American Bankers Association (ABA) Rails Against Fed-Run Digital Dollar

American Bankers Association (ABA) Rails Against Fed-Run Digital Dollar
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2020-7-1 16:41

The American Bankers Association (ABA) has issued a statement railing against the use of a digital dollar, a distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based payments system run by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

The association cites several tenuous arguments in its opposition against a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). The American Bankers Association (ABA) issued a statement in early June that a hearing would take place to examine the potential actions the banking industry could take to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Titled “Inclusive Banking During a Pandemic: Using FedAccounts and Digital Tools to Improve Delivery of Stimulus Payments”, the ABA’s statement pushed back against blockchain solutions:

Source: Twitter

The statement was offered in response to Congress considering the use of digital dollars and FedAccounts to accelerate the delivery of stimulus checks to U.S. citizens.

The statement clearly shows the opposition of the ABA to the idea. It argued that a:

disruptive federalization of the banking system” would endanger “monetary policy, financial stability, credit availability, and financial inclusion.

The ABA Claims Fast, Electronic Payments are Already a Reality

The ABA goes on to defend the efforts of the private banking industry, which it says has been pivotal in the handling of economic impact payments and the paycheck protection program.

However, several posts on social media show that citizens have only received a single payment in the past few months, if anything at all.

The association cites credit and debit cards, and payment applications like Venmo as proof of the prevalence of digital payments. It adds:

Given the significant investments in digital payments and the strong progress that has been made, there is little role for a digital dollar

The ABA claims that these options perform the functions of a would-be digital dollar.

Strongly Opposes a Digital Dollar Project

According to the ABA, the Federal Reserve is not positioned to be a retail bank. It argues that the proposal for FedAccounts and a digital dollar would undermine the efforts of retail bankers, result in unintended consequences, and lead to financial instability.

It unabashedly states that:

the right of people to transact outside the view of the central bank is a cherished civil liberty

It goes on to claim that the Federal Reserve would quickly become the central control point for allowing and censoring transactions. Indeed, private banks are already guilty of this and often execute at a whim incorrectly.

Christopher Giancarlo, the former Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), is leading the Digital Dollar project. The Foundation will collaborate with Accenture in examining a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).

In March, politicians announced that they would consider using a digital dollar for COVID-19 payments. If passed, the legislation would order banks and other financial institutions to provide digital wallets.

Such a move could deliver blockchain-based payments to millions of Americans and result in considerable industry adoption. The prospect has likely compelled the ABA to react.

Federal Reserve governor Lael Brainard in February 2020 revealed that the central bank was examining the potential of CBDCs. Few details have, however, been made public since.

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