7/15/2021 11:49:57 PM The Fed’s digital dollar could bring millions into the digital economy By Carlos Alonso Torras More than half of transactions in the US involved cash in 2010. The number had dropped to 28% in 2020, even before Covid, which led to...
5/28/2021 2:21:54 PM Fed’s Lael Brainard pushes digital dollar as central bank currency race heats up By Carlos Alonso Torras Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard said a cryptocurrency backed by the central bank could provide a variety of benefits. Getting...
2/25/2021 2:38:11 PM The Fed’s system that allows banks to send money back and forth went down for several hours By Sarah Wolter The “operational error,” as the Fed described it, impacted multiple services, including its pivotal automated clearinghouse system, which...