Digital currencies bring new options for financial privacy

Central banks have an opportunity to rethink privacy for our digital world.

Banknotes and coins are safe forms of money but their use is in decline. A central bank digital currency would merge the safety of a banknote with the convenience of a digital payment, writes Jeremy Clark. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY JEREMY CLARK

May 5, 2021

Digital money is on the minds of many in Canada. News stories about Bitcoin and other blockchain-based financial technologies are hard to escape. Facebook's proposed digital currency Libra (recently rebranded as Diem) captured the attention and scrutiny of regulators around the world. The COVID-19 p...

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