Disintermediating Electronic Payments: Digital Cash and Virtual Currencies

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2016

Source Publication

31(12) Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation 661-674

Keywords

Electronic money; Payment systems; Virtual currencies

Abstract

Digital cash may be issued privately (so as to be called "virtual currency") or by a central bank. It may be a cryptocurrency, randomised or tethered. Its scheme may be centralised or decentralised and its value may be self-anchored or of a specified fiat currency. By facilitating electronic transmission of payment media between distant parties as an equivalent to handto- hand physical delivery of cash, digital currency schemes may irreversibly transform the global payments landscape and require novel legal solutions.

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