UK moves one step closer to CBDC with new Bank of England taskforce
7 May 2021
May 7, 2021 On April 19th, the UK government and the Bank of England announced they are setting up a Central Bank Digital Currency Taskforce. This an important opportunity — if the Bank of England cho …
Lloyds is banking on Generation Rent
27 April 2021
Lloyds Bank’s plans to become a private landlord highlight how banks and institutional investors treat housing solely as an asset to squeeze out ever greater profits. For the rest of us it is simply a …
MPs: Bank should consider higher capital for fossil fuel lending – Positive Money response
22 April 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE London – 22 April 2021 The cross-party Treasury Committee has today published unanimously-agreed recommendations on greening the financial system, following a two-year inquiry. T …
Positive Money response to Central Bank Digital Currency Taskforce
19 April 2021
London, 19 April 2021 – Responding to the government’s announcement of a new Central Bank Digital Currency Taskforce this morning, Simon Youel, head of policy and advocacy at Positive Money said: “Wit …
Leaders and Laggards: Keeping score of green central banking in the G20
15 April 2021
April 15, 2021 The world’s biggest central banks and financial supervisors are all talk and no action on tackling the climate crisis. Positive Money’s latest report, The Green Central Banking Scorecar …