Tag: CBDC
Reliance Retail to spearhead push towards Indian CBDC
Reliance Retail - India’s largest retailer - has given the country an extra push in its efforts to develop an infrastructure for mass Central...
Report: 2030 likely to see the introduction of ‘Britcoin’ as digital...
According to a report by the Telegraph, a statement is expected by both the Bank of England and HM Treasury next week, in which...
WEF launches Universal Digital Payments Network
International business leaders announced the new Universal Digital Payments Network (UDPN) at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.
The network’s goal is to successfully...
US FPC with new educational material on CBDCs cross-border payments
The US Faster Payments Council (FPC) has released the second edition of its cross-border payments bulletin exploring faster international payments.
The first bulletin was created...
France and Luxembourg complete CBDC experiment
The digital euro is one step closer to realisation after France and Luxembourg’s central banks settled a €100mn digital native bond with CBDC.
In an...
SWIFT claims CBDC’s have reached “major milestone” in cross-border transactions
“Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) can move seamlessly on existing financial infrastructure”, according to research carried out by financial messaging service SWIFT.
The findings confirm...
Digi Pay – MEP Eva Maidel: Customer protection focus in payments...
The fifth edition of the Digi Pay conference in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia highlighted the importance of finding balance between regulatory control and innovation in...
Clickatell and the CBN significantly improve access to Nigeria’s CBDC
Chat commerce platform Clickatell has been chosen by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to develop a widely accessible USSD channel for CBDC entry.
The...
Worldline chosen to help envision Europe’s CBDC
The European Central Bank (ECB) has chosen payments provider Worldline among four other companies to help create a digital euro interface.
As part of the...
Piers Marais: Exploring the role of digital currencies in business
Piers Marais, Product Director at Currencycloud, writes for Payment Expert on whether digital currency can be a crucial factor for businesses to unlock new...
