash Services

At the recent Cash Sustainability Forum, held in Frankfurt last month, Ian Woolford, Head of Money and Cash at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, gave a presentation on the country’s impending community cash services trial.

Free - July 23, 2024 midnight

Where the Cash Industry is on Sustainability

The Cash Sustainability Forum, which took place in Frankfurt last month, concluded with a panel discussion exploring who should lead and drive environmental change in the cash area.

Sustainability - July 23, 2024 midnight

CBDC News

Both the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the European Central Bank (ECB) are working on wholesale CBDC infrastructure.

CBDC - July 23, 2024 midnight

CBDC Conference Brings Together Central Banks, Academia and Thought Leaders

The full programme for the CBDC Conference 2024, which takes place 10-12 September in Istanbul, has now been published. The event brings together central bankers, industry experts, thought leaders, academia and policymakers to explore the world of digital currency, including CBDC, tokenised deposits, and stablecoins.

Events - July 23, 2024 midnight

Central Bank Artificial Intelligence Conference 2024

Currency Research is launching its inaugural Central Bank Artificial Intelligence (CBAI) conference in London 25-26 September. The CBAI follows on directly from the Digital Currency Conference (DCC) which takes place at the same venue 23-24 September, in what the organisers are terming Payments, Innovation and Technology Week.

Events - July 23, 2024 midnight

Central Bank Reports

In this new periodic series, we will cover in brief the news and information in various countries’ central bank annual reports as they relate to cash and payments, starting off with Ireland, Rwanda and Bhutan.

Central Banks - July 23, 2024 midnight

Who’s Who in Currency & Technology Suppliers

The last time Currency News™ (sister publication of Cash, Payment & CBDC News™), published its Directory of Currency & Technology Suppliers was 2018. The industry has changed a great deal since then with companies coming and going. The 2024 edition has now been published and is available to purchase in either a PDF or printed format.

Retail - July 23, 2024 midnight

Holding Limits Can Optimise CBDC Benefits

A paper by two academics from King’s Business School and the University of Liverpool and by a central banker from the Bundesbank explores the complexity around disintermediation, modelling different outcomes.

CBDC - July 23, 2024 midnight