BoE governor Andrew Bailey highlighted that the UK already has a wholesale settlement system with a major upgrade.
Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England (BoE), is sceptical about the importance of digital dollars after eurozone finance ministers applied further research into the euro.
The Bank of England governor recently questioned the importance of wholesale central bank digital money (CBDC) because of a central bank currency settlement platform "through significant increases in wholesale prices".
In addition, Bailey also stressed that there are no plans to eliminate funds for the main purpose of retail. The governor of the Bank of England feels that retail payments do not need to be changed at this stage. He explained:
"before we are attracted by technicalities and opinions, we should be very clear about what we are trying to overcome."
Pele's comments follow new opportunities for eurozone CBDC, with a former Bank of England consultant recently commenting on the costs and risks of establishing a CBDC.
On January 16th finance ministers from euro-zone countries issued a statement applying the potential data the ECB is studying to continue to work on the euro. Euro Group realized that the introduction of CBDC must be further discussed from a political point of view. In addition, the working group elaborated on the challenges it was seeing, including environmental hazards, personal privacy, financial stability and any issues.
On the same day, Eric Yates, a former adviser to the Bank of England, made up a lie in a critical article in the Financial Times that the cost and risk of developing and designing CBDC were not worth it. In addition, Yates is suspicious of establishing the motivation behind CBDC, describing it as "abnormal".
In addition, Iran and Russia are working to establish a new stable loan currency with gold as the spiritual pillar. According to the Belarusian news agency Vedomosti, Saudi Arabia is working with Russia to establish so-called "tokens of the Persian Gulf region" and to achieve cross-border transactions.