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Key considerations for the adoption of digital currencies

Finextra

A new way of settling transactions Firstly, when we talk about digital currency we are referring to the registration of a fiat currency (such as the pound) on a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)-based network with a 1:1 relationship to the fiat currency. Digital currencies can be issued by central banks (aka.

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Project Meridian FX: Joint Project by the Eurosystem and London Centres, and the Bank of England, to Test Synchronised Settlement in FX

Fintech Finance

The project will provide insights on how operators of real-time gross settlement (RTGS) systems could enable interoperability with new payments technologies, such as distributed ledger technology (DLT).

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Revamped UK Payment System Embraces Blockchain

PYMNTS

A revamped Bank of England (BoE) payments system is expected to connect with FinTech firms using distributed ledger technology (DLT). The BoE’s Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system handles transactions worth about 500 billion pounds — almost one-third of Britain’s annual economic output.