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Saskia Devolder, Strategic Programme Director Cross-border Payments at SWIFT: To connect payment systems worldwide, regulations need to be standardised and systems need to communicate effectively.
cross-border payments, ecommerce, marketplace, regulation, CBDC
The Central Bank of UAE has revealed its plans to complete the first phase of its central bank digital currency project in mid-2024.
CBDC, central bank, digital currency, banks
The US government has released an economic report that highlights the drawbacks of Bitcoin as well as the advantages of CDBCs.
report, cryptocurrency, digital assets, Bitcoin, CBDC
SWIFT has announced the completion of a sandbox test for its API-based central bank digital currency project in collaboration with 18 banks.
CBDC, regulatory sandbox, banks, API
A study from Juniper Research found that the value of payments via CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies) will reach USD 213 billion annually by 2030, up from just USD 100 million in 2023.
CBDC, central bank, digital currency, study
Dominika Duziak, Head of Product and Strategy at OneStep Financial, a member of The Payments Association, clarifies the most common misconceptions about CBDCs and advocates for enhanced digitalisation with their help.
CBDC, NFT, digitalisation, online payments, payments , mobile payments, mobile money, digital currency, digital wallet, digital euro, digital payments, e-wallet, cryptocurrency
WeChat, China’s major social networking and payment app, has added the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) to its payment services, according to reports in local media.
CBDC, central bank, digital currency, digital assets
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced on 3 March 2023 that it has selected 14 digital currency proposed use cases from the many submissions obtained from industry participants.
CBDC, central bank, digital currency, digital assets, cryptocurrency
Sophocles Ioannou, Regional Director, Business Development Europe and Latin America at OpenWay Group, discusses the importance of CBDCs in a highly digitalised world and its benefits for fintechs and end-users.
CBDC, digital currency, payment gateway, online payments, central bank, digitalisation, financial inclusion, payments , payment methods, payment institution, digital payments, fintech
The Bank of Canada has released a research note that explores the use of CDBCs for offline payments in various scenarios.
CBDC, cryptocurrency, central bank, research
Cryptocurrency platform Mercado Bitcoin has successfully tested a tokenized version of the Brazilian digital real using the Stellar network.
cryptocurrency, CBDC, central bank, blockchain
Richard Hartung, Research Director, Singapore, Payments Consulting Network, talks about sustainability and the role played by cross-border payments and ecommerce.
sustainability , cross-border payments, cross-border ecommerce, carbon footprint, online payments, banks, ESG, ecommerce, Visa, MasterCard, CBDC
The Central Bank of Russia has revealed its plans to launch a series of tests involving digital ruble transactions between real customers.
CBDC, central bank, cryptocurrency, digital assets
The Bank of Japan has revealed its plans to launch a pilot programme to test the use of the digital yen after two years of experiments in April 2023.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation has announced its intention to boost efforts to finalise the development of the nation’s electronic hryvnia (e-hryvnia).
CBDC, cryptocurrency, NFT, regulation
The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has launched a Financial Infrastructure Transformation (FIT) programme to expedite digital transformation within the financial services sector.
banking, payments , fintech, digitalisation, Open Finance, CBDC, eKYC, cloud, instant payments, SupTech, card scheme, financial inclusion, digital payments
Are you still undecided about whether to embrace cryptocurrency?
cryptocurrency, blockchain, payment processing, merchants, CBDC, stablecoin, ecommerce
Brazil has announced its plans to launch a real-world suite of digital tests for its CBDC, focusing on protecting the privacy of financial data and transactions.
product launch, fraud prevention, cryptocurrency, digital currency, fraud management, CBDC
The Bank of England and HM Treasury have published a new paper that explores the introduction of a central bank digital currency.
cryptocurrency, CBDC, banks, digital assets
India-based banks ICICI, IDFC First and Kotak Mahindra have begun testing in-store payments using the retail version of the digital rupee.
banks, cryptocurrency, CBDC, digital payments