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#28: rCBDC Adoption: Consumers, Merchants, and Intermediaries
IMF contributors Natsuki Tsuda and Tunyathon Koonprasert join FNA to explore the REDI Framework and the strategic pillars essential for successful retail CBDC adoption.
#27: Mitigating Risks in Tokenized Securities and CBDC Integration
IMF and BIS experts Arvinder Bharath and Beju Shah join FNA to unpack Project Polaris and the essential risk-mitigation frameworks for tokenized securities and CBDCs.
#26: Modernizing Financial Markets with wCBDC – A Closer Look at the WEF Report
WEF experts Cameron Nili and Sandra Waliczek explore how wholesale CBDCs (wCBDCs) and the tokenization of central bank money are modernizing global financial markets.
#25: vATM: Enabling Seamless CBDC Adoption
David Chaum and Animesh Ghosh unveil how Currency Network’s vATM solution uses eCash 2.0 to deliver cash-like privacy and frictionless retail CBDC payments.
#24: Project Helvetia III: Settling Tokenized Assets with a Wholesale CBDC
SNB’s Thomas Moser and SDX’s David Newns discuss the live launch of Project Helvetia Phase III and the future of settling tokenized assets in wholesale CBDC.
#23: What’s Next for the Digital Pound?
Jannah Patchay and Elise Soucie join FNA to unpack the strategic roadmap, privacy safeguards, and innovation potential of the UK’s Digital Pound.
#22: The Next Frontier of Payments
Joachim Samuelsson and Sunil Karkera explore how Crunchfish’s Digital Cash SDK enables secure, scalable offline payments for IDFC First Bank and the future of resilient digital currencies.
#21: Exploring Project Rosalind
Bank of England’s Danny Russell and VISA’s Catherine Gu join FNA to dissect Project Rosalind’s groundbreaking API framework for retail CBDC and private sector innovation.
#20: New Digital Currencies Shaping the Future of Money
ECCB’s Sharmyn Powell explores the lessons learned from the DCash rollout and the critical role of CBDCs in driving financial inclusion across the Eastern Caribbean.
#19: Testing DLT-based Central Bank Solutions
MNB’s Anikó Szombati and SODA’s Chris Ostrowski discuss how Hungary is using NFTs and the Money Museum app to gamify and drive retail CBDC adoption.
#18: rCBDCs: Real Potential or FOMO?
Samuel Eddie Mogensen and Michal Vodrážka challenge the retail CBDC hype, exploring why advanced digital economies like Denmark and Czechia remain agnostic about issuance.
#17: The Future of Money: CBDCs and Beyond
Dr. Tony Richards and Sonja Davidovic explore the RBA’s CBDC use-case pilot and Project Nexus’s mission to revolutionize global cross-border payments
#16: CBDC Offline Capabilities
BIS’s Beju Shah and G+D’s Dr. Lars Hupel explore how offline CBDC capabilities and Project Polaris are securing the future of resilient, inclusive digital cash.
#15: CBDC & Privacy Technology
Michael Greco and Robert Zev Mahari join FNA to debate the technical and policy frameworks required to protect user privacy in a future Digital Dollar.
#14: Project mBridge: Real-Value Transactions on a Cross-border CBDC Platform
BIS’s Daniel Eidan and Accenture’s Ousmène Jacques Mandeng unveil how Project mBridge uses custom DLT to deliver $55B+ in real-time, multi-currency cross-border settlements.
#13: Digital Currencies: Coexistence or Competition
Visa’s Catherine Gu and EMTECH’s Carmelle Cadet discuss the critical balance between CBDCs and stablecoins in the race to redefine the global payments ecosystem.
#12: CBDC Interoperability in Cross-border Payments
Simon Chantry and John Kiff explore how standardized technological foundations can transform retail CBDCs into a seamless global solution for cross-border payments.
#11: Digital Currencies: Coexistence or Competition
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce and Professor Patrick McCarty join FNA to dissect the regulatory, privacy, and stability implications of a potential U.S. Digital Dollar.
#10: Gaining Momentum - Options for Access To and Interoperability of CBDCs Worldwide
BIS experts Anneke Kosse and Ilaria Mattei reveal how global CBDC interoperability and the 2021 survey findings are shaping the future of cross-border payments.
#9: What CBDC Features Will Drive Consumers’ and Merchants’ Adoption?
Accenture’s John Velissarios and G+D’s Raoul Herborg discuss the user-centric design features and offline capabilities required to drive mass adoption of retail CBDCs.