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Project Ensemble: Hong Kong Embraces Asset Tokenisation With New Sandbox

The Fintech Times

Through the project , HKMA explores financial market infrastructure that facilitates seamless interbank settlement of tokenised money through a wCBDC. Having completed building the sandbox, HKMA will use it to facilitate interbank settlement using experimental tokenised money, focusing on transactions involving these tokenised assets.

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Hong Kong's Project Ensemble ready to test asset tokenisatio

The Paypers

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has launched the Project Ensemble sandbox, focused on exploring real-world asset tokenisation and interbank settlement using wCBDC.

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Banque De France Has Finished CBDC Trial

PYMNTS

Banque de France has successfully conducted its own central bank digital currency (CBDC) trial, with a blockchain platform for interbank settlement, CoinDesk reported. A statement from the bank said the pilot involved a settlement on a private blockchain, which U.K. startup SETL provided, of around 2 million euros (about $2.4

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Bitcoin Daily: Banque de France Seeks CBDC Experiment Applications; Bitget Looks To Grow In The US

PYMNTS

The Banque de France is seeking applications “to experiment with a central bank digital currency for interbank settlements,” according to an announcement from the French central bank. ” The submission deadline for digital applications is May 15.

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Hong Kong Monetary Authority Launches Wholesale CBDC Project to Develop Local Tokenisation Market

The Fintech Times

Through the new project, Hong Kong Monetary Authority will explore innovative financial market infrastructure (FMI) that will facilitate seamless interbank settlement of tokenised money through a wholesale CBDC.

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E-payment transactions hit NGN 56.85 tln in Nigeria

The Paypers

(The Paypers) Nigerian Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) has indicated that Nigeria’s e-payment services recorded transactions worth NGN 56.85 trillion in 2018.

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Papersoft, Integrated Biometrics, NIBSS partner for financial inclusion program

The Paypers

(The Paypers) Papersoft and Integrated Biometrics have partnered with the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System to be part of the Financial Inclusion Strategy in Nigeria.