BIS Innovation Hub: Central Bank Digital Currency Advances

Fintech is  the financial infrastructure of Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy, and the Bank for International Settlements is the prime architect and driver. But first, cash must be replaced by a digital currency.

This time last year when the Bank for International Settlements released their Annual Economic Report, it combined with the announcement of a new initiative called the ‘BIS Innovation Hub‘ (also known as ‘Innovation BIS 2025‘). The BIS refer to the Innovation Hub as a medium term project that comprises three main elements:

• Identify and develop in-depth insights into critical trends in technology affecting central banking
• Develop public goods in the technology space geared towards improving the functioning of the global financial system
• Serve as a focal point for a network of central bank experts on innovation

As you can see, technological innovation is at the core of the Hub’s remit.

The initial phase of the project saw Hub’s opened up in Switzerland, Hong Kong and Singapore. An operational agreement was signed with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority in September 2019, followed by an agreement with the Swiss National Bank in October. The Hub in Singapore began operations in November.

With phase one completed, the BIS have now moved into the second phase which they warned was going to happen when the Hub first launched. Accompanying the release of this year’s Annual Economic Report, the institution announced that the Hub is expanding to new locations in both Europe and North America.

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