{"id":15436,"date":"2020-10-19T13:34:20","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T13:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=15436"},"modified":"2020-10-19T13:34:20","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T13:34:20","slug":"kazakhstan-working-on-a-digital-version-of-its-national-currency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/kazakhstan-working-on-a-digital-version-of-its-national-currency\/","title":{"rendered":"Kazakhstan working on a digital version of its national currency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Bank of Kazakhstan has announced that it is working on creating a digital version of its national currency. As part of the first step towards this aim, the National Bank is in the process of analyzing similar projects in other countries, especially China and Sweden. Specifically, they are studying how the introduction of a digital national currency impacts monetary policies as well as what technological, infrastructure and legislative support is required. The National Bank is also working to understand how a digital currency is likely to be used in the country (i.e. for retail settlements, for interbank settlements or both). <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-15436 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='BFC FinTech Monitor 19th \u2013 26th'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/bfc-fintech-monitor-19th-26th\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Untitled-1-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-15087\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-15087'>\n\t\t\t\tBFC FinTech Monitor 19th \u2013 26th\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='4 early WealthTech trends emerging from the current pandemic'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/4-early-wealthtech-trends-emerging-from-the-current-pandemic\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/b0cdbf8b-d5f1-476f-a924-8d862a9ff419-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-14895\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-14895'>\n\t\t\t\t4 early WealthTech trends emerging from the current pandemic\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Russian banks\u2019 tentative start with open APIs'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/russian-banks-tentative-start-with-open-apis\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/russian-banks-tentative-start-with-open-apis-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-12905\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-12905'>\n\t\t\t\tRussian banks\u2019 tentative start with open APIs\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Bank of Kazakhstan has announced that it is working on creating a digital version of its national currency. As part of the first step towards this aim, the National Bank is in the process of analyzing similar projects in other countries, especially China and Sweden. 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