The Fintech Times: Tuesday October 06, 2026
BoE Digital Pound Lab Picks NOBO, D&B and Polygon Labs
The three-firm consortium enters Phase 2 to test stablecoin and digital pound settlement for SME cross-border trade finance.
Digital PoundSimon Youel, the head of policy and advocacy at the campaign group Positive Money, said: “With the decline of cash and emergence of private digital currencies, we urgently need a new form of public money in the form of a central bank digital currency, to ensure that we aren’t surrendering the future of money to unaccountable private interests.
“A central bank digital currency would open up access to our central bank to everyone, taking away the unique privileges enjoyed by private banks, and ending our reliance on them to manage our money and make payments.”
"/> Simon Youel, the head of policy and advocacy at the campaign group Positive Money, said: “With the decline of cash and emergence of private digital currencies, we urgently need a new form of public money in the form of a central bank digital currency, to ensure that we aren’t surrendering the future of money to unaccountable private interests.“A central bank digital currency would open up access to our central bank to everyone, taking away the unique privileges enjoyed by private banks, and ending our reliance on them to manage our money and make payments.”
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Simon Youel, the head of policy and advocacy at the campaign group Positive Money, said: “With the decline of cash and emergence of private digital currencies, we urgently need a new form of public money in the form of a central bank digital currency, to ensure that we aren’t surrendering the future of money to unaccountable private interests.
“A central bank digital currency would open up access to our central bank to everyone, taking away the unique privileges enjoyed by private banks, and ending our reliance on them to manage our money and make payments.”
CBDC Central Bank Digital Coin
The Fintech Times: Tuesday October 06, 2026
The three-firm consortium enters Phase 2 to test stablecoin and digital pound settlement for SME cross-border trade finance.
Digital Pound
CoinTelegraph: Tuesday September 15, 2026
Dollar stablecoins could deepen demand for Treasurys and extend the greenbacks reach as the UK builds its own framework for digital currencies.
Digital Dollar
Finextra: Monday August 17, 2026
Digital Pound
CoinTelegraph: Wednesday August 12, 2026
The Bank of Englands Digital Pound Lab is testing how stablecoins and a potential digital pound could work together in cross-border trade payments.
Digital Pound
CoinTelegraph: Wednesday July 08, 2026
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey reportedly said Nigel Farages lobbying did not influence the central banks digital pound policy.
CBDC
CryptoSlate: Friday July 03, 2026
Farage complaint puts the UK digital pound debate under scrutiny as questions over donor influence and CBDC policy intensify.
CBDC Digital Pound