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Morocco’s central bank Bank-Al-Maghrib (BAM) has announced is investigating the benefits of launching a central bank digital currency (CBDCs).
CBDC, central bank digital currency, bam, bank-al-maghrib, Moroccan bank, cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, crypto regulation
A trial of central bank digital currency in Sweden is to be extended for another year to 2021, in a bid to better understand the benefits and implications of a wider roll-out.
CBDC, central bank digital currency, Sweden, digital krona, Accenture, Riksbank, central bank
Bank of France Deputy Governor has presented the progress being made with the central bank digital currency (CBDC) and touched upon possible regulatory changes and the legal framework.
Bank of France, CBDC, digital euro, regulatory framework, central bank digital currency, banks, cross border payments
The Paypers interviewed Paula Hunter from the Mojaloop Foundation to learn how financial inclusion can happen in vital regions across the world when an open source approach is embraced
Mojaloop, Mojaloop Foundation, Paula Hunter, financial inclusion, charitable nonprofit, digital finance, Open Finance, interoperability, real-time payments, transactions , mobile money, Central banks, unbanked, SME, credit score, lending, central bank digital currency, CBDC, blockchain, KYC
Plans for a national digital currency have now moved beyond the trial phase, according to the governor of the Bank of Canada.
central bank digital currency, CBDC, Canada, Bank of Canada, banks, stablecoins
The European Central Bank has announced a survey of public opinion regarding the issuance of a digital euro, implying the central bank is considering a retail CBDC.
European Central Bank, ECB, central bank digital currency, CBDC, survey, Europe
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced its intentions of developing a central bank digital currency (CDBC) with the help of new partners.
Reserve Bank of Australia, RBA, CBDC, central bank digital currency, Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, Perpetual, ConsenSys, Ehereum, cryptocurrency, banking, New Payments Platform
‘We can do better than build back the pre-pandemic world – we can build forward to a world that is more resilient, sustainable, and inclusive. We must seize this new Bretton Woods moment’ Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director, Washington, DC on 15th October 2020
central bank digital currency, CBDC, COVID-19, payments digitalisation, Libra, cross-border payment, cryptocurrencies, tokens, stablecoins, reserve currency, SWIFT, fiscal stimulus, Fed, interest rates, Central banks, commercial banks, BIS, IMF
Bank of Korea, cryptocurrency, CBDC, South Korea, central bank, BOK, central bank digital currency
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has selected ConsenSys, a US-based blockchain company, to develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC) project.
Hong Kong Monetary Authority, HKMA, ConsenSys, blockchain, CBDC, central bank digital currency, cross border payments, Singapore
The president of Brazil’s central bank has announced Brazilians could expect to see a central bank digital currency (CDBC) before 2023.
Banco Central, Brazil, Open Banking, PIX, central bank digital currency, CBDC, P2P payments, B2B payments
‘Choices around the technology used for CBDC are important as they would have a significant impact on the extent to which CBDC meets our overall objectives’, The Bank of England
central bank digital currency, Lars Arvidsson, eCurrency, Bank of England, DLT, digital wallets, Central banks, commercial banks, Digital Secure Currency, payment cards, Mobile Money wallets
Douwe Lycklama, Innopay: After years of cash reduction in favour of commercial banks debt money, now central banks can regain some of their position once held in a cash society
Douwe Lycklama, INNOPAY, CBDC, central bank digital currency, programmable money, digital wallet, tokens, decentralised finance, DeFi, US, Central banks
China Construction Bank (CCB) had opened a wallet service for China’s central bank digital currency to public users, however it has disabled it after the feature gained widespread attention.
DCEP, digital yuan, central bank digital currency, China, China Construction Bank, innovation, mobile wallet, mobile app
The Bank of Korea (BOK) has been accelerating its drive for the timely establishment of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot system.
CBDC, architecture, Central banks, central bank digital currency, Bank of Korea, cryptocurrency, pilot, trial
Blockchain, or ‘distributed ledger’ technology that underpins Bitcoin, has emerged as an object of intense interest in the financial services industry and beyond
financial services, blockchain, central bank digital currency, CBDC, Central banks, Sky Guo, Cypherium, digital currencies, DLT, China
Chinese Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) will soon be tested in ‘Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and Yangtze River Delta region’ according to China’s Ministry of Commerce.
central bank digital currency, CBDC, China, digital yuan, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, digital wallet app, accounts, money, payments , money transfer
‘The principal threat to the role of the dollar as Prime currency comes not from Facebook but from China’ ‘The Digital Currency Revolution’ by David Birch
David Birch, digital currency, central bank digital currency, Facebook, China, trade, economy, central bank reserves, central bank, payments , innovation
Cypherium, an enterprise-focused blockchain platform, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Suzhou City Municipal to advance the city’s development of blockchain infrastructure.
Cypherium, blockchain, CBDC trials, China, DC/EP, central bank digital currency
In our second instalment of CBDC series, Barry Topf, Chief Economist at Saga Monetary Technologies, discusses the potential CBDCs hold but also the great hidden risks, especially in terms of privacy
Saga Monetary Technologies, Barry Topf, CBDC, central bank digital currency, crypto, digitalisation, tokens, trust, security, Central banks, central bank money, interest rate, financial stability, Saga token, SGA