Temple University CIBER at the Fox School of Business presents

Primer on Central Banks and Digital Currencies

Friday, May 19, 2023

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. EST
Register here for complimentary Zoom link

Join faculty from international business and related disciplines for an overview of how new technologies are altering the landscape of central banks, and what research and teaching opportunities are needed to fully understand these changes in the coming years.

This interactive lecture will feature an exploration of leading central bank digital currency (CBDC) projects as well a discussion of initiatives brewing in Congress and the executive branch. As the U.S. federal government begins to seriously tackle issues with the internationalization of competitor currencies, opportunities for academic research are expected to rise.

About the speaker

Bob Murray has extensive experience in technology, cybersecurity, digital content and international and mobile payments. Bob is a former investment banker with Lehman Brothers, where he helped raise over $25 billion in international private equity and high yield capital for a variety of governments, financial sponsors and their portfolio firms. Following Lehman, Bob was a successful entrepreneur, starting and successfully exiting several technology companies in healthcare, data analytics, cybersecurity and blockchain.

Currently, Bob is Veteran Fellow at the Hoover Institution, a Fellow in the National Security Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, and CEO of TerraNet Ventures a seed venture capital company investing in cybersecurity, blockchain, cryptocurrency, and other technologies. Bob is also an adjunct professor at Temple University’s Fox School of Business, leading a capstone program which pairs international business students with company partners.