eCurrency Central Bank Digital Currency Solution and Thought Leadership in Multimedia

EPISODE SUMMARY What would a cashless India and world look like? Jonathan Dharmapalan joins Carnegie India's Rajesh Bansal to shed light on Central Bank Digital Currencies, which are meant to act as a replacement for cash. Together, they unpack what digital currencies are, and how they could affect the way we transact. EPISODE NOTES What would a cashless India and world look like? Jonathan Dharmapalan joins Carnegie India's Rajesh Bansal to shed light on Central Bank Digital Currencies, which are meant to act as a replacement for cash. Together, they unpack what digital currencies are, and how they could affect the way we transact. As founder and CEO of eCurrency, Jonathan Dharmapalan provides technology solutions to central banks to issue digital currencies. Rajesh Bansal leads Carnegie India's Tech & Society program to find ways in which digital financial technologies can be made more inclusive. Further Reading: Govt can ban Bitcoin but for ‘digital rupee’ to succeed, India has to do a lot by Rajesh Bansal and Prateek Jha : https://theprint.in/opinion/govt-can-...​ Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures by Bank of International Settlements : https://www.bis.org/cpmi/publ/d174.pdf

Retail Central Bank Digital Currencies as an alternative to physical cash is an enticing prospect for many countries; it would significantly reduce costs associated with printing money, ensure the general public has access to central bank issued currency, and could counter illegal acts such as money laundering. However, the most crucial characteristic of cash is the trust that the public has in it. Despite the potential benefits, it is not clear if CBDC will, in fact, replace cash. In the face of this challenge, how can CBDC garner the trust that cash holds? What design elements can ensure that it is accepted widely? Speakers: Hanna Armelius, Senior Advisor, Payments Department, Analysis and Policy Division, Sveriges Riksbank Jonathan Dharmapalan, Chief Executive Officer, eCurrency Neha Narula, Director, Digital Currency Initiative, MIT Media Lab Scott Hendry, Senior Special Director, Financial Technology (FinTech) at Bank of Canada Moderator: Rajesh Bansal, Senior Advisor, Technology & Society Program, Carnegie India

The Central Bank of the Future: Building a Financial System for a More Inclusive Economy - Day 2

Xiaochen Zhang, Thomas Kudrycki, Raul Morales Resendiz, Dr. Jiaying Christine, Stefan Andjelic

Mitch Cohen, Chief Security Officer, eCurrency, presents central bank digital currency powered by eCurrency technology at the Future of Cash conference in Athens Greece, February 2019

Focus Group on Digital Currency including Digital Fiat Currency (Second Meeting:18-20 July 2018 New York)

A webinar presented by the authors of a recent eCurrency publication discusses the implications of a Digital Fiat Currency on macroeconomic policy