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Bank of England shares strategy to enable innovation through a digital pound

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How a digital pound might promote innovation in domestic payments.

The Bank of England’s (BoE) August Quarterly Bulletin  included a paper on the digital pound and how it might be a catalyst for innovation, choice and efficiency in domestic payments, based on current research.

The BoE is of the view that it is likely that a digital

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