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Author: Chris Wilson
Chris Wilson
Chris Wilson – Business Journalist & Fintech Communications Writer Chris Wilson is a UK-based business journalist and communications writer who specialises in finance, technology, and corporate storytelling. His work focuses on the intersection of financial services, emerging technologies, and regulatory change, with particular focus om fintech innovation, digital banking, and the evolution of money and payments. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Newspaper Journalism (NCTJ-accredited) from the University of Central Lancashire and a First-Class Honours degree in English Literature from the University of Durham.
Tokenised deposits are fast becoming the UK’s preferred route for digital money. Regulators here are much more leery of stablecoins than their peers across the Pond, which has informed the cautious approach they have adopted to bringing them into mainstream finance. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is currently road-testing its Regulatory Sandbox, where firms are carrying out supervised tests of stablecoin issuance and payment use cases. The pilot comes after the Bank’s governor, Andrew Bailey, was quoted in The Times as saying that although he was ‘not against stablecoins’, he did not see them having a future at the heart…