Electronic money and payments: Recent developments and issues

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The authors review recent developments in retail payments in Canada and elsewhere, with a focus on e-money products, and assess their potential public policy implications. In particular, they study how these developments will affect the demand for bank notes, and the central bank's balance sheet and its seigniorage revenue, which as a result might affect the central bank's ability to implement and conduct monetary policy and to promote financial stability. Other public policy issues, such as safety and efficiency, and user protection as well as legal, security and law enforcement, are also considered. While the demise of cash is not imminent, it is important for the central bank to continue to evaluate its potential roles with regard to e-money.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Bank of Canada Discussion Paper ; No. 2014-2

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Demand for Money ; Monetary Systems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System; Payment Systems
• Subject: Banknotes ; E-money ; Financial services ; Payment clearing and settlement systems ; Billets de banque ; Monnaie électronique ; Services financiers ; Systèmes de compensation et de règlement des paiements

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Fung, Ben ; Molico, Miguel ; Stuber, Gerald
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Bank of Canada
• (where): Ottawa
• (when): 2014

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.34989/sdp-2014-2
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/129678
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET