Posts Tagged ‘Bank of England’
BoE, HM Treasury unveil CBDC forum members
Starling Bank’s Anne Boden and Lee Braine of Barclays are among those on the respective Engagement and Technology Forums tasked with identifying the challenges of designing and operating a UK central bank digital currency.
Read MoreBIS opens Innovation Hub in London
It is the fourth Innovation Hub Centre opened in the past two years, with plans to launch centres elsewhere in Europe and in Canada.
Read MoreNorges Bank to begin testing CBDC solutions
The central bank will use the technical testing to decide whether issuing a CBDC is “appropriate” as cash usage continues to decline.
Read MoreNew taskforce to ‘explore’ UK CBDC
The Bank of England and HM Treasury joint taskforce will engage with stakeholders to weigh up the benefits and risks.
Read More60 seconds with the Bank of England’s head of future technology on ‘taking CBDC seriously’
Will Lovell, who is responsible for looking at how new technologies are influencing the financial system, explains where digital currencies can make a difference.
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