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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 of Stablecoins thatContinue reading “Is this how CBDCs will happen in the major global currencies?”
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A thousand dApps will bloom on the solid foundations of CBDCs
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 access to centralContinue reading “A thousand dApps will bloom on the solid foundations of CBDCs”
A thousand dApps will bloom on the solid foundations of CBDCs
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 exploring CBDCs andContinue 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”
It’s time to start thinking about CBDCs as an intelligent form of QE
It’s time to start thinking about CBDCs as an intelligent form of QE No one central bank digital currency (CBDC) is ever quite the same as another. But so far every CBDC project has focused largely on the technicalities of making payments – by or to unbanked consumers or businesses, or between counterparties across nationalContinue reading “It’s time to start thinking about CBDCs as an intelligent form of QE”
Are central banks thinking radically enough about CBDCs?
A summary of the webinar of May 18 2022 entitled Are central banks thinking radically enough about CBDCs? CBDCS are widely expected to be the key to unlocking the potential of tokenisation as a technique for transforming payments and securities issuance, trading, servicing and safekeeping, and for bringing a host of new asset classes –Continue reading “Are central banks thinking radically enough about CBDCs?”
Has reform of cross border payments lost its mojo? (22 June 2022)
A Future of Finance webinar with payments professionals, banks, payments infrastructure, regulators and technology companies Wednesday June 22 at 2pm UK time Cross-border payments are, in the now familiar mantra of the G20, slow, expensive, opaque and inaccessible. This matters because, despite a slowdown in the rate of growth of world trade, cross-border payments areContinue reading “Has reform of cross border payments lost its mojo? (22 June 2022)”