Episode 2 - CBDC - Exploring the "Why" (Mobey Forum & Consult Hyperion)

The Next Wave of Digital Transformation in Banking
Podcast Series by Mobey Forum and Consult Hyperion

Episode 2:  CBDC - Exploring the "Why"
 
Moderated by: Tim Richards, Principal Consultant at Consult Hyperion

Guests:
Ville Sointu, Chief Strategist, Digital Currencies at Nordea
Mads Clemmensen, Digital Assets Lead at Danske Bank

Why are central banks worldwide planning to issue CBDCs? In this episode, we address this question and more:
- Why are so many central banks around the world planning to issue CBDC?
- What is the difference between wholesale and retails CBDCs?
- What are the problems that wholesale CBDC is solving, and the pain points in existing wholesale payments?
- What it might be possible to do with a CBDC that you cannot do with a card payment?