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All eyes on the digital euro

June 3, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The race to develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is often portrayed as one of polar opposites: the Chinese hare against the US tortoise. But we should keep a […]

Keeping money public

October 13, 2020 Comments are Disabled

Governments around the world are preparing to upgrade their national money from the paper to the digital era. Some argue the introduction of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) will mark […]

All eyes on China in digital currency race

January 23, 2020 0 comments

Emerging markets are at the forefront of the race to develop central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and all eyes are on China. That’s the main conclusion of a new Bank […]

Facebook splits UK, EU on payments

September 12, 2019 0 comments

Facebook’s new payment initiative, Libra, is already causing discord between policymakers in the UK and those in other European Union countries. Libra, which is heavily backed by Mark Zuckerberg’s social […]

Following the [digital] money

April 9, 2019 0 comments

Like a current, money flows, it circulates, it’s liquid. In fact, English law regards currency as one of the key attributes of money. But should new, virtual forms of money […]