Ganesh represented Gillmore at Peer-to-Peer Financial Systems Workshop 2023 (P2PFISY)26th - 27th September 2023.

This was the 9th International Workshop, a premier workshop for peer-to-peer financial systems.

FX swaps allow dealers to exchange currencies, with an agreement to reverse the transaction at a specific date and price in the future. It is a market that is growing rapidly, increasing in size by around 20% in the past three years alone. The average daily reported foreign exchange swap turnover in the UK was recorded at $3,117bn in April 2023, making up 46% of all FX trading instruments.

Ganesh Viswanath Natraj sets out the case for a UK CBDC. One potential benefit is a rise in financial inclusion by providing an easier way for the UK’s 1.2 million unbanked residents to access banking services