RESEARCH REPORT: CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES
An article showing growth in the use of contactless payments and digital wallets.
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AREAS OF INTEREST FOR FINTECH REGULATION
A slide showing the developments in fintech that attract regulatory interest.
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PAYSEND: HOW IT WORKS (VIDEO)
A video explaining how the Paysend money transfer service works. Paysend is a financial technology platform headquartered in the UK that enables any bank card (Visa or MasterCard) to send and receive money worldwide.
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CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY – ECOSYSTEM 2023
A slide that shows graphically the forms that a retail and wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) might take.
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CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY (CBDC) – SECURE ECOSYSTEM
A brief description of the steps that might be taken to create a retail and a wholesale central bank digital currency. This was originally a Linkedin post that was shared publicly.
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HOW FEDNOW AND FASTER PAYMENTS WILL IMPACT US FINTECH
FedNow’s promise of faster payments is not new. Aside from RTP and same-day ACH, we have seen faster payments in a number of forms: closed-loop P2P payments (Venmo, Zelle), wire transfers, stablecoins, and push-to-card. Each varies in settlement type, rail, limit, cost, push/pull capabilities, and transaction limits. This has created an ecosystem where U.S. money movement has become unnecessarily complex. In this white paper by Bessemer Venture Partners they explain that they expect to see more payment-first business models, and a new wave of fraud, and infrastructure to facilitate the patchwork of faster payments in the US.
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OPENING THE BLACK BOX OF DIGITAL WALLETS AND DEMYSTIFYING ‘BUY NOW, PAY LATER’
This article uses data froma leading Chinese provider to show that ‘buy now, pay later (BNPL)’ dominates e-wallet transactions and expands fintech credit to underserved consumers.’
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MISSING KEY: THE CHALLENGE OF CYBER SECURITY AND CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY
In this report the Atlantic Council presents six digital currency variants that could form the basis of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) system. There is a focus on cybersecurity.
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A WORLD TOUR OF DIGITAL CURRENCY PROJECTS
This article looks at central bank efforts in Asia, Europe, and North America to support digital wallets and payments, through digital currencies.
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LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR AN OPEN FINANCE FUTURE
Celent/Plaid white paper on Open Finance.
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