Christopher Waller discusses the maturing stablecoin market and examines potential challenges that could impede stablecoins from reaching their full potential
Reflections on a maturing stablecoin market Read More »
The digitalisation of payments has accelerated. Ulrich Bindseil, George Pantelopoulos and Charles-Enguerrand Coste provide a critical review of terminology, clarifying the essence of new technologies in the field of payments to facilitate ongoing discussions
Digital money and finance: a critical review of terminology Read More »
Christopher Waller discusses the roles of centralized and decentralized finance, and whether they are substitutes or complementary to each other
Centralized and decentralized finance: substitutes or complements? Read More »
Lesetja Kganyago reflects on progress in modernising payments, and South Africa’s efforts to modernise the payments ecosystem and reduce reliance on cash
The future of payments in South Africa Read More »
Victoria Cleland discusses the benefits Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI) could enable for payments, the role that they can play in enhancing crossborder payments, and steps that could be taken to drive their uptake and use
A multi-tool for crossborder payments Read More »
Agustín Carstens and Nandan Nilekani lay out a vision for the Finternet, a user-centric, unified and universal financial ecosystem that is inclusive, innovative, participatory, accessible and affordable, and leaves no one behind
Finternet: the financial system for the future Read More »
Innovative, integrated and independent retail payments are crucial components of our monetary system. As payments transition into the digital era, Piero Cipollone discusses taking the Single Euro Payments Area to the next level
Innovation, integration and independence Read More »
We are at a pivotal moment in the evolution of money. Eddie Yue says regulators must remain open-minded, responsive, and prudent when considering CBDCs
CBDCs and the future of money and payment systems Read More »
Amidst the prospect of significant technological change in payments, Sarah Breeden sets out how the Bank of England seeks to deliver trust and support innovation, both as a provider and as a regulator of retail and wholesale money
Modernising the trains and rails of UK payments Read More »
Bitcoin has failed on the promise to be a global decentralised digital currency. Ulrich Bindseil and Jürgen Schaaf argue that the latest approval of an ETF doesn’t change the fact that Bitcoin is not suitable as means of payment or as an investment
ETF approval for Bitcoin – the naked emperor’s new clothes Read More »
