Survey of Electronic Money Developments

Report

Survey of Electronic Money Developments

By Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

This seminal 2000 report by the CPSS represents the "First Wave" of central bank policy-making in the digital era. At a time when the internet was first revolutionizing commerce, the G10 central bank governors recognized that "Electronic Money"—defined as stored-value or prepaid products like smart cards and early digital cash—could potentially replace physical cash for small-value payments.

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