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Hong Kong’s efficient payment infrastructure lessens incentive to go digital, official says

Under proposed framework, a CBDC would have limited impact on monetary policy

Central bank publishes first phase of its CBDC research

ECB executive board member says there is no current need for central bank digital currency

Phase III of the project saw central bank cash and assets instantly settled across DLT network

Framework designed to help policymakers weigh up various forms of digital money

President Maduro announces public will be able to invest in ‘petro’ as well as gold

St Louis Fed paper argues against central banks launching full-blown digital currencies

IMF chief says central banks may be forced to issue their own form of crypto-asset

Governing board member Andrea Maechler warns of “incalculable risks”

Reserve bank to investigate issuing a digital form of central bank money

BIS weighs in on CBDC debate, claiming issuance could help transmission of rate changes

Op-ed by Mr Benoît Cœuré, Chair of the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI), and Ms Jacqueline Loh, Chair of the Markets Committee, published in the Financial Times under the title "Bitcoin not the answer to a cashless society", 13 March 2018. Read the original on the Financial Times website here.

Central banks must carefully weigh the implications for financial stability and monetary policy of issuing digital currencies, according to a report from the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the Markets Committee.

Sveriges Riksbank governor Stefan Ingves says lawmakers must act to preserve regulation of payments system