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Qatar Central Bank Studying Digital Banks and CBDCs

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Qatar Central Bank Studying Digital Banks and CBDCs


Qatar Central Bank is presently examining the possibility of issuing a digital currency as well as digital bank licensing, an official has said. The official adds this study will help the central bank get an understanding of what its area of focus should be. The Growing Significance of CBDC


An official with the Qatar Central Bank (QCB) has said the institution is presently studying digital bank licensing as well as digital currencies. The official, Alanood Abdullah Al Muftah, the head of the bank’s fintech division, adds the study will enable the QCB to gain a better understanding of what its area of focus should be.


In her remarks to The Peninsula, Al Muftah said the study will look into “the different aspects and verticals of fintech.” The study will also determine if it is feasible for Qatar to have a central bank digital currency (CBDC) or not.


“In the next couple of months, there will be [a] greater understanding about the future focus of [the] QCB. Each central bank should study digital banks, considering their growing significance in the global market. We also see the direction of the market moving towards having a digital currency. However, it’s still being studied whether we’re having a digital currency or not,” Al Muftah is quoted explaining.


Concerning Qatar’s regulatory sandbox, QCB’s head of fintech revealed that three startups, which operate in the payments sector, are already testing solutions with the central bank. She said the QCB is also evaluating more companies that want to operate in the regulatory sandbox.


Dukhan Bank’s Digital Bank Plans


Meanwhile, Narayanan Srinivasan, the chief operations and digital officer at Dukhan Bank, is quoted in the same report revealing that his bank is weighing the possibility of launching a digital bank in Qatar. Srinivasan, however, cautions that his bank will only establish the digital bank when there is a better understanding of the economics behind this. He said: We do not want to rush through this. We need to figure out the economics behind it. Unfortunately, there are not too many use cases, either in the form of success or failure, for us to quickly decide that this is something that we can do. We need to figure out how do we actually take this to the market.


Besides mulling over the launch of a digital bank, Dukhan Bank is also exploring the blockchain, the report said. Tags in this story Alanood Abdullah Al Muftah, CBDC, Digital Currency, Dukhan Bank, fintechs, Narayanan Srinivasan, Qatar Central Bank, Regulatory Sandbox


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