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Filtered by CBDC — 147 articles

John Winchcombe

20 Dec. 2023

5 min read

CBDC Round Up

Mastercard’s Asia-Pacific lead for blockchain and digital assets has spoken about CBDCs in the region. He argues that consumers are so comfortable with existing payment options that a CBDC is not justified.

CBDC Digital CN

John Winchcombe

28 Nov. 2023

5 min read

CBDC Round Up

A paper published by the Munich Personal RePEc Archive has carried out secondary research on Africa’s adoption of CBDCs.

CBDC Digital CN

John Winchcombe

28 Nov. 2023

5 min read

Privacy Matters for CBDCs

Uniquely amongst payment options, cash offers people payment privacy. A key part of the debate about Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) is about the extent to which a CBDC can mimic the privacy achieved by cash. A new Bank for International Settlements (BIS) working paper considers designing CBDCs for privacy protection and data governance1.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

28 Nov. 2023

2 min read

IMF CBDC Virtual Handbook

The latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published a blog which highlights its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Virtual Handbook. It draws attention to the explosion of interest in CBDCs and the need to design them appropriately.

CBDC Editorial

John Winchcombe

2 Nov. 2023

3 min read

CBDC Round-Up

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has used decentralised finance (DeFi) technology concepts on a public blockchain to trade and settle hypothetical euro, Swiss franc and Singapore dollar wholesale CBDCs across borders between simulated financial institutions.

CBDC Digital CN

John Winchcombe

2 Nov. 2023

5 min read

The Usefulness of CBDCs

Two recent pieces address the usefulness and role of CBDCs. One explores the theoretical benefits of a CBDC in a high inflation environment, the other the impact of a CBDC if a loss of confidence in the banking system leads to a run on the banks.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

28 Sept. 2023

3 min read

Flawed Design Risks Digital Euro

The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) has published a paper questioning whether the design of the digital euro could already be undermining its chances of success.

CBDC Digital CN

John Winchcombe

25 Sept. 2023

4 min read

CBDCs: Public Infrastructure for Innovation

Dr Wolfram Seidemann, CEO of G+D Currency Technology, pointed out at the company’s July Currency Technology Symposium that it’s not only about the resilience of the existing cash cycle, but it’s also about innovating the new cash cycle.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

25 Sept. 2023

9 min read

Central Banks and the CBDC Conference

As noted in another article this month, the CBDC Conference took place in Istanbul 12-14 September. This article reports almost entirely on the central bank perspective on CBDCs, particularly the use cases justifying their use.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

25 Sept. 2023

4 min read

CBDCs: Scepticism and Challenges

The CBDC Conference took place in Istanbul 12-14 September, with over 60 speakers, 40 central banks and 200 delegates meeting to consider the state of play for CBDCs.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

25 Sept. 2023

5 min read

CBDC Round-Up

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has been researching CBDCs. Its latest work found legal, regulatory, technical and operation issues that suggest an early launch of a CBDC is unlikely.

CBDC Digital CN

John Winchcombe

29 Aug. 2023

2 min read

Lessons Learnt from Ghana’s eCedi Pilot

The Bank of Ghana recently briefed the Payments Canada Summit on its CBDC work, the eCedi.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

29 Aug. 2023

4 min read

Vital Importance of the CBDC Use Case

The Bank of Canada (BOC) has issued a staff discussion paper examining whether or how CBDCs can deliver on the promise of financial inclusion in a cashless society.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

29 Aug. 2023

5 min read

CBDC Round-Up

Laos has trialled a digital currency, the Digital Lao Kip, working with Soramitsu, a Japanese fintech company.

CBDC Digital CN

John Winchcombe

30 July 2023

5 min read

CBDC Round-Up

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has surveyed 86 central banks and found over half are conducting concrete experiments or piloting CBDCs.

CBDC Digital CN

John Winchcombe

30 July 2023

5 min read

Securing Your Reputation When Issuing a CBDC

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has published its second guide to creating a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). This edition focuses on a security and resilience framework to guide central banks through the critical task of creating a safe CBDC.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

25 June 2023

3 min read

The Need For A Very Good Reason for a CBDC

The Federalist Society in the US has published a useful, and brief, summary of where key economies are in their CBDC thinking.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

25 June 2023

4 min read

CBDC Round-Up

Bruegel, a Brussels based European think tank, has published a paper considering the value added by CBDC in the context of the euro area.

CBDC Digital CN

John Winchcombe

11 June 2023

5 min read

Understanding the Impact of Retail CBDCs on Banking

In the last few years, the number of papers written about CDDCs has exploded as the world’s central banks rush to think about and investigate them. The Bank of Canada has carried out a literature review focusing in particular on the potential impact of introducing a CBDC on private banks, which it has published as a staff discussion paper.

CBDC Studies, Reports

John Winchcombe

11 May 2023

5 min read

CBDC Round-Up

The European Central Bank (ECB) has issued a progress report on the digital euro. The ECB’s thinking is in development, with a final decision to be made at a future date. A notable element in the report is the work on how the digital euro may be made available and harmonised with existing payment systems.

CBDC Digital CN

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CBDC Round Up

CBDC Round Up

Privacy Matters for CBDCs

IMF CBDC Virtual Handbook

CBDC Round-Up

The Usefulness of CBDCs

Flawed Design Risks Digital Euro

CBDCs: Public Infrastructure for Innovation

Central Banks and the CBDC Conference

CBDCs: Scepticism and Challenges

CBDC Round-Up

Lessons Learnt from Ghana’s eCedi Pilot

Vital Importance of the CBDC Use Case

CBDC Round-Up

CBDC Round-Up

Securing Your Reputation When Issuing a CBDC

The Need For A Very Good Reason for a CBDC

CBDC Round-Up

Understanding the Impact of Retail CBDCs on Banking

CBDC Round-Up

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