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The Bank of England has partnered with University College London (UCL) to create the centrally controlled digital currency RSCoin, iT news reported today. The UCL researchers involved in the project, Sarah Meiklejohn and George Danezis, published a paper last year at the request...

Switching to a digital version of the British pound could affect banks, investment and economic growth, says Bank of England (BoE) Deputy Governor Ben Broadbent. Responsible for monetary policy at the BoE, Broadbent warned that a digital version of the pound could “impair” the...

International Business Times UK (IBTimes UK) reported last Thursday that Prime Minister David Cameron expressed support of the UK FinTech 2020 manifesto released by Innovate Finance, a financial technology lobby group. “This government wants to the UK to be the leading FinTech...

The Bank of England (BoE) says the advent of digital currencies could revolutionize the way Britons pay for goods and services, reported The Telegraph. The BoE released Wednesday its new One Bank Research Agenda, a framework to transform the way research is conducted at the...

Prior to the release of its latest Quarterly Bulletin on Tuesday, the Bank of England (BoE) has published two articles that delve into digital currencies such as Bitcoin. The first paper, titled “Innovations in payment technologies and the emergence of digital currencies,”...