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Digital Ruble Will Spark Russia’s ‘Biggest Monetary Reforms Since the 1990s’
4.12.2023
Source: Larisa/Adobe The launch of the Russian digital ruble will trigger the nation’s “largest monetary reforms since the 1990s,” a media report has claimed. Per ProGorod, Russia’s CBDC project will be the biggest transformative event in the nation’s economic history since the collapse of...
Chinese Firms Can Now Make Digital Yuan Housing Fund Payments
4.12.2023
Chinese firms can now use the digital yuan to pay into employee housing funds, as the nation’s banks look for new CBDC applications. Per the Guangzhou Daily (via the Guangzhou government’s website), the Guangzhou Housing Provident Fund Management Center has “launched digital yuan remittance...
Solomon Islands and Soramitsu Unveil Partnership To Launch CBDC Pilot
1.12.2023
Source: Pixabay The Central Bank of Solomon Islands has revealed a partnership with Japanese blockchain Soramitsu to launch a proof-of-concept for a CBDC named Bokolo Cash. In a Keynote speech on Tuesday, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said his country was embarking on the CBDC...
More Hong Kong Banks Set to Join Digital Yuan Pilot, Gov’t Confirms
1.12.2023
Source: dmitriy/Adobe Hong Kong’s government says more banks based in the country are preparing to join Mainland China’s digital yuan pilot. Mainland China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), wants to expand its CBDC’s cross-border applications. And it seemingly wants even more...
Central Banks Aren't Sufficiently Ready for CBDC Risks: BIS Report
30.11.2023
The introduction of central bank digital currencies could have major implications on the stability, the report said
Canadians Support Cash Payments Over CBDCs: Report
30.11.2023
Source: Jason Hafso / Pexels Canadians are less enthusiastic about a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) opting for traditional payment methods despite wider awareness, a new survey shows. The Digital Canadian Dollar Public Consultation Report published by the Bank of Canada highlighted...
Digital Canadian dollar fails to impress despite high awareness
30.11.2023
People who were aware of CBDCs were more reluctant to adopt the technology when compared to those who didn't know about it
BIS advises central banks to plan in advance for CBDC security
29.11.2023
From legal issues to hackers, launching a CBDC is fraught with risks, and BIS has a big list of them to consider
Project Tourbillon: CBDCs Can Meet Privacy Requirements, BIS Research Reveals
29.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Proxima Studio The Bank for International Settlement (BIS) has released the final report on Project Tourbillion, its privacy-inclined Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) project. A Nov 29 release shows a pathway to achieving privacy standards in CBDC deployment and usage with...
BIS Innovation Hub presents its ‘private CBDC’ project
29.11.2023
The Bank for International Settlement’s Project Tourbillon features two eCash prototypes, the first providing “unconditional payer anonymity” and the second being “more resilient” in security terms
Central Bank Project Shows CBDC Payments Can Be Private
29.11.2023
The project is a first step in exploring privacy, security and scalability for central bank digital currency design, a report on the BIS initiative said
Standard Chartered Bank Begins Offering Digital Yuan Exchange Services in China
29.11.2023
Standard Chartered Bank (China) has become one of the first foreign banks to participate in China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot. The bank explained that as an international bank rooted in the Chinese market for 165 years, Standard Chartered is optimistic about the development...
More Apex Banks Jump on e-CNY Pilot Trial Program – The Rise of Global CBDC Issuance?
28.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock China’s e-CNY pilot program is gaining significant attention as three additional banks join the initiative. Reports from local news outlets reveal that Hong Kong-based HSBC Bank, Hang Seng Bank, and Taiwan’s Fubon Bank are already providing access to the Asian...
Fiery Public Hearing on Digital Euro Sees Experts Diverge on Key Issues
28.11.2023
Expert witnesses answered lawmaker questions on holding limits, impact on banking systems and privacy for an EU central bank digital currency
China’s CBDC Development is “Already On Track” and Nearing Completion: Ex-PBOC Governor
28.11.2023
Source: Pixabay Former Governor of China’s central bank PBOC is all optimistic about the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) nearing completion. Speaking at a conference in Honng Kong on Monday, Zhou Xiaochuan, the 75-year Chinese economist, said that a ‘digital yuan’ is “already...
Central Banks Have No Interest in Personal Data, BIS Official Says While Promoting CBDCs
28.11.2023
The Bank for International Settlements has been calling on countries to prepare for CBDCs as governments face backlash over privacy concerns
Digital Euro Can End Bank Crises, Is Better Than Deposits, Ex-Bank of Spain Chief Says
28.11.2023
A central bank digital currency (CBDC) could also be used to deregulate banking activities and help the banking sector grow, Miguel Fernández Ordóñez said during a European Parliament hearing on a digital euro
More foreign banks join China's CBDC pilot trials
28.11.2023
A total of four foreign banks have integrated China's e-CNY CBDC thus far
Today in Crypto: Hong Kong Will Use ‘All Available Methods’ to Fight Crypto Scams, Americans are ‘Much More Open to Potential of Crypto Than Brits’
28.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Vitalii Vodolazskyi Get your daily, bite-sized digest of crypto and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. __________ Regulation news Hong Kong authorities may give regulators more power to fight cryptocurrency scams and will...
HSBC, Hang Seng Join China’s Digital Yuan Pilot
28.11.2023
Source: Eagle/Adobe The international banking giants HSBC and Hang Seng Bank have joined China’s digital yuan pilot. 21st Century Business Herald reported that a group of “four foreign banks” have “officially announced the launch of digital yuan business.” HSBC’s Chinese arm confirmed...