Pandemic accelerating digitalisation of the payment market
Developments on the payment market are very rapid and have been given an extra boost by the pandemic. Sweden has long stood out as a country with low cash usage and high use of cards and digital payment solutions, but now the trend is also visible internationally. To meet new developments, the Riksbank has for some time been investigating the possibility, together with other central banks and international organisations, of issuing central bank digital currencies and making international payments faster and cheaper. This is the content of the Riksbank's annual Payments Report, which is