In a welcome bid to increase its transparency, the Bank of England has been hosting online Q&As with some of its most senior staff over …
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The Future of Money Conference in Frankfurt
On November 24th, Positive Money had the pleasure to attend The Future of Money conference that took place at the Frankfurt School …
Interim report from the Access to Cash review: Positive Money response
Responding to an interim report released on Wednesday from the Access to Cash review which warned about the dangers of the UK "sleepwalking" …
Another top economist supports our Digital Cash proposal
As we explored last week, our proposal for Digital Cash in the form of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is rapidly gaining the …
Could a central bank digital currency halt the privatisation of our money?
November 2018 Over the past few days top policymakers from the IMF, ECB and Bank of England have addressed the prospect of a central bank …
One step closer to Digital Cash
We just moved one step closer to seeing Europe’s first general-use central bank digital currency, which could be implemented as soon as …
10 Years On: why has so little changed since the financial crash?
As the tenth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers approaches, the Financial Times’ chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, …
Positive Money’s digital cash proposals find support in new Bank of England research
On Friday the Bank of England published new research concluding that a central bank digital currency (CBDC) would be compatible with, or …
5,500 Sign Positive Money’s Digital Cash Statement – What Happens Next?
Earlier today, Positive Money submitted a statement signed by thousands of supporters to MPs on the powerful Treasury Select Committee. The …