Global CBDC bridge needs public and private cooperation, says BIS
Cooperation between public and private sectors would be vital for a global CBDC system, says a new joint report. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) continues investigating the development of the global central bank digital currency (CBDC), publishing a new joint report with seven central banks.Released Sept. 30, BIS’ latest CBDC report refers to joint efforts to explore a retail CBDC alongside the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the United States Federal Reserve, Sveriges Riksbank and the Swiss National Bank.The report provides....
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RBI is looking for ways to test a CBDC while causing little to no disruption for the bank’s status quo. The Reserve Bank of India, or RBI, continues to investigate the issuance of a central bank digital currency, or CBDC.T Rabi Sankar, the deputy governor of RBI, said in a speech organized by the Vidhi Center for Legal Policy that private digital currencies could be part of what makes CBDCs ultimately necessary. He felt that the RBI’s development of it’s own CBDC could provide the public with many of the same uses as digital currencies such as Bitcoin, while limiting the average user’s....
"The Federal Reserve would only pursue a CBDC in the context of broad public and cross-governmental support," said the recently published paper. The U.S. Federal Reserve is opening comments to the public after releasing a discussion paper on the pros and cons of a potential central bank digital currency.In a publication released Thursday titled “Money and Payments: The U.S. Dollar in the Age of Digital Transformation”, the Fed said it would likely not be authorized to issue digital wallets or accounts capable of holding a U.S. central bank digital currency, or CBDC, but rather leave such....