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Bank of Italy calls for digital asset investments by banks despite uncertainty

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The Bank of Italy calls for banks to invest in digital assets despite uncertainty, advising them to target investments that support learning and flexibility. Deputy Governor Chiara Scotti suggests banks should experiment with tokenization to adapt to changing digital landscapes, emphasizing the need for banks to preserve their role as issuers of private money.

Key points

  • Banks should invest in digital assets to support learning and flexibility.: Banks should invest in digital assets to support learning and flexibility.
  • Deputy Governor Scotti recommends banks experiment with tokenization.: Deputy Governor Scotti recommends banks experiment with tokenization.
  • The technology's widespread adoption is uncertain, but banks must adapt now.: The technology's widespread adoption is uncertain, but banks must adapt now.

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MILAN, Oct 23 : As the financial system turns increasingly digital, banks must resist the temptation to delay investments until they know which technology will prevail, a senior Bank of Italy official said on Friday.

• Waiting could help lenders save money in the short term, but it "also has costs when it delays learning or the creation of future opportunities," Bank of Italy Deputy Governor Chiara Scotti said in the text of a speech

• Scotti said banks should target investments that lend themselves to usefulness across different scenarios and support institutions' learning process

• Only by experimenting can banks understand how best to adapt the new digital technologies to their business, she said

• "It makes sense to start on a limited scale... flexibility and staged commitment can reconcile caution with innovation, without requiring an early bet on a single technological path," she said

• Scotti said it was still unclear how widely tokenisation — a technology that turns bank deposits into digital tokens that can be moved on blockchain-based networks — would spread, but banks must act if they are to preserve their role as issuers of private money

Original source: www.channelnewsasia.com

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