The Banque de France has been exploring the feasibility of incorporating distributed ledger technology into payments systems for financial markets. Claudine Hurman, director of innovation and financial market infrastructure at Banque de France, discusses the Banque’s strategic approach to digital payments in capital markets. OMFIF: Can you give a brief summary of the Banque de France’s cutting-edge experiments with wholesale central bank digital currencies? Claudine Hurman: The Banque de France has conducted 12 experiments on wholesale CBDC since 2020 in collaboration with market participants, exploring different ... (full story)