Who We Are
Central Bank Payments News (CBPN) – a Currency Research (CR) initiative – is a monthly e-publication dedicated to informing the worldwide central bank payments & market infrastructure community of the most relevant and timely payments issues impacting the central bank today.
With a unique and in-depth payments focus tailored to a central bank perspective, CBPN is an independent and comprehensive source of intelligence that delivers reliable and unbiased news to the global central bank payments community.
Our readers include leaders and experts in the central bank payments & market infrastructure, as well as relevant operators and participants under the oversight of the central bank.
CBPN is a natural extension of CR’s premier payments events – the Central Bank Payments Conference (CBPC), the Digital Currency Conference (DCC), and the Global Payments Summits (GPS) series. These events draw senior-level central bankers, regulators, and industry stakeholders from across the globe, who comprise the core readership of CBPN. The 2025 Central Bank Payments Conference in Paris welcomed over 190 senior-level delegates from more than 100 organisations and 44 countries.
Key Topics
CBPN regularly monitors the landscape for the latest news, research, and developments in the central bank payments ecosystem. We address the most relevant topics currently impacting central banks and monetary authorities across the globe and periodically focus on pertinent issues in consumer/retail/commercial payments.
Topics regularly covered in CBPN include: Artificial Intelligence; Blockchain & DLT; Cards; Central Bank Digital Currency; Cross-Border Payments; Cybersecurity; Digital Banking; Digital Currencies; Digital Identity; Financial Inclusion; Fintech & Sandboxes; Fraud; Infrastructure & Modernisation; Instant Payments; Mobile Payments; Open Banking and Open Finance; Regulation; Retail Payments; and Tokenisation.
Past Contributors
CBPN delivers custom content and analysis from leaders and experts in the field. CBPN features a central bank initiative each month and periodically showcases exclusive interviews with leaders in central bank payments and market infrastructure.
- ACI Worldwide
- Afghanistan Payments System (APS)
- AfricaNenda
- AI 2030
- Al Etihad Payments
- Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI)
- Andrei Lipkin (researcher)
- Arab Monetary Fund (AMF)
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- ASEAN Financial Innovation Network (AFIN)
- Associazione Bancaria Italiana (ABI)
- Banco Central de la República Argentina
- Banco Central de la República Dominicana
- Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
- Banco Central del Ecuador
- Banco Central del Paraguay
- Banco de Cabo Verde
- Banco de México
- Banco de Portugal
- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
- Bangladesh Bank
- Bank Al-Maghrib
- Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
- Bank Indonesia
- Bank Negara Malaysia
- Bank of Albania
- Bank of Canada
- Bank of England
- Bank of Finland
- Bank of Ghana
- Bank of Greece
- Bank of Israel
- Bank of Jamaica
- Bank of Japan
- Bank of Lithuania
- Bank of Tanzania
- Bank of Thailand
- BankservAfrica
- Banque de France
- The BENEFIT Company
- Better Than Cash Alliance
- BIS Innovation Hub Hong Kong Centre
- BIS Innovation Hub London Centre
- BIS Innovation Hub Singapore Centre
- Bitt
- Gabriel R. Bizama (University of Bern)
- Shoukat Bizinjo (Simpaisa, formerly of the State Bank of Pakistan)
- Bluechain
- Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
- Buna
- Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF)
- Celo
- Cenfri
- Central Bank Digital Currency Think Tank
- Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan
- Central Bank of Cyprus
- Central Bank of Egypt
- Central Bank of Eswatini
- Central Bank of Iceland
- Central Bank of Ireland
- Central Bank of Jordan
- Central Bank of Kenya
- Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo
- Central Bank of Kuwait
- Central Bank of Montenegro
- Central Bank of Nigeria
- Central Bank of Oman
- Central Bank of Solomon Islands
- Central Bank of The Bahamas
- Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
- Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye
- Central Bank of Uzbekistan
- Centrale Bank van Aruba
- Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)
- Centre for Evidence-Based Management
- Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CFTE)
- Centro de Innovación Financiera Costa Rica (CIF)
- CGAP
- Crunchfish
- Danmarks Nationalbank
- De Nederlandsche Bank
- Deutsche Bundesbank
- DIAS
- The Digital Dollar Project
- Digital Euro Association (DEA)
- Digital Frontiers Institute
- Digital Pound Foundation
- Discover Global Network
- Eesti Pank
- Emerging Payments Association Africa
- Emerging Payments Association Asia
- EMTECH
- European Banking Authority
- European Central Bank
- European Cooperation in Science & Technology (COST)
- European Payments Council
- European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
- Featurespace
- Federal Reserve Financial Services
- Federal Reserve System
- Financial Sector Conduct Authority (South Africa)
- FinMark Trust
- FIS
- Gallaher Advisory
- Global Digital Finance
- Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN)
- Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)
- Jean-Michel Godeffroy (former ECB)
- Gulf Payments Company
- Gerard Hartsink (International Chamber of Commerce)
- IBM Consulting
- IDEMIA
- Interac
- Interbank Card Center (BKM) Türkiye
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Jordan Payments & Clearing Company (JoPACC)
- Klearium Group
- Koenigsberg Insights
- KU Leuven
- LankaPay
- Ashley Lannquist
- Lipis Advisors
- Madagascar Ministry of Economy and Finance
- Magyar Nemzeti Bank
- Maldives Monetary Authority
- Piet Mallekoote (ECB’s Digital Euro Market Advisory Group)
- M-Pesa Africa
- Mastercard
- MindBridge
- Mojaloop
- Mvelo Walaza (SARB, PhD student)
- National Bank of Belgium
- National Bank of Ethiopia
- National Bank of Georgia
- National Bank of Kazakhstan
- National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic
- National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia
- National Bank of Serbia
- National Bank of Tajikistan
- National Bank of Ukraine
- National Digital Payments Network of Brunei (ndpx)
- National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) International
- New Payments Platform Australia (NPPA)
- Nexus Global Payments
- Oesterreichische Nationalbank
- Open Finance Association
- Palestine Monetary Authority
- Pay.UK
- Payment Systems Regulator (UK)
- Payments Association of South Africa (PASA)
- Payments Canada
- Payments New Zealand
- PayNet (Payments Network Malaysia)
- PHB Development
- Pinaka Consulting Ltd.
- ProgressSoft
- Reliance Industries
- Reserve Bank of Australia
- Reserve Bank of India
- Reserve Bank of New Zealand
- Ripple
- RSwitch (Rwanda)
- RTGS.global
- The SEACEN Centre
- South African Reserve Bank
- Sovereign Digital Official Association (SODA)
- Stanford Digital Currency Global Initiative
- State Bank of Pakistan
- StoneX Payments
- Sveriges Riksbank
- The Clearing House
- The SWIFT Institute
- Tietoevry
- Travelex
- Unifits
- Union Bank of the Philippines
- Unit of Financial Regulation of
Colombia (URF) - United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
- University of Michigan Center on
Finance, Law & Policy - Visa
- Visa Economic Empowerment Institute (VEEI)
- The World Bank Group
- World Economic Forum
Our Subscribers
We are proud to serve subscribers from all over the world. Below is a small selection of organisations that join us each month for the latest industry news and analysis.
