Illustration: Pound symbol on a circuit board. Credit: Maksim Kabakou/Adobe Stock

The UK government will bring forward a consultation on the case for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) "in the coming weeks," Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt said on Friday. The Bank of England (BOE) will also release a paper that sets out technology considerations informing the potential build of a digital pound, Hunt said in a written statement to Parliament.

Hunt announced these plans as part of a wider set of reforms to spur the UK's financial services industry.

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