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How Pandemic Accelerated Digital Transformation in Advanced Economies

March 21, 2023

Florence Jaumotte, Myrto Oikonomou , Carlo Pizzinelli , Marina M. Tavares

Digital technologies shielded labor and productivity from the pandemic, while lagging countries accelerated the adoption of technology. However, digitalization gaps persist.

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Mounting Cyber Threats Mean Financial Firms Urgently Need Better Safeguards

March 2, 2023

Tobias Adrian, Caio Ferreira

Regulators and supervisors must act now to strengthen the prudential framework

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Technology Behind Crypto Can Also Improve Payments, Providing a Public Good

February 23, 2023

Tobias Adrian, Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli

A new kind of multilateral platform could improve cross-border payments, leveraging technological innovations for public policy objectives

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Crypto Contagion Underscores Why Global Regulators Must Act Fast to Stem Risk

January 18, 2023

Bo Li, Nobuyasu Sugimoto

Stronger financial regulation and supervision, and developing global standards, can help address many concerns about crypto assets

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Asia's Productivity Needs a Boost That Digitalization Can Provide

January 9, 2023

Antoinette M. Sayeh, Era Dabla-Norris, Tidiane Kinda

Amid slowing global growth, promoting technological adoption and closing digital divides can help the region boost aggregate productivity and economic output

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From Crypto to Central Bank Digital Currency, Podcast Tracks Fintech Boom

December 21, 2022

Tobias Adrian, Tara Iyer

Our series examines how regulators, investors and central banks are embracing the promise—and bracing for the peril—of evolving financial technologies