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The Riksbank is testing a technical solution for the e-krona
29/10/2020 -In partnership with the consulting company Accenture, the Riksbank is conducting a pilot project to develop a technical solution for an e-krona that can work as a complement to cash. The aim of the project is to show how an e-krona could be used...
Payments in peacetime crisis situations and heightened alert
29/10/2020 -One of the Riksbank’s tasks is to promote a safe and efficient payment system. According to the proposed new Sveriges Riksbank Act, the Riksbank shall have a planning and control responsibility in relation to those private enterprises that are...
The Riksbank adapts its systems
07/11/2019 -Most payments in Sweden are currently settled in the Riksbank’s settlement system for large-value payments (RIX). As RIX is constructed for large-value payments between financial institutions, all smaller payments between bank customers have to...
PSD2 enables greater competition
07/11/2019 -The EU has been working to increase competition on the payment market. A modified regulatory framework gives payment service providers the opportunity to access customers’ payment accounts and thereby initiate payments and compile account...
Do we have the right to pay in cash?
07/11/2019 -Under the Sveriges Riksbank Act, cash is legal tender in Sweden, which means that it is to be accepted as payment everywhere. But the rule can be waived by agreement by shops, restaurants, etc., via what is known as freedom of contract. In other...
The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating work
29/10/2020 -The central banks in the group are agreed that it is urgent to make progress in this work now and that this is due, to an even greater extent than previously, to the crisis that the coronavirus pandemic has triggered. This has led to cash being...
Cash use in constant decline
07/11/2019 -Swedes pay less and less frequently in cash and more and more shops and restaurants are no longer accepting it. The trend in Sweden differs from that in other countries. It means that some groups are finding it increasingly difficult to pay.
International cooperation on central bank digital currency
29/10/2020 -In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, cash payments have decreased in many countries. This has led to central bank cooperation on central bank digital currency landing high up on the policy agenda. International cooperation on central bank...
The coronavirus pandemic is putting pressure on cash distribution
29/10/2020 -Developments on the payment market have been accelerated by the marked decrease in parts of the trade, tourism, entertainment and restaurant industries caused by the coronavirus pandemic. One clear sign of this is that both the number of ATM...
The banks too will have a broader responsibility
29/10/2020 -Even some of the larger banks will be given greater responsibilities regarding cash. At present, they are responsible for ensuring that cash withdrawals and deposits of daily takings function. In November 2019, the Riksdag adopted an amendment...