Central Bank of Jordan: Transforming Jordan’s Financial Landscape

Jordan’s financial sector is undergoing a remarkable transformation, with the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) at the helm, leading the charge toward modernization. Amid regional challenges, Jordan has emerged as a center of stability, resilience, and innovation.…

Malaysia's Journey in Combating Financial Fraud - A Case Study on Ecosystem Collaboration and Innovation

The National Fraud Portal from Bank Negara Malaysia and PayNet Malaysia marks an important step forward for the country in combating financial fraud. Serving as an agent of change in data standardisation and ecosystem collaboration, the NFP is not merely…

Enhancing Cross-Border Payments in the U.S.

As cross-border payments take center stage in today’s globalized economy, Margaret Weichert, Chief Product Officer at The Clearing House, explores the latest initiatives shaping the industry

Stablecoins & Tokenization: New Forefronts in Innovation for Central Bankers

Over the last year, Visa has engaged in cutting edge research around onchain analytics and on-the-ground stablecoin user surveys in emerging markets to better understand their impact.

Exploring the Future of Cash in Germany: A Foresight Study

The Bundesbank has turned its attention to exploring what sort of long-term future cash might have in Germany. In order to be able to proactively shape the evolution of cash in light of the trends we are currently seeing, we need an idea of the environment…

Digital Currency as a Means of Public-Private Competition and Cooperation

At the Bank of Israel, as in many other countries, we are actively exploring the potential of a retail CBDC. The journey towards a digital shekel requires navigating complex challenges, including addressing financial stability concerns and ensuring that…

Central Banking at the Frontier: Creating a Digital Financial Landscape

Central Banking at the Frontier: Creating a Digital Financial Landscape aims to guide readers through the emerging digital financial landscape from a central banking perspective, providing a glimpse into the challenges that the central banks are facing,…

Kyrgyzstan on the Path to Creating a Digital Som

Like many other countries around the world, Kyrgyzstan is researching and defining an approach to introducing a national digital currency and testing the concept of the digital token (PoC). On May 25, 2022, the Board of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz…

EMTECH: Managing Risk and Implementing Compliance Processes

One of the most pressing challenges facing fintechs and impacting central banks is how to ensure regulatory compliance. With highly fragmented regulatory requirements, risk monitoring and reporting methods, a more integrated compliance management platform…

Lipis Advisors: Get Your Head Out of the Sand — Best Practices in Fraud Prevention

Effectively preventing fraud as well as identifying bad actors and recovering ill-gotten funds requires cooperation among payment system stakeholders. Chief Executive Dr Leo Lipis and Director Andrew Gómez of Lipis Advisors present thoughts about fraud,…