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Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Eastern Caribbean Currency Union: Technical Assistance Report-Review of Regulations to New Securities Act and Investment Funds Act
International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
At the request of the Eastern Caribbean Securities Regulatory Commission (ECSRC), a Monetary and Capital Markets (MCM) Department mission conducted a review of a draft version of the new Investment Funds Regulations (IFR) and Securities Regulations (SR) form May 20–June 30, 2022. The two sets of regulations are a key part of the new regime to govern the capital markets in the member territories of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU).
Keywords:
Securities bill; ECCU member country; investment funds bill; Securities commission; IOSCO principle; Mutual funds; Securities; Securities regulation; Caribbean
Cover Finance & Development
Bullet Train
Mr. Tobias Adrian

We have all felt the frustration of sending money abroad. It takes time. It’s expensive. It’s cumbersome. And to some of us, it’s embarrassing—because our friends who know we’re economists always ask us what is going on behind the scenes, and the truth is we don’t really know. It’s messy.

Keywords:
payment order; bank contacts Joe's bank; correspondent banking market; money from Sally's bank; issuer of Joe's token; Smart contracts; Correspondent banking; Central Bank digital currencies
Cover Finance & Development
Digital Journeys-India Embraces Mobile Money
Ashlin Mathew

PHOTO: SAJJAD HUSSAIN / AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

Keywords:
payment operations; payment option; UPI system; payment network; cross-border payment; Digital financial services; Digitalization
Cover Finance & Development
Picture this the Ascent of CBDCs
International Monetary Fund. Communications Department

CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES (CBDCs) are digital versions of cash that are issued and regulated by central banks. As such, they are more secure and inherently not volatile, unlike crypto assets.

Keywords:
status of CBDCs; wholesale CBDCs; electronic form of cash; development stage; Central Bank digital currencies; Global
Cover FinTech Notes
Digital Currencies and Energy Consumption
Mr. Itai Agur, Jose Deodoro, Xavier Lavayssière, Soledad Martinez Peria, Mr. Damiano Sandri, Hervé Tourpe, and Mr. German Villegas Bauer
Whether in crypto assets or in CBDCs, design choices can make an important difference to the energy consumption of digital currencies. This paper establishes the main components and technological options that determine the energy profile of digital currencies. It draws on academic and industry estimates to compare digital currencies to each other and to existing payment systems and derives implications for the design of environmentally friendly CBDCs. For distributed ledger technologies, the key factors affecting energy consumption are the ability to control participati