Media activities, Announcements, Press releases, Digital currencies and fintech

• May 8, 2023

  Bank of Canada launches public consultations on a digital dollar

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada is launching an online public consultation on the features that could be included in a digital Canadian dollar.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Topic(s): Digital currencies and fintech
• March 16, 2022

  Bank of Canada and Massachusetts Institute of Technology announce joint Central Bank Digital Currency collaboration

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank of Canada and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) today announced an agreement to collaborate on a twelve-month research project on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Topic(s): Digital currencies and fintech
• February 11, 2021

  Canadian universities propose designs for a central bank digital currency

  The Bank of Canada is researching potential system designs and business models for a digital currency that, like a banknote, would be widely accessible, secure and denominated in Canadian dollars.

  Content Type(s): Press, Announcements Topic(s): Digital currencies and fintech
• October 9, 2020

  Central banks and BIS publish first central bank digital currency (CBDC) report laying out key requirements

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  This joint press release announces the publication of a report identifying the foundational principles necessary for any publicly available central bank digital currencies to help central banks meet their public policy objectives.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Topic(s): Digital currencies and fintech
• June 30, 2020

  Bank of Canada partners with the Bank for International Settlements to launch innovation centre

  Media Relations Ottawa, Ontario

  The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Bank of Canada announced today they will be launching a BIS Innovation Hub centre to advance fintech innovation within the central banking community.

  Content Type(s): Press, Press releases Topic(s): 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