Central bank digital currency
Riksbank warns about e-krona fraudsters
Swedish central bank points to false online information claiming it is selling e-kronor
ECB launches digital euro project
Central bank supports European Commission plan for e-identity rollout across the eurozone
CBDCs provide ‘clean slate’ for cross-border payments, says report
International bodies urge central banks to bolster CBDC co-operation
RBNZ to consider CBDC as cash use declines
Assistant governor says trust in financial system may be weakened by fall in cash use
PBoC continues crypto trading crackdown
Chinese deputy governor says PBoC will widen tests of ‘digital yuan’ CBDC prototype
O CBDC, O crypto! Wherefore art thou regtech?
Putting more investment and energy into regtech, instead of solely focusing on crypto and CBDC, would help to secure more of the expected benefits from digital evolution
Fed’s CBDC efforts should not be driven by digital yuan, Fed official says
A decision on ‘Fedcoin’ should be independent of action taken by China, says David Andolfatto
Hong Kong to study ‘e-HKD’ at retail level
Hong Kong will begin study on retail CBDCs and work with PBoC on e-CNY in the next year
Carney warns CBDC delays play into hands of big tech
Failure to launch CBDC risks entrenching power of tech firms, former BoE governor says
China abandons cryptocurrencies under the PBoC (this time it’s for real)
New data centres set to be established to compensate provinces for lost crypto mining revenues
CBDC: the case for ‘wait and see’
Despite growing interest, some central banks are staying out of the digital currency game
BIS opens Nordic innovation hub
Stockholm office is fifth in hub programme and involves four of the region’s central banks
The winners of the 2021 FinTech RegTech Global Awards
Fourth annual tech awards recognise excellence among central banks and the firms they work with
Central banks will need new tools if low rates persist – Rogoff
Governments must clamp down on crypto assets while central banks develop CBDCs, economist says
BoE’s Bailey says CBDCs could be ‘fundamental’
Innovation hub run by BoE and BIS hub likely to concentrate on CBDCs and payments, official says
BIS and French and Swiss central banks announce joint CBDC project
Project Jura will link national CBDC initiatives in bid to facilitate cross-border payment
BoE says stablecoins must be as trustworthy as commercial bank money
Stablecoins may require tailored regulation and access to emergency liquidity facilities, paper says
Thailand’s central bank picks G+D for retail CBDC project
BoT will use Filia platform for proof-of-concept
IMF warns Marshall Islands on digital projects
Local plans for digital currency and economic zone trigger concern at fund
Riksbank starts work on CBDC with external firms
E-krona pilot project to test technical solution with Handelsbanken and TietoEVRY
Chinese CBDC could bolster renminbi internationalisation – Hui Feng
Academic believes digital currency efforts could facilitate renminbi’s international acceptance and ‘popularity’
Bank of Korea to start CBDC trial in August
Central bank opts for two-tier model for retail digital currency
Sarb conducting feasibility study for retail CBDC
Central bank to investigate issuance of a “general-purpose” complement to cash
Brazilian central bank publishes CBDC guidelines
Model under consideration would be intermediated by national financial system