In just under sixteen years since the emergence of Bitcoin, the adoption and use of digital assets have surged globally. These assets are referred to…
Africa’s financial landscape is experiencing significant transformation as digital payments increasingly displace cash and emerging crypto assets challenge traditional notions of money.[1] Previously constrained by low…
Visa’s point of view on new trends in payments translated for central bankers and policymakers Stablecoins have evolved from an extension of crypto trading use…
Introduction Let’s look at our financial system from a timeline perspective. Paper banknotes appeared in the Middle Ages in China, and seven hundred years later,…
The financial system in Kazakhstan is undergoing a dynamic transformation associated with digitalization, the main factors of which are the external shocks of recent years…
Jean-Michel, we’ve observed a growing interest within payment systems circles regarding Central Bank-issued Digital Currencies (CBDC). Issuing digital currency would be less costly than issuing…