Can digital currencies end financial exclusion?
In the post-pandemic UK economy, why is it that financial exclusion rates are on the rise? Here at the Digital Pound Foundation, we want to start a conversation exploring how we can actively participate in building a more inclusive financial system, how the introduction of a digital Pound can help achieve this, and how we can support the development of a digital Pound that is “inclusive by design”.
How real is the CBDC threat to privacy?
Why is the UK retail payments landscape so unprepared for a digital Pound?
Co-authored by Martin Hargeaves, Phil Kenworthy, and Jannah Patchay Pay.UK is the leading operator of retail payments infrastructure in the UK. It operates most of the UK’s national retail payment systems: BACS, Faster Payments, and the Image Clearing System (which provides a digital mechanism for processing cheques). Pay.UK undertakes these activities under the supervision of […]
Government sets out plan to make UK a global cryptoasset technology hub
PwC Global CBDC Index and Stablecoin Overview 2022
An Illustrative Industry Architecture to Mitigate Potential Fragmentation across Central Bank Digital Currency and Commercial Bank Money
Metaverse and Money: Decrypting the Future
Cybersecurity and risk considerations for CBDCs
Authored by Gilbert Verdian, Founder and CEO of Quant, and Digital Pound Foundation Board Director Governments and central banks around the world are exploring the benefits that a central bank digital currency can bring to their economies. Not only must they deliver the policy benefits envisaged – including driving digital innovation, growth and increasing financial […]
Bank of England and Massachusetts Institute of Technology joint Central Bank Digital Currency collaboration
Central Bank Digital Currency – what is it and how will it affect us as citizens and consumers?
