central bank digital currencies

Switzerland’s Central Bank Plans December CBDC Pilot
Switzerland’s Central Bank Plans December CBDC Pilot
November 02, 2023  |  CBDC

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is set to begin piloting a wholesale digital franc next month. The bank, along with six other lenders from Switzerland, Germany and...

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Visa Completes Pilot Test of CBDC in Hong Kong
Visa Completes Pilot Test of CBDC in Hong Kong
November 02, 2023  |  CBDC

Visa, in collaboration with HSBC and Hang Seng Bank, has successfully completed a pilot test in Hong Kong to study tokenized deposits using central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)....

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Fed Vice Chair Michael S. Barr Calls for Stablecoin Regulation
Fed Vice Chair Michael S. Barr Calls for Stablecoin Regulation
October 27, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Michael S. Barr, vice chair for supervision at the Federal Reserve, addressed the increased experimentation with new payment technologies, such as stablecoins and central bank digital...

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Retail CBDCs Can’t Get an ‘A’ Grade From US Lawmakers
Retail CBDCs Can’t Get an ‘A’ Grade From US Lawmakers
September 18, 2023  |  CBDC

The use of digital cash is growing. Americans currently leverage digital payments for many — if not all — of their daily purchases, using credit...

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CBDCs Compete for Relevance in Cross-Border Payments
CBDCs Compete for Relevance in Cross-Border Payments
September 13, 2023  |  CBDC

Link by link, the fashioning of a global network for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) proceeds apace.  As it continues to grow, it has the...

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CBDCs  Likely ‘Some Years Away’ For Australia
CBDCs Likely ‘Some Years Away’ For Australia
August 23, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

A central bank digital currency (CBDC) may not be in Australia’s near future. That’s according to a report issued Wednesday (Aug. 23) by the Reserve Bank of Australia and Digital...

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Mastercard Adds Fluency to Its CBDC Partners
Mastercard Adds Fluency to Its CBDC Partners
August 21, 2023  |  Mastercard

Mastercard has chosen tokenized assets solutions company company Fluency to help it speak the language of CBDCs. The collaboration, announced Friday (Aug. 18), is designed...

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Microsoft’s CBDC Push Hints at Private Sector’s Role in Shaping Digital Currencies
Microsoft’s CBDC Push Hints at Private Sector’s Role in Shaping Digital Currencies
August 09, 2023  |  CBDC

Central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are on pretty much every central bank’s road map. A full 93% of central banks across the globe are in at...

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Digital Dollar Project: CBDCs Can Help the Unbanked
Digital Dollar Project: CBDCs Can Help the Unbanked
August 03, 2023  |  CBDC

Could a central bank digital currency (CBDC) help America’s unbanked population? It appears that way, according to a new report by the Digital Dollar Project...

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