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The ECB will decide whether to proceed with the digital EUR pilots by mid-2021
In a Wednesday interview with Bloomberg Television, ECB president Christine Lagarde believes the bank could release…
Jamaica is the latest country making concrete efforts towards issuing its own central bank digital currencies (CBDC)
While several countries are working on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), on Tuesday, the Bank of Jamaica…
Six Chinese banks offering digital wallets and Japan established a new committee for CBDC trials
At the moment it looks like China and Japan are in a pilot race to be issued digital currencies (CBDC).…
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will start experiments on a central bank digital currency (CBDC) this spring
In a speech today, Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the BoJ’s central bank digital currency (CBDC)…
Chinese banks conducted digital yuan trials at two major department stores in Shanghai
According to Shanghai Daily, Shanghai New World City and New World Daimaru Department Store, and Taikang Food Store…
The city of Chengdu will be launching China’s largest digital currency trial to date starting today
Chengdu City will begin the launch of China's largest cryptocurrency trial to date starting today after trials have…
Reserve Bank of India: A CBDC could promote financial inclusion but also poses a risk of harming the banking system
In a report released Friday, it appears that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is viewing the central bank's digital…
Tencent-backed WeBank and Ant-backed MYbank are said to trial China’s digital yuan
Two more commercial banks, this time backed by fintech giants Tencent and Ant Group, are said to trial China's…
Morocco’s central bank is considering CBDC
Morocco’s central bank, Bank-Al-Maghrib (BAM) is investigating the benefits of launching a central bank digital…
Whether a Digital Euro might incentivize consumers to shift deposits away from central bank during times of crisis?
In recent weeks, officials at the European Central Bank said they continue to assess all the factors behind the…