Central bank digital currencies (CBDC)

29 Mar 23 @ 10:26

The European Banking Federation (EBF) has published a vision paper on a Digital Euro Ecosystem. The EBF sets forth its perspective on the digital money ecosystem of the future, where... read more

20 Mar 23 @ 17:35

National Australia Bank (NAB) appears to be going head to head with its own Central Bank in a race to launch its own stablecoin AUDN. Earlier this month, Payments Cards... read more

14 Mar 23 @ 13:35

A new study has found the value of payments via CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies) will reach $213 billion annually by 2030; up from just $100 million in 2023. This... read more

13 Mar 23 @ 13:17

Swift says it will continue to progress on its experimental solution for interlinking Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), reporting that 18 central and commercial banks found “clear potential and value”... read more

08 Mar 23 @ 18:04

The Central Bank of Brazil will start a CBDC pilot project, aiming to replicate the success of its instant payment system Pix and help further popularise financial services in the... read more

07 Mar 23 @ 17:28

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the central banks of Israel, Norway and Sweden have concluded Project Icebreaker, which studied the potential benefits and challenges of using retail central... read more

03 Mar 23 @ 17:54

As previously announced, the Reserve Bank of Australia is collaborating with the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) on a research project to explore potential use cases and economic benefits of... read more

27 Feb 23 @ 17:43

P2P payments, Online and Offline POS payments and then e-commerce payments should be the order of priorities for the digital euro, the European Central Bank has said in documents published on... read more

21 Feb 23 @ 18:25

For much of the past few years, if there was a focus on a Web 3.0 technology, it was probably blockchain, with cryptocurrency investments booming and technologies like NFTs promising... read more

20 Feb 23 @ 13:49

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has announced that it will begin a pilot for its digital yen with commercial financial institutions commencing in April, the trials are expected to last... read more

14 Feb 23 @ 17:09

The last year saw substantial change for consumer payments. BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later), mobile payments and SoftPOS entered the mainstream, while CBDCs took another major step forward. But what’s... read more

08 Feb 23 @ 17:24

The Global Payments Innovation Jury has published its 2022 report into the direction of the industry. Payments Cards & Mobile (PCM) caught up with Jury Chairman John Chaplin (JC) to... read more