PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Amid increased interest in cryptocurrencies from policy makers and central banks due to China's intentions to issue a digital yuan, a Bank of Japan official said the bank’s move to roll out a cryptocurrency would hinged on public support, Bloomberg reported. “At

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The Paypers

MARCH 25, 2021

Payment protocol Ripple has released a whitepaper document stating that the cryptocurrency XRP could act as an intermediary to connect different central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

In other CBDC efforts, as reported in the fall , China’s central bank issued 10 million yuan ($1.5 Such central bank efforts toward CBDC might soon get a helping hand. This week, FinTech EMTECH said it’s launching a compliance platform in collaboration with Microsoft to help central banks test their respective CBDCs.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

The organization said that “the aim is to explore the potentialities offered by this technology, and to identify concrete cases integrating Central Bank Digital Currencies [CBDC] in innovative procedures for the clearing and settlement of tokenized financial assets.”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

They convert their fiat currency into cryptocurrency, which middlemen in Cuba then bid on and pay for in cash to the sellers’ family members in Cuba. BIS’ report noted that it used a wholesale CBDC, which is used by bank and other financial institutions, rather than a retail CBDC, which is for general use.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2020

The Bank of Korea (BOK) is speeding up its efforts to create a central bank digital currency (CBDC) experimental program, The Korea Times reported. A possible partner will assist the central bank in making a CBDC system framework based on the results from the first stage's research results.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

In addition, Buonomo said digital currencies, especially central bank digital currencies (CBDC) may eventually be able to replace all bank accounts. He said the regulators would need to have total control over a cryptocurrency-fueled system that replaced traditional banking. stimulus distribution involved a new “ digital dollar.”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Citigroup will be helping governments around the world establish sovereign digital currencies, or central bank digital currencies (CBDC), CEO Michael Corbat says, according to a report from CoinDesk. Speaking with David Rubenstein at a Bloomberg event on Friday (Dec.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Sheila Warren, head of blockchain at the World Economic Forum, the Swiss-based trade group, said collaborations between the public and private sectors in the exploration of CBDC can help central banks understand the range of technology possibilities. The Mastercard-branded payment cards promise to allow consumers to pay with cryptocurrency.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he isn’t in a rush to adopt a central bank digital currency (CBDC) because of the risks such currencies pose to the status of the dollar, CoinDesk reported. “We We don’t feel an urge or need to be first,” he said of CBDCs, according to the report. dollar is] the reserve currency.”.

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 19, 2024

What could it mean for the future of the financial ecosystem, for the crypto space in the region, and the future of a UAE CBDC? ” Enabling innovation and a future CBDC? . ” Enabling innovation and a future CBDC? But what is the significance of its latest decision regarding stablecoins?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

Korea’s central bank has rolled out a legal advisory group to look at potential challenges to bring a central bank digital currency (CBDC) to fruition, The Korea Times reported. The panel’s start is a portion of the first stage for the Bank of Korea’s (BOK) plan to create a CBDC.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

The goal, according to Brainard, is to assess potential risks associated with a proposed digital currency (also known as a central bank digital currency or CBDC) and its possible impact within payments. Legal issues include whether a CBDC would have status as legal tender.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

At least some of these efforts seem aimed at stanching the rise of cryptocurrencies, which proponents say can compete with traditional currencies because of their decentralized nature. A wholesale CBDC, restricted to a limited group of financial counterparties, would be largely business as usual,” he said.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

The Bank of Thailand plans to work on a new payment system for businesses using Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), according to a press release , which will be a step toward readying the business sector for the digital age. The release says the step will help CBDC reach wider audiences, beginning with corporate entities.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

But: The bank is keeping an eye on the experiences and progress of other nations, and still is researching its own technological and “policy implications” of wholesale forms of CBDC. Separately, of course, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has said that a test of a CBDC rests with small retail transactions — not large-volume transactions.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

According to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), as of July, some 36 central banks published studies on the concept of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) also known as a digital fiat currency, the report stated. “In Further, the European Union is working on the digital euro, and Sweden is testing its CBDC.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In other news, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is exploring the potential of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), in partnership with the National Australia Bank , Commonwealth Bank , Perpetual Limited and ConsenSys Software , the bank announced in a press release. RBA expects to finish the project at the end of this year.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The price of the cryptocurrency was $16,301.03 It wasn’t immediately known why the cryptocurrency increased in price, but some observers have suggested a connection with the U.S. In other news, the price of bitcoin exceeded the $16,000 price level on Thursday for the first time in nearly three years, CNBC reported. as of 7:17 p.m.

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The Fintech Times

MAY 26, 2024

Andrew Carrier , member of the executive committee at Quant “Privacy remains one of the most important discussion points in the CBDC debate, with the likes of the European Central Bank confirming that it is working on state-of-the-art security measures to ensure privacy protection.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2020

Speaking at a virtual conference about the future of money, European Central Bank (ECB) executive board member Yves Mersch said a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) is a game-changer. “A However, a retail CBDC, accessible to all, would be a game-changer, so a retail CBDC is now our main focus.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

As many as 80 percent of the 66 central banks polled by the Bank of International Settlements said they were at some stage of CBDC development. China has been at the forefront of those efforts, at least as measured in terms of debuting an actual CBDC, and is in the midst of testing its digital yuan in various settings.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2021

According to a study by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) will be available for 20 percent of the world’s population in the next three years. A survey asked banks if they were currently working on CBDCs, additionally asking about their motives.

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The Paypers

OCTOBER 8, 2020

South Korea’s central bank has revealed that the third and final phase of its pilot programme for a CBDC will commence in 2021.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

In other news, Thailand’s central bank has arrived at the third step of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) formation and seeks to have greater use of the cryptocurrency by big companies, The Nation Thailand reported, citing a Bank of Thailand (BOT) official. million in cryptocurrency, CoinDesk reported.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Sweden’s Riksbank is assessing e-krona, a new form of digital currency that hopes to take the country a step closer to the creation of the world’s first central bank digital currency (CBDC), according to reports on Thursday (Feb. CBDCs are a digital form of traditional money issued and governed by a country’s central bank.

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Fintech Review

APRIL 24, 2024

Distinct from decentralised cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin , CBDCs are centralised and backed by government authorities. Fintech Review delves into the characteristics of CBDCs, examining their potential benefits, and addressing the complexities they introduce to the global financial system. The post What are CBDCs?

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Clearly Payments

AUGUST 24, 2024

According to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), 114 central banks, representing over 95% of global GDP, were engaged in some form of CBDC research or development by the end of 2023. Digital cash, whether in the form of cryptocurrencies or central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) , promises to redefine the future of money.

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Fintech News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

TRM Labs’ Global Crypto Policy Review & Outlook 2023/24 delves into the advancements in regulation as well as the regulatory challenges faced by major APAC markets, shedding light on their unique strategies and key developments in navigating the complex world of cryptocurrency. This transition is currently in progress.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

As part of those efforts, the lab is being used to explore “whether there is a role for a digital Australian dollar — that is, an Australian [central bank digital currency (CBDC)] — in the context of the bank’s responsibilities for issuing the currency and overseeing the payments system.”. The language is interesting — and noteworthy.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The Bank of Korea dissolved a committee dedicated to cryptocurrency research in January 2019 but has since revisited the issue, the report stated. In January, PYMNTS reported that the Ministry of Economy and Finance in South Korea was considering a 20 percent tax on income generated from cryptocurrencies.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Russian president Vladimir Putin has signed an order directing public officials to report cryptocurrency holdings, CoinDesk reports. Russian law recognizes cryptocurrency as a type of property as of a law signed by Putin over the summer, which will go into effect in January. The order signed Thursday (Dec.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, Banque de France has completed its central bank digital currency (CBDC) test, while roughly 60,000 loans were distributed during the first week of the reopened Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Banque De France Has Finished CBDC Trial.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2020

China is the first country to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC) or digital currency electronic payment (DCEP). The digital yuan is structured using a central bank-issued CBDC for commercial banks and a commercial bank-issued CBDC focused on the public.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The idea of a “general purpose” central bank digital currency ( CBDC ) is one that would transcend use cases, exchanges and piecemeal methods where, for example, (tangible) fiat on one side of a transaction is rendered into a digital form and then reconfigured to fiat on the other side of the process. Fed, the Swiss National Bank and others.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2018

According to Coindesk , the companies behind the new token include decentralized exchange startups Kyber Network and Republic Protocol , as well as cryptocurrency custody company BitGo. Ethereum is set to launch a new token at the beginning of 2019.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

China, meanwhile, is also advancing plans for a central bank digital currency (CBDC), Bloomberg reported. According to Bloomberg, Powell said the issue would be approached "carefully and thoughtfully," while Bailey said it would involve "a lot of hard work" to think about the "implications.".

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