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CBDCs are not all the same and policymakers/regulators know it
Despite the fact that Bitcoin and the larger cryptocurrency market is enjoying a bullish time, the case of central bank-issued digital currencies ...
84 PBOC Digital Currency Patents Show the Extent of China’s Digital Yuan
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has reportedly filed 84 patents relating to its plans to launch a digital currency....
Crypto Crime Doubled in 2019, but Still Under 1% of Transactions
It’s a new decade with an old problem for law enforcement officials: How do you stop cybercriminals from stealing billions of dollars in...
Why the Fed is considering a cash-backed cryptocurrency
The Federal Reserve is investigating the potential of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) as the backbone for a new, secure real-time payments and...
Japanese Foreign Minister Appeals to the U.S. to Join CBDC Research Coalition
Japan is beginning to make moves into the digital currency space, with the country’s finance policymakers working earnestly to get a proposal ready...
Understanding Central Bank Digital Currencies – CBDC
Are Central Banks going to Adopt Own Digital Currencies/ CBDC?
How did we get here?
In 2008, the world experienced a financial meltdown, now known...
How unlike cash will CBDCs be?
In this post I discuss several differences between physical cash, and what I imagine retail Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) might end up...
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision publishes report on implications of open banking
On 19 November 2019, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) published its report on open banking and its implications for banks and banking supervision....
State Sponsored Money – Under Pressure?
The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) is now throwing their weight behind Central Bank Digital Currencies for household use (“Retail CBDCs”). For clarity,...
The good, the bad and the ugly of machine translation for customer service
A lot of people have been talking about machine translation in customer service. It would make replying to tickets more efficient, improve the...
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