A cashless society and central bank digital currency: where are we now?

The paper ‘A Cashless Society: benefits risks and issues’ was presented in January 2018. Five years later, where are we? What are the benefits? We’ll explore the risks and issues, and consider what plans government should have about this in regard to the poverty premium. Can a cashless society help in negative interest rate policy? Speaker: Ian Collier. Chair: Matthew Levine