Hong Kong's central bank sees seven big issues to solve before a central bank digital currency can fly

Stuff that's already pretty much sorted with real money - like scaling transactions, security, and stopping crooks - need work

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has issued a technical perspective paper on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), suggesting two viable designs but also finding seven issues that need to be nailed down before it would be comfortable implementing the "e-HKD"....