Banque de France’s wholesale CBDC experiment
Speakers:
Valérie Fasquelle, Head of Innovation and Payments, Banque de France
Christian Pfister, Deputy Director General, Banque de France
Digital currency solutions for interbank settlement has the potential to transform current systems’ speed, resilience and cost efficiency. Valérie Fasquelle and Christian Pfister outline the Banque de France’s latest work on a wholesale digital euro. They discuss the parameters of the experiment, the motivations behind it, and the use cases they aim to assess.
Timings:
14:00-15:00 (London)
09:00-10:00 (New York)
21:00-22:00 (Singapore)
This virtual discussion is part of the OMFIF Digital Monetary Institute. OMFIF, the global central banking think tank, proudly announces the launch of the OMFIF Digital Monetary Institute on 5 May. The OMFIF Digital Monetary Institute creates a high-level college which convenes key policy-makers, technologists, financiers and regulators to explore the challenges, opportunities and implications of digital finance in the 2020s. See more information on OMFIF’s DMI here.
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