{"id":21693,"date":"2023-06-20T07:54:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T07:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/transforming-cross-border-payments-with-cbdc-platforms-says-imf-official\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T07:54:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T07:54:41","slug":"transforming-cross-border-payments-with-cbdc-platforms-says-imf-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/transforming-cross-border-payments-with-cbdc-platforms-says-imf-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Transforming Cross-Border Payments with CBDC Platforms, says IMF Official"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Crypto News &#8211; iGaming.org )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The idea of new platforms for international central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) was put forth by Tobias Adrian, head of the International Monetary Fund, in a lecture given in Rabat, Morocco. Adrian thinks that while still enabling nations to enact compliance checks and capital controls, such platforms could increase cross-border payment efficiency and safety. Adrian said, <em>\u201cOur blueprint for a new class of platforms would enhance and ensure greater interoperability, efficiency, and safety in cross-border payments, as well as in domestic financial markets. The cost, sluggishness, and opacity of cross-border payments comes from limited infrastructure.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Enhancing Interoperability and Efficiency<\/h3>\n<p>Adrian provided a roadmap for these new platforms, highlighting the significance of improving interoperability, efficiency, and safety in domestic financial markets as well as cross-border payments. Cross-border payments are expensive, slow, and opaque in part because of the insufficient infrastructure that is already in place. 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Adrian indicated preference for a single ledger managed by the platform operator while some support blockchain-based validation. He said, <em>\u201cThe ledger would be controlled by the platform operator. The single ledger would ensure there is a unique description of who owns what, so no double spending can occur.\u201d <\/em>This strategy would avoid double expenditure and offer a transparent ownership record. Adrian also stressed that governments will still have the right to set restrictions on their citizens\u2019 international transactions and put in place anti-money laundering policies. IMF wants to prevent undermining the capital controls put in place during financial crises.<\/p>\n<p>Although proponents of cryptocurrencies frequently point out the possibility of making cross-border payments simpler, free-floating blockchain solutions face stiff competition. State-backed CBDCs are being investigated by standard-setting organizations like the Bank for International Settlements and private players like SWIFT. The impact of stablecoins is being investigated by the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures, which is affiliated with the Bank for International Settlements. A report from the European Central Bank also issued a warning against the notion that cryptocurrency might considerably lower the cost of international payments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"main-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-items box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"box-100 space-org-3-item relative border-tb mt-1 \">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms box-25 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms-ins box-100 text-center relative\"> <strong>177% up to 5BTC + 77 <strong> Free Spins<\/strong>!<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>New players only. 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