#HumanInTheLoop #CryptoEvolution #FinancialInfrastructure #Decentralisation
Digital payment infrastructure has multiple layers: the wholesale payment system, clearing and settlement mechanisms, and the user-facing service layer run by banks and non-bank payment service providers (PSPs).
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission Chairman Lee Eo-kwon has urged a comprehensive, zero-base review of the nation’s financial infrastructure, warning of strict accountability for security or IT failures and emphasizing the need for public-oriented reforms.
PM holds high-level talks on Bitcoin mining and asset tokenization
#BaaghiTV #Pakistan #PM #Bitcoin #AssetTokenization #Tokenization #HighLevelTalks #Islamabad #StrategicInvestments #DigitalEconomy #GlobalHub #BlockchainTechnology #FinancialInfrastructure
https://en.baaghitv.com/pm-holds-high-level-talks-on-bitcoin-mining-and-asset-tokenization/
New paper in Geoforum with Sabine Dörry and Ben Derudder:
"Preserving the obligatory passage point: SWIFT and the partial platformisation of global payments"
Full access until 30/05/2024, if you're into this sort of thing: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1ivNO_OL2Ant4
#FinancialGeography #FinancialInfrastructure #CrossBorderPayments #CorrespondentBanking
Preprint of forthcoming chapter "SWIFT: Trusted infrastructure for infrastructures" with Sabine Dörry & Ben Derudder in the Cambridge Global Companion to Financial Infrastructures, by Carola Westermeier, Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn, & Barbara Brandl (eds).
https://researchgate.net/publication/379691304_SWIFT_Trusted_infrastructure_for_infrastructures
I spent most of this Christmas reading this blog: https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/
Absolutely fascinating deepdives into financial infrastructure, both legacy and new.