Finextra

JULY 19, 2024

Cboe Clear Europe, the largest pan-European clearing house, has successfully participated in the Eurosystem’s recent exploratory work testing the use of new technologies for the settlement of wholesale transactions in central bank money. The experiments specifically aim to explore the potential of distributed ledger technology (DLT).

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This PoC involved executing real-time cross-border test transactions between various Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) systems. The project tested the feasibility of conducting multilateral cross-currency transfers through the UDPN, involving both Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and non-DLT-based CBDC technologies.

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 6, 2024

Project mBridge , a collaborative initiative involving multiple central banks and the Bank for International Settlements’ (BIS), h as reached an important development milestone. Several commercial banks have already started using the mBridge platform to facilitate cross-border CBDC payments among participating jurisdictions.

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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 27, 2019

The First Deputy Governor of the central bank of France, Denis Beau, spoke in support of a blockchain-based settlement system that would allow for faster transfers of euros, as well as be more cost-efficient, according to a report by Yahoo! The ECB has been open to the idea, and could already be experimenting.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

To that end, a Bank for International Settlements ( BIS ) study concludes that “embedded regulation” might offer a solution for stablecoins, defined as cryptocurrencies with values tied to fiat currencies or other assets. The Value Of CBDC .

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Fintech News

JANUARY 30, 2024

Other payment trends in Asia preceding 2024 including the rise of B2B buy now pay later (BNPL), growing prominence of central bank digital currency (CBDC), and prevalence of composable, cloud-based ‘as-a-Service’ IT architecture models have helped shape much of what we anticipate for 2024.

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