Speaking during an online event, BoE governor Andrew Bailey told a group of UK students that his institution was having talks over the plan, according to Financial News. Bailey said ongoing investigations would look at a central bank digital currency (CBDC) which would have implications across ‘payments and society’.
He anticipated that the CBDC could be a real possibility in several years, once coronavirus has passed.
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