Fran Boait, executive director of Positive Money, has welcomed an OMFIF/Ipsos MORI survey published today which found that central banks are …
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Mark Carney: “There will be a change” in “unsustainable” monetary system
Bank of England governor foresees monetary reform and puts forward Positive Money proposal as possible solution In August the outgoing …
Facebook’s digital currency is not the solution: Positive Money comment
Responding to the announcement of Libra, Facebook’s plans for a digital currency in partnership with companies including Visa and …
Bank of Canada research finds Digital Cash could ‘improve social welfare’
A Staff Working Paper published by Canada's central bank last week concluded that a central bank digital currency (CBDC) could address the …
What we learned from Mark Carney’s Future Forum Q&A
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 …
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 …
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 …