ScotPay

ScotPound: Digital Money for the Common Good

Author / Creator: New Ecconomics Foundation

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published:

The introduction of a digital currency with a new payment system would provide the world’s first publicly owned, not-for-profit national payment system.  It would enable Scottish businesses to accept payments without being charged fees by banks and credit card firms. It would be available to all with mobile phones. It would demonstrate that a new national currency can be created and implemented