Asia
Swift Completes Sandbox Testing of API-Based CBDC Project
Swift said that 18 central and commercial banks found “clear potential and value” in its API-based Central Bank Digital Currency...
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WeChat, China’s Most Popular App, Adds Support for Digital Yuan
WeChat, the world’s biggest super app with more than 1.2 billion users, is now supporting digital yuan (e-CNY) payments through...
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China’s Digital Yuan Sees Dismal Adoption in Hong Kong
China’s push to become the world’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) leader continues to face hurdles, with the latest being a failed...
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Iran Completes Central Bank Digital Currency’s Pre-pilot Phase
Iran is making progress with its plans for a central bank digital currency (CBDC), having finished the necessary research for...
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India’s e-Rupee: New Money With Wrinkles Of The Old
India’s central bank digital currency, e-Rupee, has been out in the wild for about four months but is yet to...
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Japan to Launch Pilot Program for Issuing Digital Yen
Japan will start a pilot program in April to test the use of a digital yen, its central bank said,...
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Cashing In on a Digital Currency
Throughout history, money has taken many different forms, finally developing into the most widely used, paper currency. Over the last...
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Head of BIS Envisions Unified Ledger for CBDC, Tokenized Deposits, Digital Assets
Talking in Singapore today, Agustin Carstens, the General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), spoke about a unified ledger that...
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Will China’s Digital Yuan revolutionize Global Trade?
The Chinese government has been negotiating with foreign partners about their prospective interest in joining their CBDC effort since 2015....
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Bank of Japan to Launch Digital Yen CBDC Pilot Later This Year
The Bank of Japan is preparing to launch a pilot test for a digital yen, its central bank digital currency...
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