In August 2020, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, announced that it would research and test leading technologies to determine design requirements for a US-based central bank digital currency. Jim Cunha, senior vice-president, secure payments and fintech, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, discusses this initiative as well as the wider impact of distributed ledger technology on the financial system.

Speaker:
Jim Cunha, Senior Vice-President, Secure Payments and Fintech, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Recorded on 19/01/2021

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This recording is part of the OMFIF Digital Monetary Institute. See more information on OMFIF’s DMI here.

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