The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, or OMFIF, an independent global think tank for central banking and economic policy, has released a report suggesting that blockchain technology in a public finance management system could provide information essential to “formulate and design fiscal policy.”
According to a Tuesday report, the OMFIF said modernizing public finance management through blockchain could help governments identify potential corruption and waste by providing “enhanced transparency and traceability of payments.” The report suggested the technology could facilitate the prevention of embezzlement of funds given the global rise in fraud from cases including ransomware and cybersecurity attacks.
In addition to helping reduce the risk of theft from invoice fraud — allowing users to send payments with “the click of a button” rather than providing personal information — the think tank reported that with the system set up for a central bank digital currency, “...
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