2021-1-23 22:52 |
The Bank of International Settlements' Innovation Hub (BISIH) announced this week that one of its highest priorities is the continued research and testing of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), along with five other areas of focus.
This news is according to this year's annual work program, which lays out its intention to “explore the feasibility of faster and cheaper cross-border payments” using central bank digital currencies. The BISIH further added that it would dedicate its work this year to exploring prototypes in the creation of “tiered retail CBDC distribution architectures” along with “tokenized green bonds to retail investors.”
To drive these priorities forward, they will be headed up by the company's Innovation Hub Centres in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Switzerland while also coordinating with local central banks. The BISIH's Innovation Center in Singapore, for example, has its sights set on the development of an ‘International Settlement Platform' where regulated banks and payment entities can conduct and settle transactions using a range of CBDCs.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong's Innovation Center will be working on green bonds, specifically with the intent of tokenizing green bond assets for retail investors. Additionally, Hong Kong's center will work on building a bridge to enable foreign exchange transactions of approved CBDCs, along with stablecoin issuance.
Switzerland's BISIH Center is one of the furthest ahead in terms of development. It has already completed two functional proofs-of-concept for linking payment systems to test out payment settlements using tokenized assets and wholesale CBDC. This was done through its initiative dubbed ‘Project Helvtica.' Discussing the details of BISIH's work program, Innovation Hub's Head, Benoit Coeure, said the following:
“This work programme shows our commitment to exploring in the most practical ways how best to harness technological change for the benefit of central banks and create public goods to support the global financial system.”
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