Fintech
BIS releases guide to tackle ‘complex’ offline CBDC design
Trade-offs include privacy and security to meet jurisdiction-specific objectives
World Bank issues first digital bonds on Euroclear’s platform
Distributed ledger technology has potential to improve securities processing
Decentralised finance has outpaced regulation – ECB paper
Technology with ‘no legal personality’ poses financial stability risks
US Treasury division proposes crypto mixer regulation
Proposals target terrorism financing after Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions Hamas
E-krona could boost competition and safety, say Swedish retailers
Riksbank analyses consumers and retail traders payment preferences
EU data protection bodies raise concerns about digital euro
EDPB and EDPS request central bank explain how it will process and protect data
DeFi could improve payments and settlement – BoC research
Inefficient legacy systems hamper the smooth completion of these operations
Global big tech regulation needed, says BIS paper
Researchers advocate for an activity-based approach as big tech overtakes fintech in some economies
Central Bank of UAE launches new 24/7 instant payments system
Immediate Payment Instructions launched in 2019 gained limited traction
Australia proposes crypto regulation reforms
Platform operators would need a licence and be subject to financial services laws
People: Novelist named to Honduras central bank board
SNB official retires next year; two new vice-presidents at ADB; and more
Data privacy and protection: non-negotiable supervisory equations
Manoj Singh says data protection is essential to modern finance, but throws up myriad supervisory challenges
PBoC developing interoperable QR codes for digital yuan
Digital yuan to be available in all retail scenarios and in wholesale securities markets
Swift tokenisation experiments connect multiple blockchains
Banks and FMIs working towards 24/7 global asset trading settlement and servicing
Hungary’s gamified CBDC pilot designed for children
Student Safe project is the first live retail CBDC pilot in Europe
BoE study recommends ‘simple and flexible’ CBDC infrastructure
Central bank needs to be wary of firms wielding too much market power, author says
Custodia opens for business without Fed master account
Wyoming digital assets bank is continuing legal action against the US central bank
Brazilian central bank outlines CBDC project
Drex is being developed on a distributed ledger platform with smart contracts
Russia starts digital ruble trials
Sanctioned banks are participating in CBDC pilot
Brazil’s CBDC to improve access to ‘intelligent financial services’
BCB expected to launch digital currency in 2024
El Salvador’s central bank licenses Binance
Move comes despite growing international regulatory concern over crypto exchange firm
PayPal launches US dollar stablecoin
Company will publish reserves report in September
Fed rate hikes propel ‘crypto cycle’ – IMF paper
Monetary policy more correlated with institutional investment in tech than finance
Guillermo Avellán on BCE independence, capacity-building and dollarisation
Central Bank of Ecuador general manager speaks about the need to bolster the central bank’s legal autonomy, dollarisation challenges, payments developments and monetising local gold production