
Central Bank Digital Currency
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28 January, 2023
UK on the hunt for CBDC lead as it ramps up digital pound efforts
U.K. Treasury is looking for a Head of Central Bank Digital Currency who will lead its work on a potential...
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28 January, 2023
Saudi Arabia’s central bank studying CBDC but mum on deployment date
Saudi's central bank noted that the early stages of the state-backed digital currency experiments would involve reviewing the legal implications...
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26 January, 2023
Israel, Sweden, Norway collaborate on retail CBDCs to offer instant cross-border transactions
Retail CBDCs could solve cross-border friction, but Yaron admitted that several challenges remain, including enforcing AML rules and possibly pushing...
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26 January, 2023
Universal digital payments network for stablecoins and CBDCs unveiled at Davos
Policymakers in Davos for the World Economic Forum (WEF) seized the opportunity to launch a payment network designed to encourage...
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25 January, 2023
East Africa to set up common central bank in its march toward single currency
The decision on where to set up the East African Monetary Institute will be made this year, as the region...
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24 January, 2023
China: Upgraded digital yuan now with smart contract function
Digital yuan's smart contract functionality was integrated into the food delivery app Meituan, allowing users of the digital yuan to...