By Neil Roland ( October 23, 2026, 21:36 GMT | Insight) -- Dozens of countries — including those as diverse as India, the UK, Estonia and Brazil — are successfully developing digital infrastructure that isn't connected with each other, leaving gaps that may pose financial stability risks, the nonprofit Bretton Woods Committee said. The committee, headed by former US Federal Reserve Bank of New York chief William Dudley, said without these connections, the global economy may end up with "100 cheap, fast, incompatible national systems instead of one genuinely open interoperable infrastructure."Dozens of countries — including those as diverse as India, the UK, Estonia and Brazil — are successfully developing digital infrastructure that isn't connected with each other, leaving gaps that may pose financial stability risks, the nonprofit Bretton Woods Committee said....
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