Acknowledgements

This volume of studies has benefitted from the thoughts and efforts of many experts both at the Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB), the central bank of Hungary, and its partner institutions throughout Europe and Asia. First and foremost, the editors would like to thank all of the authors for their valuable contributions, as well as their teams and organisations for the cooperation throughout the editing process. Among them, special thanks go to the Digital Currency Institute at the People’s Bank of China (PBCDCI), the Banque de France, the Bank of Korea (BOK), the Deutsche Bundesbank and the University of Applied Sciences of the Deutsche Bundesbank, the Astana International Financial Centre Green Finance Centre (AIFC GFC), the Money Museum of the Banco de Portugal and the BIS Innovation Hub Singapore Centre for their excellent support. Special thanks also go to Governor György Matolcsy and Deputy Governors Mihály Patai, Barnabás Virág and Csaba Kandrács for their encouraging support and professional comments on the volume. The book has also capitalised on the insightful remarks and editorial work of the experts at the MNB’s International Relations Directorate, namely Marcell Horváth, Executive Director, as well as Eszter Boros, Zsófia Gulyás, Fruzsina Franciska Halász, Veronika Mikes, Ildikó Nagy, Béla Luyi Pintér, Györgyi Puhl, Nóra Anna Sándor, Dániel Károly Szakács and Dávid Szabó. The editors would also like to express their gratitude for the contribution of Anikó Szombati, Executive Director for Digitalization and FinTech Support and Chief Digital Officer, Péter Fáykiss, Director of the Digitalization Directorate and all the experts of the MNB, who have contributed to the volume, namely Flóra Balázs, Bálint Danóczy, László Kajdi, Donát Kim, Ádám Nyikes, Péter Sajtos, Nóra Anna Sándor, Balázs Sárvári, Patrik Tischler and Orsolya Vida.

The authors owe thanks to Péter Szűcs, Péter Bencsik, István Csonka and all of the contributing colleagues for their thorough work, which has been indispensable for releasing this publication. The authors are especially grateful to Kendall Logan for his valuable comments and thoroughness during the proofreading process. The editors would like to thank Soma Szabó for his work on the graphic design in this book.