How will digital currencies impact our world?
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The first in a new seven-part series on Fintech with the Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology, join your host Natasha de Teran, a former financial journalist and author of The Pay Off: How Changing the Way We Pay Changes Everything, as we explore the world of digital currencies. Most central banks around the world are looking at introducing a digital currency or a CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency), including the UK’s Bank of England. Indeed, China has already started experimenting with the digital yuan piloted in more than 20 areas. So, how will CBDCs change how we bank? Will we still need commercial banks? Will a digital currency help central banks control inflation? These questions and more will be answered by Jeremy Leake, Senior Advisor at the Bank of England, and Ganesh Viswanath Natraj, of the Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology at Warwick Business School. Find out more about the Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology here and join its mailing list for access to free events where industry leaders, world-leading academics and policymakers will discuss topical issues and fintech innovations here.  Read more on the subject:  Why would central banks want to issue digital currencies? Five ways a digital pound could change our world Central banks may use stablecoins as route to CBDCs For more articles on Fintech, and Finance and Markets straight to your inbox sign up to Core Insights here. 
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