The CBDC Broadcast: Rewind
Catch up on FNA’s new 60-minute webinar, The CBDC Broadcast, hosted by Will Towning.
The webinar covers the latest CBDC-related news and events and features input from the brightest minds in the industry to provide a clear and concise overview of the latest developments in the world of CBDCs.
Catch up with the series below.
Episode #1: Quantifying the Impact of CBDCs
11th January 2022
How can central banks, commercial banks and other organisations use simulation technology to understand the impacts of introducing a CBDC? Dr Kimmo Soramäki and Dr Carlos León explore how financial organisations can benefit from simulations and introduce FNA’s CBDC Simulator.
With guests:
 | Dr Kimmo Soramäki CEO & Founder, FNA |
 | Dr Carlos León Director of Advanced Analytics and Simulations, FNA |
Episode #2:
15th February 2022
In February’s webinar, guests Jean-Michel Godeffroy and Keith Bear explore critical policy issues surrounding CBDCs and take a look at lessons learned from projects and research in China and the UK.
 | Jean-Michel Godeffroy President JMG Consulting, Former Director-General ECB |
 | Keith Bear, Fellow, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance |
Episode #3:
16th March 22
Guests, Mark Williamson (Managing Director, HSBC) and Soren Mortensen (Director of Global Financial Markets, IBM) offer an exclusive insight into HSBC and IBM’s joint CBDC venture following the recent announcement that they had successfully designed and tested an interoperable multi-ledger CBDC, securities and foreign exchange settlement capability.
 | Mark Williamson Managing Director, Global Head of FX Partnerships and Propositions, HSBC |
 | Soren Mortensen Director of Global Financial Markets, IBM |
Episode #4: CBDC Motivations, Challenges and Design Choices- A Perspective from the UK and Canada
28th April 22
In this fourth session of FNA’s CBDC Broadcast, we talk to Dr Francisco Rivadeneyra from the Bank of Canada and Mehregan Ameri from the Bank of England to gain an insight into CBDCs from a G7 perspective.
 | Dr Francisco Rivadeneyra Director of CBDC & FinTech Policy and Research, Bank of Canada |
 | Mehregan Ameri Central Bank Digital Currency Senior Specialist, Bank of England |
Episode #5: CBDC Motivations, Challenges and Design Choices- A Perspective from Latin America
18th May 22
Having looked at CBDCs from a G7 perspective, we turn our attention to Latin America as guests Ludmilla Buteau Allien (Bank of the Republic of Haiti) and Dr Adolfo Sarmiento (Central Bank of Uruguay) offer an insight into CBDC challenges and motivations from a Latin American perspective.
 | Ludmilla Buteau Allien Assistant Director of the Department of Money and Economic Analysis, Bank of the Republic of Haiti |
 | Dr Adolfo Sarmiento Head of Economic Policy, Central Bank of Uruguay |