Three considerations for design of the digital pound
The Bank of England is currently in the design phase for a potential UK retail central bank digital currency: the digital pound.
Digital PoundBangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is working on Project Agila for wholesale central bank digital currency trials (wCBDC) trials. During a press briefing on the topic, Deputy Governor Mamerto Tangonan said he expected the wCBDC to go live within the term of new BSP Governor Eli Remolona Jr which runs until 2029. FinTech News reported []
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The Bank of England is currently in the design phase for a potential UK retail central bank digital currency: the digital pound.
Digital PoundUK Finance and its member banks have successfully completed the experimental phase of a tokenisation and CBDC platform.
CBDCBarclays, Citi UK, HSBC and Natwest participated in the Regulated Liability Network test.
CBDCBarclays published a paper exploring options for various digital pound functionality. It concludes an FMI should be responsible.
CBDC Central Bank Digital Currency Digital PoundAfter the real-time gross settlement crash in July, the BOE is looking for a solution to update the network, proposing synchronization for the revamp while considering wCBDCs as an alternative to the current system.
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