
Central Bank Digital Currency
China digital yuan catering to small retail transactions
The digital currency electronic payment has been on a test run, targeting small retail transactions amid preparations for nationwide rollout.
Brazil central bank forms CBDC study group
The group will investigate the implications of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) on the country’s economy, among other things.
Federal Reserve experimenting with distributed ledger for digital dollar plans
The central bank has been studying and testing DLT for years now and is currently working on a hypothetical digital...
Bank of Japan top economist to lead digital yen initiative
Kazushige Kamiyama has been appointed to head Bank of Japan’s payments and settlement department.
Bank of England develops infrastructure for digital pound
The facility to support CBDCs is being developed as a “bolt-on” should the bank decide to roll out a digital...
Cambodia awaits digital currency rollout
Bakong is in testing since July and is expected to be up and running by the end of the quarter,...