黑田東彥表示 - 日本央行必須“徹底”準備使用電子貨幣

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BOJ must prepare 'thoroughly' on digital currency, says Kuroda

ReutersMon., March 15, 2021, 9:41 p.m.

By Leika Kihara

TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Tuesday stressed the need for the central bank to "prepare thoroughly" for the time it may need to issue its own digital currency.

The BOJ will begin experiments on a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in spring 2021, Kuroda said, signaling its resolve to stay in line with other central banks that are stepping up the pace of development.

While the BOJ currently has no plan to issue CBDC, central banks must not wait idly until the need to roll out its own digital currency arises, he told a seminar.

"From the viewpoint of ensuring the stability and efficiency of the overall payment and settlement systems, it's important to prepare thoroughly to respond to changes in circumstances in an appropriate manner," Kuroda said.

The BOJ said last October it will begin experimenting in 2021 on how to operate its own digital currency, joining efforts by other central banks to catch up to rapid private-sector innovation.

The central bank has said it would conduct a first phase of experiments on basic functions core to CBDC, such as issuance and distribution, early in the fiscal year beginning in April.

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東京（路透社）-日本央行行長黑田東彥（Haruhiko Kuroda）週二強調，日本央行有必要進行“充分準備”, 在可能有需要時, 發行自己的電字貨幣。

黑田東彥表示，日本央行將在2021年春季開始對央行數字貨幣（CBDC）進行試驗，這表明日本央行決心與正在加快發展步伐的其他央行保持一致。

他在一次研討會上說，儘管日本央行目前尚無發行CBDC (中央銀行電子貨幣) 的計劃，但中央銀行絕不能閒著等待，直到有必要推出自己的數字貨幣之時。

黑田東彥說：“從確保整個支付和結算系統的穩定性和效率的角度出發，重要的是要做好充分準備，以適當的方式應對情況的變化。”

日本央行去年10月表示，它將在2021年開始進行有關如何操作其自己的數字貨幣的試驗，並其他中央銀行將共同努力，以趕上私營体系的快速創新。

中央銀行表示，它將在4月開始的財政年度中，對CBDC的核心基本功能, 例如發行和分發 進行第一階段的試驗。

              So, Bank of Japan is still in an early stage in preparation for central bank digital currency. It seems that China is ahead of Japan in this respect.