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FUTURE OF FINANCE ANNOUNCEMENT: Quant launches Overledger Platform

[JUN 2023] Quant unveils The Overledger Platform, making the same enterprise-grade technology that has underpinned Quant’s projects with institutional and central bank customers to-date, accessible to large enterprises, SMEs and developers for the first time. ​The Overledger Platform: the infrastructure used in Project Rosalind – the Bank of England and Bank for International Settlements’ retail CBDC project –Continue reading “FUTURE OF FINANCE ANNOUNCEMENT: Quant launches Overledger Platform”

FUTURE OF FINANCE ANNOUCEMENT: Quant collaborates with BIS and the Bank of England on Project Rosalind

[JUN 2023] Quant announces its role as part of the vendor team for Project Rosalind. The project, led by the Bank for International Settlements and the Bank of England, explored how application programming interfaces could be used for central bank digital currency systems. Project Rosalind, directed by the BIS Innovation Hub London Centre, has beenContinue reading “FUTURE OF FINANCE ANNOUCEMENT: Quant collaborates with BIS and the Bank of England on Project Rosalind”

Quant and the Bank of England share CBDC vision

[MAY 2023] During a panel session at the Financial Times Digital Assets Summit last week, the Bank of England’s director for central bank digital currency, Tom Mutton, and Quant’s CEO Gilbert Verdian shared their views on a digital pound and tackled questions from the audience about personal data privacy and interoperability. Watch more here: https://quant.network/events/bank-of-england-and-quant-share-cbdc-vision/ ObjectivesContinue reading “Quant and the Bank of England share CBDC vision”

Is this how CBDCs will happen in the major global currencies?

[MAR 2023] A Future of Finance webinar March 23 at 2pm UK time When it came to digital money useable on blockchain networks, the choice between central bank money and commercial bank money used to feel binary: Stablecoins and tokenised deposits and e-money were stopgaps pending the introduction of CBDCs. But as the threat ofContinue reading “Is this how CBDCs will happen in the major global currencies?”

A thousand dApps will bloom on the solid foundations of CBDCs

[FEB 2023] Key Insights From This Interview The global consensus on the need to regulate asset-backed Stablecoins, and in particular to restrict issuance to banks, means these instruments are effectively being brought within the regulations applied to the banking industry (1). Being regulated as a bank entails obligations but also brings privileges, such as accessContinue reading “A thousand dApps will bloom on the solid foundations of CBDCs”

 A thousand dApps will bloom on the solid foundations of CBDCs

[FEB 2023] A Future of Finance interview with Ricardo Correia, Head of Digital Currencies at R3. Dominic Hobson 00:14:  Hello, I’m Dominic Hobson, co-founder of Future of Finance, spoke to Ricardo Correia, head of digital currencies at R3, where he leads a team that is working with central banks and financial institutions that are exploringContinue reading ” A thousand dApps will bloom on the solid foundations of CBDCs”

Embrace this digital future or die – Summary

This is the summary of a discussion hosted by Future of Finance in London on 20 September. A presentation by Dr Ian Hunt on his recently published paper, Digital Issuance – An Optimal Model for Digital Assets and Transactions, was followed by a discussion with an expert panel and the members of an invited audience,Continue reading “Embrace this digital future or die – Summary”

Has reform of cross border payments lost its mojo?

A summary of the webinar of June 22 2022 entitled Has reform of cross border payments lost its mojo? SUMMARY 5.14 Is progress towards cheaper, faster, more accessible and more transparent cross-border payments too slow? Making cross- border payments faster, cheaper, more accessible and more transparent in terms of cost has support at the highest politicalContinue reading “Has reform of cross border payments lost its mojo?”

How VP Bank is tokenising collectibles for clients of its private banking services

How VP Bank is tokenising collectibles for clients of its private banking services Liechtenstein is one financial jurisdiction which has embraced the blockchain enthusiastically. It has since January 2020 had in place comprehensive legislation covering all aspects of tokenisation in the shape of the Token and Trustworthy Technologies Service Provider Act (TVTG). The Act is,Continue reading “How VP Bank is tokenising collectibles for clients of its private banking services”

KYC, AML, CFT and sanctions screening checks are a bad answer to a real problem

KYC, AML, CFT and sanctions screening checks are a bad answer to a real problem Many business decisions are baffling. But on the face of it none is as bewildering as the decision by banks, asset managers, wealth managers, private banks, insurance companies and FinTechs to spend hundreds of billions of dollars a year onContinue reading “KYC, AML, CFT and sanctions screening checks are a bad answer to a real problem”