CBDC

How do attitudes to digital payments differ around the world?

How do attitudes to digital payments differ around the world?

Friday 5 November 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.44.5

Meeting: Consumer attitudes to CBDC

Tuesday 9 November, all day

OMFIF’s Digital Monetary Institute and Giesecke+Devrient are convening a private launch of the ‘Consumer attitudes to CBDC’ report. The roundtable will highlight the key findings from the OMFIF-G+D survey on consumer attitudes to central bank digital currencies. The survey spanned four jurisdictions: the US, Germany, Indonesia and...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/05/how-do-attitudes-to-digital-payments-differ-around-the-world/

Raskin says US ready to lead in climate battle, 10 questions for ECB strategy review, and more

Raskin says US ready to lead in climate battle, 10 questions for ECB strategy review, and more

THE WEEKEND REVIEW – OMFIF

Latest opinion and analysis from OMFIF around the world

1-5 March 2021, Vol.12 Ed.9

Most-Read Commentary

Raskin says US ready to lead in climate battle: The US must ‘make up for a lost four years’ of action against climate change, one of the country’s most influential policy-makers said at an OMFIF event. Sarah Bloom Raskin, former deputy secretary of the US Treasury, told OMFIF...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/03/06/raskin-says-us-ready-to-lead-in-climate-battle-10-questions-for-ecb-strategy-review-and-more/

Sunak should hold fire on tax increases, Legal troubles may delay CBDCs

Sunak should hold fire on tax increases, Legal troubles may delay CBDCs

UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Thursday 25 February 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.8.4

Commentary: Sunak should hold fire on tax increases

By Meghnad Desai in London

All eyes will be on UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak next week when he announces the details of the Spring Budget. Economic policy should prioritise restoring livelihoods as much as possible to pre-Covid levels. Sunak should not be hasty or do anything unexpected by way of new taxation in...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/02/25/sunak-should-hold-fire-on-tax-increases-legal-troubles-may-delay-cbdcs/

CBDC with Chinese characteristics, Sustainability and stewardship in asset management

CBDC with Chinese characteristics, Sustainability and stewardship in asset management

Monday 21 September 2020   –    Vol.11 Ed.39.1

Commentary: CBDC with Chinese characteristics

By Herbert Poenisch in Penang

China takes pride in having socialism with Chinese characteristics. Its fast-tracked central bank digital currency will also have its own distinct characteristics and could be operational by 2022. Most central banks are experimenting cautiously with CBDCs, but the People’s Bank of China is...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/09/21/cbdc-with-chinese-characteristics-sustainability-and-stewardship-in-asset-management/

Exaggerated worries over dollar demise, DLT and its potential use for CBDC

Exaggerated worries over dollar demise, DLT and its potential use for CBDC

Friday 14 August 2020 Vol.11 Ed.33.6

Commentary: Dollar’s well-entrenched reserve status

By Mark Sobel in Washington

August has brought a profusion of excited commentary on the dollar and foreign exchange markets. Some reports suggested the greenback was in a free fall. Others conjured up the longer term – a sharp downward move raises questions that go to the heart of the global financial system and the dollar’s role. These...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/08/14/exaggerated-worries-over-dollar-demise-dlt-and-its-potential-use-for-cbdc/