Central bank digital currencies (CBDC)

11 May 21 @ 15:17

The emergence of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) is gathering speed, with more than half of the world’s central banks actively considering their introduction. The reasons are varied: to compensate... read more

04 May 21 @ 12:18

The Digital Dollar Project, a non-profit organisation, has announced it will launch five pilot programs over the next 12 months to test the potential uses of a US central bank... read more

23 Apr 21 @ 15:36

In the same week that the UK’s highly influential Bank of England announced it was getting ready to trial CBDC, Norwegian central Bank, Norges bank has also announced its intention... read more

21 Apr 21 @ 14:11

Plans for the much vaunted digital euro have started to take shape this week after the findings from the ECB’s public consultation and signals from Frankfurt that offer some relief... read more

20 Apr 21 @ 09:22

The Bank of England and HM Treasury have announced the joint creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Taskforce to coordinate the exploration of a potential UK CBDC.A CBDC... read more

12 Apr 21 @ 16:10

Russia’s central bank, the Bank of Russia says it will test a digital Ruble in 2022, marking another major governments interest into the voracity of testing CBDC. First Deputy Governor... read more

06 Apr 21 @ 10:00

The possibility of a digital euro is setting high expectations. But it is also raising questions. At the ECB we take people’s concerns seriously, and are thus committed to clearing... read more

25 Mar 21 @ 08:54

Roxe has announced it will provide 113 qualifying central banks with free, complete access to its global Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) payment network. Each central bank will be able to issue,... read more

23 Mar 21 @ 16:38

Since 2008, there has been much speculation about the role of digital currencies in global payments, and the application of the software engineering behind cryptocurrencies built with blockchain. While speculation... read more

18 Mar 21 @ 16:47

Amid rising hype about mobile wallets, P2P FinTech challengers and QR-code payments, this year’s Digital and Card Payments Yearbooks show a card segment in robust health, with business growing strongly.... read more

15 Mar 21 @ 17:11

The ECB has recently petitioned European Union lawmakers  saying that they expect to have veto power over the launch of stablecoins and other potentially disruptive cryptocurrencies such as Facebook’s Diem... read more

03 Mar 21 @ 16:55

If central bank continue to push CBDC and move towards digital cash it is likely to force a shadow economy worth trillions of dollars to recede further into the darkness.... read more