The role of the central bank in a digitalising world
Nykänen, Marja (11.06.2018)
Julkaisija
Bank of Finland
2018
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:bof-201806211668Tiivistelmä
Digitalisation holds great promise for new opportunities, but it will also usher in new challenges and risks. Businesses will enjoy lower operating costs and consumers a wider breadth of choice, while cross-sector and cross-border competition will both increase. Service providers will need to make determined efforts and investments in order to keep up amidst the technological change and intensified competition. Regulatory changes will also spur the digital transformation of payments. The revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) entered into force in early 2018, and its effects are gradually being felt. As payments become quicker and are increasingly relegated to the background of purchase transactions, greater demands will be placed on personal finance skills and financial literacy.