Multimedia
What Are Stablecoins?
Podcast: Tobias Adrian: Cross-Border Payments for the 21st Century
Blogs
Stronger financial regulation and supervision, and developing global standards, can help address many concerns about crypto assets
Asia's Productivity Needs a Boost That Digitalization Can Provide
JANUARY 9, 2023ANTOINETTE 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
From Crypto to Central Bank Digital Currency, Podcast Tracks Fintech Boom
DECEMBER 21, 2022TOBIAS 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
Highlights
Roundtable on Regulation and Supervision of Crypto Assets
A discussion on policy recommendations for advanced and emerging economies to help address the vulnerable aspects of the crypto assets market—so that countries can continue to benefit from the digitalization of financial services.
- Event: Behind the Scenes on Central Bank Digital Currency
- The Future of Money: Gearing up for Central Bank Digital Currency (Remarks by MD Kristalina Georgieva)
- Managing Technology in Finance: Global Approaches for the Digital Age
- The Exchange | The Future of Money
- Global Financial Stability Report: The Crypto Ecosystem and Financial Stability Challenges
- IMF Blog: Legally Speaking, is Digital Money Really Money?
- G7 Working Group: Investigating the Impact of Global Stablecoins
Research
- Global Financial Stability Report: The Crypto Ecosystem and Financial Stability Challenges
- The Rise of Digital Money
- The Rise of Public and Private Digital Money
- Digital Money Across Borders: Macro-Financial Implications
- Distributed Ledger Technology Experiments in Payments and Settlements
- Mobile Money in the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Distributed Ledger Technology Experiments in Payments and Settlements
- Fintech in Europe: Promises and Threats
Fintech Notes
Fintech Notes offer practical advice from IMF staff members to policymakers on important issues. The views expressed in Fintech Notes are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management.
- Trust Bridges and Money Flows: A Digital Marketplace to Improve Cross-Border Payments
- Regulating the Crypto Ecosystem: The Case of Stablecoins and Arrangements
- Regulating the Crypto Ecosystem: The Case of Unbacked Crypto Assets
- Capital Flow Management Measures in the Digital Age: Challenges of Crypto Assets
- Digital Currencies and Energy Consumption
- Behind the Scenes of Central Bank Digital Currency
- Keeping Pace with Change: Fintech and the Evolution of Commercial Law
- Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms
- BigTech in Financial Services
- The Impact of Fintech on Central Bank Governance
- Distributed Ledger Technology Experiments in Payments and Settlements
- Regulation of Crypto Assets
- The Rise of Digital Money
Staff Discussion Notes
Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience interested in economic policy issues.
Recent Fintech Staff Discussion Notes (SDNs):
Toward a Global Approach to Data in the Digital Age (October, 2021)
Powering the Digital Economy: Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in Finance (October, 2021)
Cyber Risk and Financial Stability (December, 2020)
The Promise of Fintech : Financial Inclusion in the Post COVID-19 Era (July, 2020)