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The Bank for International Settlements tackles Central Bank Digital Currencies

Fintech Beat, Ep. 56

ECB French economist Benoît Cœuré, a former Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, delivers remarks during a background briefing to the press at the ECB Forum on Central Banking 2019.
ECB French economist Benoît Cœuré, a former Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, delivers remarks during a background briefing to the press at the ECB Forum on Central Banking 2019. (Horacio Villalobos - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted June 24, 2020 at 7:00am

Benoît Cœuré, the fintech lead at the Bank for International Settlements – the global “Central Bank for Central Banks” – offers the first interview concerning its highly anticipated annual economic report, and discusses how the organization’s role has evolved along with the very definition of money.

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