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Bank of Canada RSS Feedsen2024-03-29T10:59:22+00:00FSB Regional Consultative Group for the Americas discusses fintech, correspondent banking and regional vulnerabilities
http://www.fsb.org/2016/12/fsb-regional-consultative-group-for-the-americas-discusses-fintech-correspondent-banking-and-regional-vulnerabilities/
This press release, issued by the Financial Stability Board, announces that a regional consultative group co-chaired by Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins discussed the benefits and risks of fintech developments, including the implications of distributed ledger technology and peer-to-peer lending.2016-12-12T16:16:48+00:00enFSB Regional Consultative Group for the Americas discusses fintech, correspondent banking and regional vulnerabilities2016-12-12Central Bank Digital Currencies: A Framework for Assessing Why and How
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2016/11/staff-discussion-paper-2016-22/
Digital currencies have attracted strong interest in recent years and have the potential to become widely adopted for use in making payments. Public authorities and central banks around the world are closely monitoring developments in digital currencies and studying their implications for the economy, the financial system and central banks.2016-11-24T12:24:56+00:00enCentral Bank Digital Currencies: A Framework for Assessing Why and How2016-11-24Digital currencies and fintechFinancial servicesPayment clearing and settlement systemsStaff Discussion Paper 2016-22https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/sdp2016-22.pdfCentral Bank Digital Currencies: A Framework for Assessing Why and HowBen FungHanna HalaburdaNovember 2016EE4E41E42On the Value of Virtual Currencies
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2016/08/staff-working-paper-2016-42/
This paper develops an economic framework to analyze the exchange rate of virtual currency. Three components are important: first, the current use of virtual currency to make payments; second, the decision of forward-looking investors to buy virtual currency (thereby effectively regulating its supply); and third, the elements that jointly drive future consumer adoption and merchant acceptance of virtual currency.2016-08-30T10:26:51+00:00enOn the Value of Virtual Currencies2016-08-30Asset pricingDigital currencies and fintechExchange ratesStaff Working Paper 2016-42https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/swp2016-42.pdfOn the Value of Virtual CurrenciesWilko BoltMaarten van OordtAugust 2016EE4E42E5E51FF3F31GG1Fintech and the Financial Ecosystem: Evolution or Revolution?
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2016/06/fintech-financial-ecosystem-evolution-revolution/
Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins calls for the public and private sectors to work closely together to realize fintech’s full benefits and minimize its risks.2016-06-17T12:55:25+00:00Fintech and the Financial Ecosystem: Evolution or Revolution?2016-06-17Carolyn A. WilkinsDigital Disruptions to the Financial System, Opportunities and Threats
http://www.imf.org/external/spring/2016/mmedia/view.aspx?vid=4849365372001
Archived panel discussion at the International Monetary Fund seminar.2016-04-17T13:08:38+00:00Digital Disruptions to the Financial System, Opportunities and Threats2016-04-17Carolyn A. WilkinsA Bitcoin Standard: Lessons from the Gold Standard
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/2016/03/staff-working-paper-2016-14/
This paper imagines a world in which countries are on the Bitcoin standard, a monetary system in which all media of exchange are Bitcoin or are backed by it. The paper explores the similarities and differences between the Bitcoin standard and the gold standard and describes the media of exchange that would exist under the Bitcoin standard.2016-03-31T08:27:25+00:00enA Bitcoin Standard: Lessons from the Gold Standard2016-03-31Digital currencies and fintechExchange ratesFinancial servicesInflation and pricesStaff Working Paper 2016-14https://www.bankofcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/swp2016-14.pdfA Bitcoin Standard: Lessons from the Gold StandardWarren E. WeberMarch 2016EE4E41E42E5E58