The Philippines expects to put in place within the next two years a central bank digital currency (CBDC), taking its cue from peer regulators that have developed such digital...
The CBDC Retail (CBDC-R) pilot currently enables Person to Person (P2P) and Person to Merchant (P2M) transactions. It is now proposed to enable additional functionalities of programmability and offline...
Central bank digital currencies are becoming more politicized globally, “but in the U.S. they seem to be ‘hyper-politicized.’” It’s only since Facebook announced its Libra stablecoin back in 2019...
Currently, many CBDC technology projects seem to duplicate past work or conduct work without clear goals, even as key technology questions remain unanswered. How can central banks investigate CBDC...
Martin C W Walker In October 2020, the Bahamas launched its central bank digital currency (CBDC), called the “sand dollar”. The sand dollar project has been greatly praised, described by...
Martin C W Walker The physical cash issued by central banks is one of the most private forms of money, but most central banks are looking at the feasibility of...
Willem H. BuiterApr 1 NEW YORK – In its latest World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund establishes a plausible case that once inflation has been squeezed out of...
Ravi Menon, managing director of Monetary Authority of Singapore, speaks during the Singapore FinTech Festival in Singapore, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. The festival runs through Nov. 17. Lionel...
Digital Canadian Dollar Public Consultation Report Forum Research, in collaboration with the Bank of Canada, conducted an online public consultation to gather community views and preferences from across Canada...
CBDCs are “a disaster for privacy”: The Government Must Listen To Warnings From Around The World And Rethink The Digital Pound Warnings from around the world show that a...