All posts tagged "CBDC"

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  All or nothing? Central bank digital currencies’ financial inclusion challenge

  CBDCs are widely seen as having the potential to improve financial inclusion. Ian Hall reports on a webinar exploring technical, practical and public policy considerations Governments have growing interest in

  • Posted March 5, 2023
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  Estonia launches research into digital currency

  Estonia has kicked off research into the suitability of its e-government technology for operating a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The country’s central bank, Eesti Pank, has launched what it

  • Posted October 8, 2020
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  Central bank digital currency developments hit “top gear” amid coronavirus

  COVID-19 is accelerating the pace towards a functioning central bank digital currency (CBDC), the co-chair of a central banks’ working group has said. “There is little evidence that cash transmits

  • Posted June 18, 2020
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  French competition authority invites challenges to tech giants’ e-payments drive

  France’s competition authority has launched a consultation on the fintech sector, focusing on the role of ‘large digital platforms’ in payment services. The Autorité de la concurrence has announced the

  • Posted May 28, 2020
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  Central banks pool brainpower on digital currencies

  A group of the world’s most influential central banks have teamed up to pool expertise on central bank digital currencies. The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England (BoE), the

  • Posted February 2, 2020
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  South Africa scouts state-backed digital currency

  The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is calling for solutions providers to help it with a feasibility project investigating the creation of a digital currency that would allow consumers to

  • Posted June 12, 2019
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