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What is money? Cash versus central bank digital currencies

Morten L. BechHead of Secretariat,

Any views expressed in this presentation are those of the presenter and not necessarily those of the BIS

Cash on TrialSUERF – Frankfurt, 20 May 2019

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Amicus curiae

An amicus curiae (literally, "friend of the court") is someone who is not a party to a case and may or may not have been solicited by a party and who assists a court by offering information, expertise, or insight that has a bearing on the issues in the case

Pronunciation: Ah-MEEK-us K-YUR-ee-ay US and UK legal systems

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Amicus curiae briefs in US Supreme Court cases

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Game plan

What is money? The functions of money A taxonomy

How are payments changing? Electronic on the rise but cash still rules

When can I get my hands on central bank digital currency? A survey

Cash, cashless or less cash society? It is hard to predict, especially about the future

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What is money?

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Evolution of money over time

Money served an important function in human civilisation - has existed for 1000s of years: Three functions: i) unit of account, ii) means of payment and iii) store of value Money is memory …

Digital

moneyElectronic

moneyCoins and

notesPrimitive money

Digital money

2.0?

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Central bank issuedElectronic

Widelyaccessible Peer-to-peer

The money flower

Bech and Garratt (2017)Central bank cryptocurrenciesBIS Quarterly Review, Sep

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How are payments are changing?

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Swipe and gone

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Ask banks - What financial products & services are:

Most affected by technological developments now?

Most affected by tech developments over the next 5y?

Seeing the greatest competition?

Geneva Survey on the World Economy (forthcoming 2019)

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Ask banks - What financial products & services are:

Most affected by technological developments now?

Most affected by tech developments over the next 5y?

Seeing the greatest competition?

Geneva Survey on the World Economy (forthcoming 2019)

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Ask banks - What financial products & services are:

Most affected by technological developments now?

Most affected by tech developments over the next 5y?

Seeing the greatest competition?

Geneva Survey on the World Economy (forthcoming 2019)

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Ask banks - What financial products & services are:

Most affected by technological developments now?

Most affected by tech developments over the next 5y?

Seeing the greatest competition?

Geneva Survey on the World Economy (forthcoming 2019)

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When can I get my hands on central bank digital currency?

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Central bank digital currency

Central bank CBDC work

Share of respondents Graph 3

Engagement in CBDC work Focus of work1

1 Share of respondents conducting work on CBDCs, 2018 survey.

Source: Central bank survey on CBDCs.

BIS paper 101

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Likelihood of CBDC

Likelihood of issuing a CBDC in the short and medium term1

Share of respondents Graph 8

General-purpose CBDC Wholesale CBDC

1 Short term: 1–3 years and medium term: 1–6 years.

Source: Central bank survey on CBDCs.

BIS paper 101

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Cash, cashless or less cash society?

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Key features of cash

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Anonymity and privacy

Anonymous: No one knows who you are

Privacy: What you bought and for what

amount are unknown Societal preferences?

Regulation Innovations

More privacy

Less privacy

Moreanonymity

Lessanonymity

Steemit.com

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What is plan B?

Cashless? Maybe - but likely not completely paper money less

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For more information

www.tedxbasel.com 2018

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CPMI-related resources

Central bank digital currencies (2018): www.bis.org/cpmi/publ/d174.pdf

Digital currencies (2015): www.bis.org/cpmi/publ/d137.pdf

Distributed ledger technology in payment, clearing and settlement (2017): www.bis.org/cpmi/publ/d157.pdf

Principles for financial market infrastructures (2012): www.bis.org/cpmi/publ/d101a.pdf

Proceeding with caution - a survey on central bank digital currency (2019): www.bis.org/publ/bppdf/bispap101.htm

The role of central bank money in payment systems (2003): www.bis.org/cpmi/publ/d55.pdf

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