09 Jan 23 @ 13:59

A joint research effort between the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology into the technical feasibility of a potential CBDC (central bank digital currency) is... read more

04 Jan 23 @ 09:00

A new forecast from UK Finance predicts that debit cards will be the overwhelming favourite way for UK consumers to pay in ten years’ time. It also forecasts the decline... read more

23 Nov 22 @ 18:08

Project New Era is a privately led initiative by the Digital Financial Market Infrastructure Consortium (DFMI), evaluating the path towards a retail Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in the UK.... read more

14 Nov 22 @ 17:15

It was not that long ago that everybody was wondering what CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) was – furthermore, many who did no saw no real application for it behind... read more

04 Nov 22 @ 12:18

The BIS Innovation Hub is launching a new project around central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and Decentralised Finance (DeFi) protocols as part of its 2022 work programme. Project Marianaexplores automated market... read more

26 Oct 22 @ 18:53

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) says the six-week Project mBridge pilot to evaluate whether CBDC would be useful for foreign exchange transfers has successfully processed 160 payments worth around... read more

25 Oct 22 @ 18:46

Japan’s JCB has launched “JCBDC” (JCB Digital Currency) pilot project with IDEMIA and FinTech company Soft Space . JCBDC pilot will develop a CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) payment solution... read more

11 Oct 22 @ 17:10

The Reserve Bank of India has said it will pilot a digital rupee for specific use cases and also released a concept note on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). The... read more

05 Oct 22 @ 16:54

SWIFT says that it has demonstrated that Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and tokenised assets can move seamlessly on existing financial infrastructure – a major milestone towards enabling their smooth... read more

26 Sep 22 @ 17:17

As we know, Central Banks around the world are, for the majority, looking at running pilots or proof of concepts on CBDC. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has now... read more

11 Aug 22 @ 13:35

The Reserve Bank of Australia is collaborating with the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) on a research project to explore use cases for a central bank digital currency (CBDC).... read more

22 Mar 22 @ 17:12

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has announced the completion of prototypes for a common platform enabling international settlements using multiple central bank digital currencies (CBDC). Project Dunbar as the... read more

17 Mar 22 @ 17:23

The Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) has announced plans to start a pilot program of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). In September, the BCB told the Brazilian Senate that it planned... read more

23 Feb 22 @ 12:17

The Riksbank is investigating whether it is possible to issue a digital complement to cash, a so-called e-krona. Just like cash, the e-krona would be issued by the Riksbank and... read more

21 Feb 22 @ 13:33

The Federal Reserve recently requested comment on a discussion paper describing the potential benefits and costs of issuing a CBDC. The paper is not the ringing endorsement of the concept... read more

02 Feb 22 @ 18:07

India’s central bank says it will launch a digital rupee CBDC in the next financial year, according to the country’s finance minister. “Introduction of a central bank digital currency (CBDC)... read more

14 Jan 22 @ 10:52

Visa has announced plans to offer central banks and financial institutions a central bank digital currency (CBDC) offering in Q2 2022. The payment provider developed the Visa CBDC Payment Module... read more

13 Jan 22 @ 10:28

Project Helvetia, a joint initiative between The Bank for International Settlements’ Innovation Hub (BISIH) Swiss Centre, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the financial infrastructure operator SIX, has reached the... read more

13 Dec 21 @ 11:05

Banque de France (BdF), Swiss National Bank (SNB) and Bank for International Settlements’ (BIS) Innovation Hub have successfully completed Project Jura, an experiment in cross-border wholesale CBDC, in collaboration with Accenture, Credit Suisse, Natixis, R3, SIX Digital Exchange and UBS.... read more

09 Dec 21 @ 10:36

The transition to electronic money continues at pace and has been accelerated by Covid-19. The Bank of England (the Bank) reports that around 95% of the funds that people hold... read more