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CBDCs – Central Banks Digital Currencies or Central Banks’ Defence against Cryptocurrencies?

Central banks have been looking at cryptocurrencies for some time not without trepidation. Bank of England and Swedish Riksbank among others have contributed papers and declared their intent to participate in the emerging crypto universe. After years of talking it down, trashing and dismissing it, governments (and central banks) continue to be myst...

12 May 2021

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CRYPTO AND CENTRAL BANKS

Ban them? Block them? Back them? Governments and central bankers have long been exercised by the disruptive nonsense of cryptocurrencies. Some countries are actively experimenting with cryptocurrencies with rather unimpressive results. These include Uruguay, Senegal, Tunisia, and Venezuela. Venezuela’s cryptocurrency, the petro, backed by the coun...

06 December 2018

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New Banks: Being Digital Being Different

Years ago, at a banking conference in New Orleans, I attended a presentation by Michael Porter, the legendary Harvard Business School professor of strategy. Porter was presenting his theory of competitive strategy to a hall full of bankers. Whatever you want to be, he said, be different. A “me too” strategy is no strategy and an un-differentiated ...

02 November 2017

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