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The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has issued a report arguing in favor of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and digital payments amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The bulletin published by the BIS, a 600-member international financial institution representing the central banks of 60 countries, urges central banks to consider developing CBDCs
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In a recent keynote speech to the London School of Economics, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director, Tao Zhang, briefed the positives and negatives of a central bank digital currency (CBDC).Zhang pointed toward greater efficiency and lower costs associated with a CBDC. “In some countries, the cost of
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Central banks worldwide have been bracing for the worst, as the global economy has shuddered over the last seven days. On March
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Despite the interest shown in decentralized ledger technology by central banks, cryptocurrencies continue to be mistrusted by the traditional financial system. This has been made apparent from comments by Andrew Bailey, the upcoming governor of the Bank of England, when addressing members of the United Kingdom Parliament at a
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Hours before the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) also cut interest rates in hopes of curbing market reaction to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.In a meeting held on March 3, the RBA announced it would be cutting the cash rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 0.50
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Researchers at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) are grappling with the future of payments – so much so that their newest quarterly report, released Sunday, is entirely dedicated to what that potential revolution holds.In its 138-page look at what lies beyond the financial horizon, the Swiss-based institution reckoned with
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When Satoshi Nakamoto invented Bitcoin, the creator designed the protocol to be an inflationary currency, one that is predictable as bitcoin’s inflation
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The Bank of England's (BoE) chief cashier, Sarah John, has said it is "crucial" that central banks research digital currencies so they can strike a balance with private issuers. John said it was "really important" BoE and other central banks considered whether digital currencies could form the basis of a
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KYIV, UKRAINE — Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have been a hot topic in blockchain circles recently, but central banks are lukewarm about blockchains. Representatives of a number of the world’s central banks discussed their CBDC projects last week in Kyiv, Ukraine. The one-day conference was arranged by the National Bank
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Sweden’s central bank will soon trial a blockchain-based digital currency – but it’s still in its very early stages, at best.Announced Thursday, Sveriges Riksbank’s e-krona pilot is the latest attempt at a central bank digital currency (CBDC) from an institution that for years fretted over basing any such project on
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