
CBDCs
The Future of Finance Meetings for 2021 will bring together a variety of high-profile financial speakers. We will host a series of discussions, articles and interviews across all of our chosen themes: Data, Digital Identity, Securities, Asset Management, Law and Regulation, Payments, Money, Insurance, Pensions, Real Estate, Technology and Funding FinTechs. Follow this page for further updates.

The waiting for CBDCs is almost over and the ordeal of the incumbents is about to begin
A summary of the webinar of 23 November 2021 entitled The waiting for CBDCs is almost over and the ordeal of the incumbents is about to begin. Interest in CBDCs at central banks is almost universal, but the spectrum of stages of development is wide. The most advanced jurisdictions are, with the exception of China,…
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The waiting for CBDCs is almost over and the ordeal of the incumbents is about to begin (23 November 2021)
A Future of Finance Webinar with Central Banks, Banks, Payment Organisations, Regulators and Technology Companies Tuesday November 23 2021, 14.00 – 15.00 UK time Perhaps one jurisdiction and a half have actually launched a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). But the second largest economy in the world (China) is now promising to turn its pilot…
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CBDCs Summary ‘The message from CBDCs to payments banks is innovate or die’
THE SUMMARY, HIGHLIGHTS AND FULL VIDEO (AT BOTTOM OF PAGE) OF THE CBDCS DISCUSSION JULY 21 1. Is a two-tier system, in which central banks provide the infrastructure and commercial banks provide the customer-facing services a settled model for building a CBDC? In an article on CBDCs in its 2021 annual report the Bank for…
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THE MESSAGE FROM CBDCS TO PAYMENTS BANKS IS INNOVATE OR DIE CBDCS PART III (21st July 2021)
A FUTURE OF FINANCE WEBINAR WITH CENTRAL BANKS, BANKS, REGULATORS, TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES AND DIGITAL ASSET INFRASTRUCTURE PARTICIPANTS
Wednesday July 21 2021, 14.00 – 15.00 UK time
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The Engineering and Design Problems of Building a US Dollar CBDC
The central bank that runs the major global reserve currency has largely resisted the temptation to join the increasingly animated debate about central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). But this summer will see the publication by the Federal Reserve of a major consultation paper on making the US dollar available as a CBDC.
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The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank joins the CBDC pioneers as DCash is launched
Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are happening. On the last day of March 2021, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) became the first central bank in the world to launch a retail CBDC in a currency union.
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CBDCs Part II Summary 16 January 2021
A SUMMARY AND FULL REVIEW OF THE DISCUSSION AT THE WEBINAR ON 16 JANUARY 2021
Tuesday February 9 2021, 14.00 – 15.00 UK time
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Interview with Daniel Eidan
Daniel Eidan is solutions architect and global CBDC and payments lead at R3, the distributed ledger technology firm.
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Central Bank Digital Currencies Review
A SUMMARY AND FULL REVIEW OF THE DISCUSSION AT THE WEBINAR ON 7 JULY 2020 PART I
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Bank of England consultation paper is too coy about the consequences of a CBDC
The main reason that central banks are cautious about issuing central bank digital currencies is that they threaten to undermine the source of funding of the commercial banks, and therefore their ability to lend. It is hard to see how this risk can be avoided.
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French CBDC strategy is characteristically conservative
With virtually every central bank on the planet investigating the risks and benefits of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) it is easy to lose sight of the differences between their approaches. The Banque de France, in keeping with its longstanding suspicion of market-led innovation, is trying to control the pace of the digital currency revolution.
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CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES PART II (12th January 2021)
CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES PART II (12th January 2021) A FUTURE OF FINANCE WEBINAR WITH CENTRAL BANKERS, TECHNOLOGY INNOVATORS, BLOCKCHAIN EXPERTS AND BANKS Tuesday 12 January 2021, 14.00 – 15.00 UK Time A summary and recording of the first discussion can be found here Questions posed from CBDC discussion Part I in July 2020 which will…
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CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES (7TH JULY 2020)
CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES(7TH JULY 2020) A FUTURE OF FINANCE WEBINAR WITH CENTRAL BANKERS, BLOCKCHAIN NETWORKS AND BANKS Tuesday 7 July 2020 2.00-3.00 pm UK time One in four people now live in a jurisdiction where the central bank is exploring whether to issue a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), and one in ten of those central banks…
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