
Wholesale CBDC
Switzerland’s central bank launches wholesale CBDC pilot with UBS, commercial banks
The pilot, dubbed Helvetia Phase III, builds upon two previous studies with collaborations from the Bank for International Settlements and...
BIS releases details for widely anticipated Project mBridge ahead of MVP
Project mBridge is inching forward to launching an MVP in 2024, and to achieve this, the Bank for International Settlements...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas CBDC pilot ‘Project Agila’ pushes through with blockchain testing
The Philippines is pressing ahead with its wholesale CBDC project, announcing Hyperledger Fabric as its DLT and unveiling a string...
Indonesia’s central bank unveils wholesale CBDC consultation process
Project Garuda's second phase will explore CBDC usage in the tokenization and settlement of securities transactions.
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...
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...