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Filtered by CBDC — 145 articles

John Winchcombe

22 Sept. 2024

2 min read

Self-Sovereign Centralised ID – the Key to CBDCs?

A recent article in Forbes makes the case for Self-Sovereign Decentralised Identity to be used to address privacy issues with CBDCs.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

22 Sept. 2024

6 min read

Do Central Banks Have What It Takes to Run CBDCs?

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a paper considering the security of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). While there are frequent papers covering CBDCs and design features affecting privacy, financial inclusion, and the impact on monetary policy, it is rare for security to be covered. The paper lays out why and how a CBDC is different from existing digital payments and reviews the risks they face.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

22 Sept. 2024

3 min read

IMF Mission Guides the Dominican Republic on a CBDC

In June and September 2023, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) provided support to the Banco Central de la República Dominicana (BCRD) to explore CBDC.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

20 Aug. 2024

5 min read

Meeting the Challenge Facing Retail Money

The Bank of Canada has issued a staff discussion paper considering the role of retail public money at a time when new technology and new participants, some non-financial firms, are entering the process of money creation.

Cash Usage CBDC Free Free

John Winchcombe

20 Aug. 2024

5 min read

CBDC News

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

CBDC

John Winchcombe

22 July 2024

5 min read

CBDC News

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

CBDC

22 July 2024

5 min read

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

John Winchcombe

30 June 2024

5 min read

CBDC News

The Qatar Central Bank (QCB) is to enter a developmental phase for a CBDC for payment settlement with local and international banks.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

21 May 2024

5 min read

SNB: Step by Step Understanding of Wholesale CBDC

The Swiss National Bank, with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Swiss innovation hub, is running project Helvetia III, the world’s first issuance of a wholesale CBDC on a regulated third party platform to settle commercial transactions with tokenised assets.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

21 May 2024

5 min read

CBDC News

Sarah Breeden, Deputy Governor for Financial Stability at the Bank of England, has spoken about a discussion paper to be issued in summer 2024 on tokenised money. It will include feedback on the paper in its work on stablecoin regulation and a possible retail CBDC.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

18 April 2024

5 min read

CBDC Privacy and the Merchant

Defining the right privacy level for a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is a critical decision when designing a CBDC. The Bank of Canada has published a Staff Working Paper that focuses on the needs of businesses and considers the options.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

18 April 2024

6 min read

rCBDC Lessons from the Caribbean

Franklin Noll of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has written a payment systems research briefing note on what can be learnt from the experience of retail CBDCs (rCBDC) in the Caribbean.

CBDC Free Free

John Winchcombe

18 April 2024

5 min read

CBDC News

Sweden’s Riksbank has issued its latest CBDC phase review. This fourth phase built on a previous phase that trialled offline token-based payments to explore an offline e-Krona based on account balances.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

26 March 2024

6 min read

Federal Reserve Confident in the International Role of the Dollar

The Federal Reserve has published a paper on what happens to international payments and the role of the dollar should a US Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) be issued.

CBDC Country Profile

John Winchcombe

26 March 2024

3 min read

What Does Introducing CBDCs Imply for the Stability of Central Banks?

The ability of private citizens to execute electronic transactions using a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), central bank money, introduces new monetary stability challenges. A paper by Harald Uhlig from the University of Chicago considers this. The paper is highly theoretical but raises the sort of questions central banks have to get right in their planning for a CBDC.

CBDC Central Banks

John Winchcombe

26 March 2024

5 min read

CBDC News

The Dutch National Bank (DNB) has published a working paper detailing research on a transition from an economy without a CBDC to one with it.

CBDC

John Winchcombe

25 Jan. 2024

5 min read

CBDC Round-Up

The ECB is looking to sign five agreements worth about €1.1 billion for a four year pilot of a Digital Euro starting early 2025.

CBDC Digital CN

John Winchcombe

25 Jan. 2024

5 min read

CBDCs and the Law of Unintended Consequences

Whether you agree with Henry Ford, ‘History is bunk’, or George Santayana, ‘Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it’, a paper from the Department of Economic History at Uppsala University gives an interesting perspective on the risks of introducing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).

CBDC

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

Latest News

Self-Sovereign Centralised ID – the Key to CBDCs?

Do Central Banks Have What It Takes to Run CBDCs?

IMF Mission Guides the Dominican Republic on a CBDC

Meeting the Challenge Facing Retail Money

CBDC News

CBDC News

Holding Limits Can Optimise CBDC Benefits

CBDC News

SNB: Step by Step Understanding of Wholesale CBDC

CBDC News

CBDC Privacy and the Merchant

rCBDC Lessons from the Caribbean

CBDC News

Federal Reserve Confident in the International Role of the Dollar

What Does Introducing CBDCs Imply for the Stability of Central Banks?

CBDC News

CBDC Round-Up

CBDCs and the Law of Unintended Consequences

CBDC Round Up

CBDC Round Up

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