scholarly journals CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY: ECONOMIC AND LEGAL CHARACTERISTICS

2019 ◽  
pp. 94-100
Author(s):  
T.S. Hudima ◽  
V.A. Ustymenko

The article is devoted to identifying the peculiarities of the central bank digital currency (CBDC), explaining their impact on the monetary policy of the state, and identifying the prospects for the transformation of domestic banking legislation in connection with the implementation of the CBDC. It is noted that the scope of competence of the Central Bank and the legal basis for the issuance of the CBDC will depend on the economic and legal features of the digital currency, the degree of its impact on the monetary policy, the financial stability of the country’s economy and so on. In the process of forming the appropriate legal field and defining the conceptual apparatus in the sphere of emission and circulation of the CBDC, the peculiarities of the use of the latter in economic transactions and the specific functions not inherent in ordinary means of payment should be taken. СBDC initiatives will help: 1) progressively narrow the banking system at the level of the Central Banks (such as the Chicago Plan) by allowing individuals and businesses to deposit directly into the accounts of the Central Banks; 2) increasing confidence of economic entities and individuals in the financial system; 3) strengthening the financial stability of the economy (both domestically and globally). Granting business entities or individuals the right to store digital money directly with the Central Bank can give rise to two main directions of influence on monetary policy: first, to strengthen its transmission mechanism; secondly, lead to banks being disrupted. This may lead to some legal issues regarding (1) the NBU’s area of competence; (2) the constitutional foundations of the legal economic order (Article 5 of the ECU). In particular, it cannot be ruled out that centralization of the production, servicing, and management of the СBDC turnover may violate the principles of competition in business activities, prevent abuse of monopoly position in the market, etc. Keywords: monetary policy, central bank digital currency, financial stability, competence, legal framework, economic operations, issue.

Author(s):  
Hichem Hamza ◽  
Khoutem Ben Jedidia

The digitization of payment and the development of private digital currencies have constrained central banks to examine the issuance of their own central bank digital currency (CBDC) in order to face the competition of the new peer-to-peer payment system and the decline of cash use. This chapter addresses the topic of CBDC and places the discussion within the context of dual banking intermediation and financial stability. The design of CBDC in term of accessibility, anonymity, interest rate, and payment mechanism depends on the cryptocurrency use and money characteristics regarding the use of cash and deposit. The CBDC Sharia compliant, free of interest or PLS-based, fulfilling money value stability might be a solution. The effects of CBDC on banking intermediation and financial stability depend importantly on the CBDC design and switch significance of banks deposit to CBDC but remain an open question given the pros and cons arguments. In a dual banking system, Islamic banks could limit the disintermediation effect and maintain financial stability under Sharia compliance.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (10) ◽  
pp. 64-80
Author(s):  
Oleksandr LYUBICH ◽  
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Gennadiy BORTNIKOV ◽  

The purpose of the study is to determine the potential impact of the introduction of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) on monetary policy. In this paper , we would like to focus on two aspects: the need to save cash in circulation and the potential danger of private digital money for monetary policy. Central bank researchers and independent experts are paying much attention to the CBDC . The reasons are such preconditions as innovations in payment instruments, blockchains, cryptography, globalization in response to the growth of demand for transactions using digital currencies with expected increase in their impact on monetary stability. One of the potential threats to an effective monetary policy is the emergence of private digital money and the risk of failing to choose the right CBDC business model. The development of private digital currencies can significantly reduce income of central banks from seigniorage, weaken the influence of central banks on financial stability and sustainability of monetary policy. Cashless payments, unlike cash, store information about the sender and the recipient, size, date and destination. This information is already a commodity that sellers of financial products and suppliers of goods and services from the real sector are willing to pay for. Cash allows to make payments with greater benefits for the population, taking into account the reliability, comfort and confidentiality. In our opinion, ‘social distancing’ encourages contacts between people through the media channels, with dissemination of knowledge among the general public about digitalisation and convince indiviuals to agree on disclosure of personal data. Central banks are called upon to further develop the money supply management mechanism, to ensure the coexistence of non-cash and cash in their jurisdictions.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 2243
Author(s):  
Claudia Saymindo Emanuella

AbstractTechnological developments encourage innovation in various sectors, including banking. The widespread use of digital currencies is an impetus for central banks to create an alternative to replace ungoverned digital currencies. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is the alternative chosen by various central banks in the world. Various countries have conducted research related to the implementation in terms of design and risk in the financial, operational, and legal fields. Bank Indonesia plans to develop a CBDC as part of national economy and finance digitalization. Indonesia does not yet have a strong legal framework to underlie the implementation of CBDC, especially in the cyber security sector, The role of the central bank becomes very important in CBDC’s issuance and implementation as the only party that has the right to determine, issue, and regulate legal payment instruments in Indonesia.Keywords: Central Bank Digital Currency; Digital Money; Central Bank; Cybersecurity.AbstrakPerkembangan teknologi mendorong inovasi dalam berbagai sektor, termasuk perbankan. Maraknya penggunaan digital currency menjadi dorongan bagi bank sentral untuk menciptakan mata uang digital yang dapat menggantikan digital currency tanpa pihak berwenang. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) menjadi alternatif yang dipilih oleh berbagai bank sentral di dunia, dan berbagai negara telah melakukan riset terkait penerapan CBDC dari sisi desain dan risiko di bidang finansial, operasional, dan legal. Bank Indonesia berencana untuk mengembangkan CBDC di Indonesia sebagai bagian dari digitalisasi ekonomi dan keuangan nasional. Indonesia belum memiliki kerangka hukum yang kuat untuk mendasari penerapan CBDC, terutama dalam bidang keamanan siber, mengingat banyaknya ancaman keamanan siber canggih yang terus berkembang. Peran bank sentral menjadi sangat penting dalam penerbitan dan penerapannya sebagai satu-satunya pihak yang berhak menentukan, menetapkan, menerbitkan, dan meregulasi alat pembayaran sah di Indonesia.Kata Kunci: Central Bank Digital Currency; Uang Digital; Bank Sentral; Cybersecurity.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-48
Author(s):  
Volodymyr MISHCHENKO ◽  
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Svitlana NAUMENKOVA ◽  
Svitlana MISHCHENKO ◽  
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...  

The purpose of the article is to reveal the essence and features of the introduction of digital currency of central banks and their impact on the conditions of monetary policy, financial stability, as well as institutional transformations in the development of national banking systems. The study is based on an analysis of projects of issuance and use of digital currencies of the ECB and central banks of leading countries, as well as the results of pilot projects of the National Bank of China on the use of the digital yuan and NBU on the e-hryvnia circulation. It is proved that digital currency of the central bank should be considered as a new dematerialized form of national currency in addition to cash and non-cash forms. Particular attention is paid to the study of the impact of the use of digital currency by central banks on the main parameters of economic policy. The main directions of potential influence of digital currency use on transformation of mechanisms of realization of monetary, budgetary and tax, macroprudential policy, maintenance of financial stability, activization of action of channels of the monetary transmission mechanism, and also on reforming of system of the state financial monitoring and bank supervision are substantiated. It is determined that one of the consequences of the use of digital currency will be the ability to ensure full control over all monetary transactions, which will help reduce the shadow economy and corruption. Structural and logical schemes of centralized and decentralized models of issuance and circulation of digital currency of central bank have been developed, directions of changes in the structure and functions of commercial and central banks, as well as in the structure of the financial and credit system in general have been substantiated.


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-116
Author(s):  
Csaba Lentner

This study outlines the development of Hungary’s monetary policy, and the course and changes in its objectives and instruments since the beginning of the market economy transition in the late 1980s. The author’s basic thesis is that the period since the two-level banking system was reinstated after four decades of a planned economy system, in 1987, can be basically divided into three development phases with significantly different characteristics. The first phase was an ‘attempt to introduce’ an imported monetary mechanism, or perhaps an urge to comply with it, while the second phase was an approach of a monetary regime change launched in 2013 and supporting economic growth and financial stability strongly and directly, which lasted until the appearance of the traumatic elements of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis. The third phase is evolving today, under the circumstances of adapting to the conditions of the real essence of the twenty-first century, i.e. a new type of international competitiveness, which is pursued by the Central Bank of Hungary as stipulated by the Fundamental Law and the cardinal Central Bank Act of Hungary.


Cryptoassets ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 307-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli ◽  
Maria Soledad Martinez Peria ◽  
Itai Agur ◽  
Anil Ari ◽  
John Kiff ◽  
...  

Several central banks have begun actively investigating the possibility of issuing central bank digital currency (CBDC). This new central bank liability would be a widely accessible digital form of fiat money, intended as legal tender. This chapter aims to answer a simple question: Does CBDC offer benefits? On the demand side, would it satisfy end user needs better than other forms of money? And on the supply side, would issuing CBDC allow central banks to more effectively satisfy public policy goals, including financial inclusion, operational efficiency, financial stability, monetary policy effectiveness, and financial integrity? In short, is CBDC a desirable form of money given existing and rapidly evolving alternatives? The chapter includes a summary of pilot projects and studies from central banks exploring the possibility of issuing CBDC. The analysis is based on publicly issued materials and discussions with staff members at central banks and technology providers around the world.


Author(s):  
Pierre L. Siklos

Many central banks took on additional responsibilities. Inadequate self-assessments remain unfinished almost a decade after the crisis erupted. Government-central bank relationships need to be conditioned on whether times are normal versus crisis conditions. Transparency confronts ambiguity when central banks must communicate the outlook and the conditionality of their decisions. Forward guidance was taken too far and ended up being futile. Central bankers simply exhausted their ability to influence behavior through mere words or ambiguous statements. This is a self-inflicted wound for institutions that are seen as overburdened. These forces leave central banking more vulnerable than is commonly acknowledged. Squaring the conventional objectives of monetary policy with the unclear aims of financial stability is difficult. Adequate limitations on the authority of central banks have yet to be thoroughly debated. We are nowhere near resolving the inherent tensions between old and new sets of central bank objectives.


2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrich Bindseil

Abstract Open market operations play a key role in allocating central bank funds to the banking system and thereby in steering short-term interest rates in line with the stance of monetary policy. Many central banks apply so-called ‘fixed rate tender’ auctions in their open market operations. This paper presents, on the basis of a survey of central bank experience, a model of bidding in such tenders. In their conduct of fixed rate tenders, many central banks faced specifically an ‘under-’ and an ‘overbidding’ problem. These phenomena are revisited in the light of the proposed model, and the more general question of the optimal tender procedure and allotment policy of central banks is addressed.


First Monday ◽  
2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksander Berentsen

The term digital money refers to various proposed electronic payment mechanisms designed for use by consumers to make retail payments. Digital money products have the potential to replace central bank currency, thereby affecting the money supply. This paper studies the effect of replacing central bank currency on the narrowly defined stock of money under various assumptions regarding regulatory policies and monetary operations of central banks and the reaction of the banking system.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-151
Author(s):  
Muhammad Edhie Purnawan ◽  
Retno Riyanti

Entering the millennial era, technology has taken a big role in most sectors of life, including the currency as a product that can only be issued by the central bank. This paper examines the significant effect of central bank digital currency (CBDC) on the design of central bank monetary policy. The paper then sets out some benchmark central bank digital currency (CBDC) in several countries. Many central banks are actively exploring the initiation of sovereign digital currencies. Primary results this study is CBDC providing new monetary instruments, CBDC can improve financial inclusion, and CBDC is potential improvements in monetary policy transmission.


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