The system-wide exploratory scenario will encompasses hedge funds and pension funds alongside large banks, insurers, and CCPs for the first time.
June 20, 2023The BOE and the FCA will propose new rules by year-end to ensure stablecoins are redeemable in fiat money and do not threaten financial stability.
April 18, 2023If issued, the digital pound would be subject to strict privacy standards. It would be intended for payments, non-interest-bearing, and subject to an initial cap on holdings.
February 8, 2023CPMI and IOSCO confirm that the PFMI apply to systemically important stablecoin arrangements that transfer stablecoins.
July 14, 2022BOE's Jon Cunliffe said the extension of a regulatory framework to encompass crypto must be grounded in the iron principle of ‘same risk, same regulatory outcome'.
July 14, 2022Deputy governor Jon Cunliffe says a “plausible scenario” involving a collapse in crypto-asset prices would have financial stability implications.
October 19, 2021The taskforce will coordinate work to explore a potential 'Britcoin', though a decision has not been made on whether a CBDC would be introduced.
April 21, 2021Restrictions on dividends and other payouts that can be imposed represent a 'first-mover disadvantage' to banks dipping into their capital buffers to support lending.
October 20, 2020