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0 pointshocuspocus3y ago0 comments

UK's Faster Payments, EU's SCT Inst, Brazil's Pix, India's UPI, ...

Shifting retail banking to the central bank brings a lot more questions than just worry about what happens to cash.

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EU's SCT Inst

   SCT Inst stands for SEPA Instant Credit Transfer scheme. It was introduced by 
   the Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB) in order to enable rapid electronic 
   payments within the eurozone. In a nutshell, SCT Inst facilitates an instant 
   or near-instant clearing of a transaction between originator and beneficiary.

Potato, po-tat-o.

ERPB = Central Bank

Credit Transfer Scheme = Digital Currency

Put them together and what do you get --- effectively a CBDC system denominated in Euros instead of Dollars --- minus all the hyperbola, misinformation and doomsday prophecy attached to CBDC on this side of the pond.

Shifting retail banking to the central bank

Nothing is being shifted. The existing system (ACH) is being modernized. No banks will be killed in the production of a CBDC.

hocuspocusOP3y ago

What you want is instant interbank settlements that have existed for 20+ years in some places.

The scope of CBDCs is way broader than that. If no commercial bank is impacted by a CBDC then it wouldn't be a central bank digital currency, just a digital currency, and that's already the case for most of the money supply. If you use the term CBDC you're implying that the central bank would oversee a much bigger part of the money creation.

jqpabc1233y ago

If no commercial bank is impacted by a CBDC

Commercial banks will be impacted --- in a good way. Interbank transactions will take place instantly 24/7/365 at zero cost.

Consumers will be impacted too --- in a good way. They'll be able to transfer money from their bank account to merchants, friends and family instantly 24/7/365 at zero cost --- no delays, no fees, no processors, no paper forms, no middlemen --- something that never existed before --- at least not in the USA.

Basically, a CBDC will make it possible to add digital wallet functionality to all bank accounts.

Like it or not, a CBDC is coming. The financial case for it is overwhelming.

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jqpabc1233y ago

EU's SCT Inst

   SCT Inst stands for SEPA Instant Credit Transfer scheme. It was introduced by 
   the Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB) in order to enable rapid electronic 
   payments within the eurozone. In a nutshell, SCT Inst facilitates an instant 
   or near-instant clearing of a transaction between originator and beneficiary.

Potato, po-tat-o.

ERPB = Central Bank

Credit Transfer Scheme = Digital Currency

Shifting retail banking to the central bank

Nothing is being shifted. The existing system (ACH) is being modernized. No banks will be killed in the production of a CBDC.

hocuspocusOP3y ago

What you want is instant interbank settlements that have existed for 20+ years in some places.

jqpabc1233y ago

If no commercial bank is impacted by a CBDC

Commercial banks will be impacted --- in a good way. Interbank transactions will take place instantly 24/7/365 at zero cost.

Basically, a CBDC will make it possible to add digital wallet functionality to all bank accounts.

Like it or not, a CBDC is coming. The financial case for it is overwhelming.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse