Announcements, Media Activities, Press Releases, Digital Currencies and Fintech

• January 21, 2020

  Central bank group to assess potential cases for central bank digital currencies

  The Bank of Canada announces it is creating a working group with five other central banks and the Bank for International Settlements to assess the potential cases for central bank digital currencies.

  Content Type(s): Press, Announcements Topic(s): Digital Currencies and Fintech
• May 2, 2019

  Central Banks of Canada and Singapore conduct successful experiment for cross-border payments using Distributed Ledger Technology

  This joint press release highlights the findings of the Jasper-Ubin experiment on cross-border, cross-currency payments using distributed ledger technology (DLT).

  Content Type(s): Press, Press Releases Topic(s): Digital Currencies and Fintech
• November 15, 2018

  The Bank of Canada, Bank of England and Monetary Authority of Singapore share assessment on emerging opportunities for digital transformation in cross-border payments

  This joint press release describes a preliminary report on the findings of the fourth phase of the Project Jasper research initiative.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press Releases Topic(s): Digital Currencies and Fintech
• October 22, 2018

  Payments Canada, the Bank of Canada, TMX Group, Accenture and R3 publish report about the feasibility of equity settlement through Distributed Ledger Technology

  This joint press release describes a new report on the findings of the third phase of the Project Jasper research initiative.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press Releases Topic(s): Digital Currencies and Fintech
• June 13, 2018

  Bank of Canada partners with Creative Destruction Lab to deepen knowledge of new technologies

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada announced today that it will partner with the Creative Destruction Lab to deepen its knowledge of leading technologies.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press Releases Topic(s): Digital Currencies and Fintech
• May 11, 2018

  Payments Canada, the Bank of Canada, TMX Group, Accenture and R3 Demonstrate Feasibility of Instantaneous Equity Settlement through Distributed Ledger Technology

  This joint press release describes the preliminary findings of the third phase of the Project Jasper research initiative.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press Releases Topic(s): Digital Currencies and Fintech
• January 25, 2018

  CNBC

  

  Stephen S. Poloz, Governor of the Bank of Canada
  Interview with Karen Tso to discuss digital currencies during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland

  Content Type(s): Press, Media Activities Topic(s): Digital Currencies and Fintech
• October 17, 2017

  Payments Canada, Bank of Canada and TMX Group announce integrated securities and payment platform as next phase of Project Jasper

  This joint press release announces a new collaboration between Payments Canada, the Bank of Canada and TMX Group as part of the third phase of the Project Jasper research initiative.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press Releases Topic(s): Digital Currencies and Fintech
• July 6, 2017

  Canada explores digital currency: Fintech collaboration vital to unlock promise

  In an opinion piece published in Global Public Investor 2017 by the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins discusses how the Bank of Canada is approaching digital currencies from three angles: research, experimentation and co-operation.

  Content Type(s): Press, Media Activities Topic(s): Digital Currencies and Fintech
• June 27, 2017

  FSB issues a report on the financial stability implications from FinTech

  This FSB press release announces that a working group chaired by Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn A. Wilkins published a report analyzing the potential financial stability implications of fintech.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press Releases Topic(s): Digital Currencies and Fintech