Tag "central bank digital currency (CBDC)"
Are CBDCs a Threat to Monetary Policy? Possibly, Says IMF
Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) represent a transformative development in the financial industry, as a growing number of countries rapidly progress from theoretical considerations to focused research and pilot programs. The compelling advantages of CBDCs have garnered the attention of
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Top 10 Highlights from Last Week’s Singapore Fintech Festival
The seventh edition of the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF), one of the world’s largest annual fintech events, kicked off on October 31, 2022 as an in-person event at the Singapore Expo. This year’s event, themed “Building Resilient Business Models amid
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Ravi Menon Lays Out Singapore’s Crypto Hub Ambitions at SFF 2022
Singapore wants to be a crypto hub, but only if it means being a hub for sound and well-regulated tokenised and digital assets with value-adding use cases, according to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). This means discouraging retail investment
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MAS Initiates Digital Singapore Dollar Trials
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published a report detailing potential uses of a purpose-bound digital Singapore dollar (SGD) and the supporting infrastructure required. The report also marked the successful completion of Phase 1 of Project Orchid which explored
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Central Bank Digital Currencies Not a Silver Bullet for Financial Inclusion, BIS
While central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have the potential to increase financial inclusion by lowering financial access barriers, they aren’t a silver bullet and must be part of a broader suite of tools and strategy that focuses on promoting universal
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“No Pressing Need” for a Digital Singapore Dollar Despite Benefits
There is “no pressing need” for a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) in Singapore at this point in time, but market shifts and changing customer expectations are nevertheless forcing the central bank to prepare for a possible issuance in
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Vietnam’s Prime Minister Calls for Pilot of Central Bank Backed Digital Currency
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is asking the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to study and carry out a pilot implementation for a digital currency powered by blockchain technology in the 2021-2023 period. The surprise move came in the
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DBS Report Looks at Digital Assets’ Buoyant 2021 First Quarter
Digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), are having an exciting year 2021, with many developments and booming adoption witnessed in Q1’21, DBS’ latest quarterly update on digital assets outlines. In Q1’21, digital assets
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DBS’ Report: Asia at the Forefront of the Digital Currency, Payments Revolution
Asia is the largest market for digital payments and will maintain its leading position with an estimated 16% compounded annual growth (CAGR) rate through the first half of this decade, according to a new report by Singapore’s DBS Bank. In
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Philippines Central Bank Joins Digital Currency Race
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Philippines’ central bank, has created a committee to look at the feasibility and policy implications of issuing its own digital currency, governor Benjamin E. Diokno said on July 29. “We have to first look
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