DPF First Year Anniversary
Hosted: 15 November 2022Location: London, UKNo. Attendees: 124 Panellists included: Susan Friedman (Ripple), Claire Conby (DPF), Jannah Patchay (DPF), Christian Walker (Poundtoken), Marjan Delatinne (SETL), and Keith Bear (Judge Business School, University of Cambridge). On the first anniversary of the launch of the Digital Pound Foundation (DPF), we were delighted to welcome cross-industry participants to […]
Transformative Potential: Digital Money in Wholesale Markets | Poundcast Episode 3
Description In episode 3, our host Jannah Patchay, Policy Lead and originating member of the Digital Pound Foundation, speaks to Olaf Ransome, founder of 3C Advisory and also known as The Banker’s Plumber. In this interview, we turn our attention to the applications of new forms of digital money in wholesale markets. As we’ll see, […]
Here Are Rishi Sunak’s Most Urgent Crypto Tasks as UK Leader
Source: Bloomberg As Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak outlined an ambitious plan to turn the UK into a crypto hub. As prime minister, he’ll be under pressure to deliver on that pledge while at the same time containing an economic crisis. Crypto executives and investors interviewed by Bloomberg News greeted Sunak’s appointment with cautious […]
UK Stablecoin Rules Approved by Lawmaker Committee
Source: Coindesk U.K. lawmakers agreed on new rules for stablecoins on Thursday – as the government promised to consult on further crypto regulations and a digital pound in the coming weeks. In April, Rishi Sunak – at the time finance minister, but since promoted to prime minister – said he wanted to make the U.K. […]
Bank of England focuses on offline payments in CBDC proof-of-concept
Source: Global Government Fintech The Bank of England (BoE) is looking to bring in external expertise for a project exploring the ‘complicated’ possibilities and challenges of offline central bank digital currency (CBDC) payments. A decision has yet to be made on whether to introduce a CBDC in the UK and the BoE has been relatively […]
Modulr announces membership of Digital Pound Foundation Steering Committee and joins Payments and Use Cases working groups
We are very pleased to announce the addition of Modulr to the Digital Pound Foundation’s membership community. Since its inception in 2016, Modulr has grown to become the leading provider of embedded payments to businesses across the UK and Europe. Authorised by the UK’s FCA, the Central Bank of Ireland and de Nederlandsche Bank as […]
The benefits of CBDCs, and designing a system that delivers them
Written by Martin Hargreaves, Chief Product Officer at Quant Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) promise to vastly improve electronic payments by fundamentally changing the nature of money. These new digital currencies are programmable and offer the potential to help consumers and businesses better control their spending. Additionally, they can make cross-border payments faster and cheaper, protect individual […]
Privacy: Balancing individual and societal needs
On 21st September 2022, the Digital Pound Foundation held a roundtable to discuss the topic of protecting and balancing privacy within the context of CBDCs and other new forms of digital money. The roundtable was in the form of a 90-minute closed, in-person moderated discussion. It was a private session, subject to Chatham House rules, with […]
CBDCs and other new forms of digital money: Goodbye privacy and anonymity?
Authored by Claire Conby, Operational and Governance Lead at the Digital Pound Foundation and Chief Risk Officer at Billon Financial Ltd. Use of physical cash is declining. We are witnessing a growing appetite for digital alternatives, driven not only by private sector innovation, but also by an increasing recognition from central banks and governments of […]
Response to Crypto & Digital Assets APPG: Crypto Inquiry 2022
The Digital Pound Foundation takes pleasure in responding to the Crypto & Digital Assets APPG – CRYPTO INQUIRY 2022. The DPF is supportive of the UK government’s commitment to place the UK’s financial services sector at the forefront of cryptoasset technology and innovation, and to take a staged and proportionate approach to cryptoasset regulation, which […]
