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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

John Winchcombe

26 March 2023

5 min read

CBDC News

Germany’s community bank group has argued that Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) should only be brought into circulation by commercial banks who should be ‘appropriately compensated’ for it.

CBDC Digital CN

John Winchcombe

24 March 2023

8 min read

It Is All About Trust

Danmarks Nationalbank held a conference on 9 March in Copenhagen that looked at crypto assets and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), and then Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs).

CBDC Central Banks Events

John Winchcombe

23 Feb. 2023

5 min read

CBDC Round-Up

In a recent speech to the European Union Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Fabio Panetta, European Central Bank board member, said the ECB is looking at a new digital euro app with a basic payment function and creating a standardised way of connecting end users to intermediaries.

CBDC Digital CN

John Winchcombe

31 Jan. 2023

5 min read

CBDC Round-Up

SICPA has entered into a strategic partnership with the INX Digital Company with the aim of helping governments develop innovative and sovereign Central Bank Digital Currency ecosystems.

CBDC Digital CN

John Winchcombe

31 Jan. 2023

5 min read

Increasing CBDC Monetary Policy Impact

An important CBDC topic is its impact on a central bank’s ability to implement monetary policy. A technical paper by the BIS examines the possible impact of paying interest on CBDCs, or enabling CBDCs to compete with other payment methods in terms of convenience.

CBDC Digital CN

John Winchcombe

28 Dec. 2022

5 min read

MAS Investigates Retail CBDCs

Until now the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has concentrated on wholesale Central Bank Digital Currencies (wCBDC), which are used with financial institutions.

CBDC Digital CN

John Winchcombe

21 Dec. 2022

5 min read

CBDC Round-Up

The Swiss Innovation Hub of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has started project Tourbillon, which will explore how to improve cyber resiliency, scalability and privacy.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

6 Dec. 2022

5 min read

G+D’s Journey to CBDCs

Tanja Heßdörfer was interviewed at the CBDC conference in August for this article. Tanja is Head of Sales and Business Development, Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)s, at Giesecke+Devrient (G+D).

CBDC

John Winchcombe

6 Dec. 2022

5 min read

CBDC Round Up

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Digital Financial Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) have issued a white paper on CBDCs.

CBDC Digital CN

John Winchcombe

4 Nov. 2022

5 min read

CBDC Round Up

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub have been working on Project Aurum.

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John Winchcombe

3 Oct. 2022

6 min read

CBDCs: An Insurance Policy or a Necessity?

The Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) conference took place at the very end of August in Frankfurt, the first CBDC conference in person, reflecting just how new CBDCs are.

CBDC Digital CN Events

John Winchcombe

2 Oct. 2022

5 min read

CBDC Round-Up

Working paper 2713 from the ECB suggests policy interest in retail CBDCs has been driven by the decline in cash use and the rapid increase in digital payment types and use, challenging the status quo.

CBDC Digital CN

John Winchcombe

31 July 2022

5 min read

CBDC Updates

Taiwan has said that it has completed trials of its prototype retail CBDC in technical simulations. This was concluded three months early. Electronic payments have risen from 40% in 2017 to 60% in the first quarter of 2022.

CBDC Digital CN

John Winchcombe

3 July 2022

1 min read

CBDC Conference Agenda Announced

The CBDC conference has now posted its 2022 agenda online. More information about the conference can be found at www.cbdc-conference.com.

CBDC Digital CN Events

John Winchcombe

3 July 2022

5 min read

CBDC Round Up

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Hong Kong Innovation Hub will start Project Selah in the third quarter of 2022. The project sees the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Bank of Israel working together, with the BIS, to test a two-tier system.

CBDC Digital CN Free Free

John Winchcombe

7 June 2022

4 min read

CBDC Round Up

At a BIS event, the Central Bank of Chile announced that it is delaying its planned digital roll out to undertake further work on the benefits and risks.

CBDC Digital CN

John Winchcombe

1 May 2022

5 min read

CBDC Roundup

The Electronic Currency and Secure Hardware Act (ECASH) has been introduced in the US Congress by Stephen Lynch, a Massachusetts Democrat and chair of the House Task Force on Financial Technology. The bill directs the US Treasury Department to conduct a pilot program for a version of digital dollars that work just like cash in that they would be stored on hardware, not in bank accounts.

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