Anthology
23 July 2024
Memos to the European Union leadership 2024-2029
The full twenty Memos will be launched at this year's Bruegel Annual Meetings in September
Fintech
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Opinion piece
14 December 2022
Central Bank digital currencies as weapons of finance?
An analysis on how CBDCs can be used in emerging economies to include more people in financial systems.
Opinion piece
14 September 2021
El Salvador’s great crypto experiment
Can bitcoin surpass the dollar in popularity and make El Salvador the first state to operate entirely with a private currency?
Opinion piece
11 May 2021
Crypto… mania
Cryptocurrencies are here to stay but are unlikely to be considered a credible alternative to money anytime soon.
Opinion piece
27 April 2021
Central bank currencies going digital
Electronic cash might be the future, but it is still unclear what payment innovation it offers for the public, certainly in the euro area. And it is u
Event
25 March 2020
POSTPONED: Banking on Digital: a conversation with Ana Botin, Executive chairman of Santander Group
This event will feature a conversation between Anna Botin and Guntram Wolff on the future of the European Banking sector in face of the digital revolu
Event
12 February 2020
Hybrid threats in the financial system
This one-day workshop focused on hybrid threats in the context of the financial system by examining vulnerabilities and raising awareness, looking for
Podcast
31 October 2019
How not to spend it
Buying a car, a house or a cryptocurrency has never been easier: with a simple click, digital banking has made financial operations accessible to ever
Event
23 October 2019
Financial and digital literacy in the age of fintech
How to ensure the safe use of digital payments and other technological innovations in the area of personal finance?
Event
09 October 2019
Banking disrupted by FinTech and Big Tech
Today banks are facing competition from non-bank firms whose core strategy is based on technological innovation - Big Tech and Fin Tech. What is in st
Opinion piece
26 September 2019
Banking, FinTech, Big Tech: Emerging challenges for financial policymakers
FinTech and Big Tech firms are both increasingly stepping on banks’ traditional turf. This column introduces the 22nd Geneva Report on the World Econo
Policy brief
06 September 2018
The economic potential and risks of crypto assets: is a regulatory framework needed?
What is the economic potential and the risks of crypto assets? Regulators and supervisors have taken great interest in these new markets. This Policy
External publication
26 March 2018
Capital Markets Union and the Fintech Opportunity
Fintech has the potential to change financial intermediation structures substantially. It could disrupt existing financial intermediation with new bus
Blog post
15 January 2018
No Financial Meltdown
Intel suffered only minimal pain in the stock market following revelations about the ‘Meltdown’ hardware vulnerability. But if the market won’t compel
Blog post
04 December 2017
The Bitcoin Bubble
The price of bitcoin has just passed $11,000. A year ago it was worth less than $800. Economists and commentators are thus increasingly concerned that
Policy brief
15 September 2017
Capital Markets Union and the fintech opportunity
Fintech has the potential to change financial intermediation structures substantially. It could disrupt existing financial intermediation with new bus