The latest session of the IIF’s DataTalk focused on the potential of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) for cross-border payments.

In this episode of FRT, Caroline Malcolm, Head of International Public Policy and Research for blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis, answers questions regarding cryptocurrency’s potential for use in sanctions evasion and humanitarian relief. Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompting rapid and unprecedented actions from the international community, Caroline provides in-depth explanations of how blockchain analytics tools trace transactions and expose trends in user behavior. We conclude that cryptocurrency, in this case, is not an effective tool for sanctions evasion at scale.

This Digital Finance briefing note explores the opportunities that cloud computing can unlock in the Latin America region (LatAm), and some of the challenges that will need to be addressed for that promise to be fulfilled.

In this episode of FRT, we hear from Greg Wolfond, Chair and CEO at the fintech SecureKey Technologies, Toronto; and Angus McFadyen, Partner at the law firm Pinsent Masons, London. Greg and Angus were among a team of experts and IIF members who developed and finalized the Principles for Digital Trust Networks as part of the Open Digital Trust Initiative of the IIF and the Open ID Foundation.