RESEARCH REPORT: CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES
An article showing growth in the use of contactless payments and digital wallets.
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Emerging P2P, B2B, B2P, C2B, A2A, Fintech, crossborder money transfer platforms e.g., Western Union, WorldRemit, domestic money transfer platforms, e.g., Zelle. Also included is content related to Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
An article showing growth in the use of contactless payments and digital wallets.
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This article describes Russia’s testing of the digital ruble, and includes testing the process of opening digital wallets and transferring money to them and person-to-person transfers.
RUSSIA STARTS DIGITAL RUBLE TRIALS – CENTRAL BANKING Read More »
A link to the telecom Orange’s description of Orange Money, an early mobile money wallet first popular in Africa.
PROFILE OF ORANGE MONEY Read More »
A link to MTN, the telecom company active in Africa, and its description of its MTN Mobile money product.
PROFILE OF MTN MOBILE (MTN.COM) Read More »
An article in Spanish describing the anticipated regulation of crypto currencies in Argentina.
A slide that shows graphically the forms that a retail and wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) might take.
CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY – ECOSYSTEM 2023 Read More »
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.
CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY (CBDC) – SECURE ECOSYSTEM Read More »
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.
HOW FEDNOW AND FASTER PAYMENTS WILL IMPACT US FINTECH Read More »
In this publicly available report from Redseer Strategy Consulting, it is estimated that 85% of businesses in India will be digitally enabled by FY26. This means that a large majority of businesses in India will have embraced digital technologies and processes for their operations.
THE FUTURE OF INDIA’S DIGITAL PAYMENT Read More »
A report describing financial inclusion post-Covid-19 and the opportunities that are presented in Latin America and the Caribbean. (In Spanish)
ESTADO DE LA INCLUSION FINANCIERA DESPUES DE LA COVID-19 EN LATINOAMERICA Y EL CARIBE Read More »