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As regional payment infrastructures proliferate, how do we prevent fragmentation?

Voice of the Industry | Online Payments | 28 Mar 2023

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

Central Bank of UAE reveals a new CBDC strategy

News | Cryptocurrencies | 24 Mar 2023

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

US government promotes CBDCs and talks down Bitcoin

News | Cryptocurrencies | 22 Mar 2023

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 completes a sandbox test for its API-based CDBC project

News | Cryptocurrencies | 13 Mar 2023

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

CBDC payments to more than double in 7 years

News | Cryptocurrencies | 13 Mar 2023

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

CBDC: threat or opportunity

Voice of the Industry | Cryptocurrencies | 13 Mar 2023

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 adds digital yuan to its payment platform

News | Cryptocurrencies | 08 Mar 2023

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

Reserve Bank of Australia selects 14 CBDC use cases

News | Cryptocurrencies | 06 Mar 2023

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

CBDCs: how banks and processors can prepare for disruption and seize opportunities

Voice of the Industry | Online Payments | 02 Mar 2023

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

Bank of Canada explores CDBC use for offline payments

News | Cryptocurrencies | 01 Mar 2023

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

Mercado Bitcoin tests a tokenized version of the digital real

News | Cryptocurrencies | 01 Mar 2023

Cryptocurrency platform Mercado Bitcoin has successfully tested a tokenized version of the Brazilian digital real using the Stellar network.

cryptocurrency, CBDC, central bank, blockchain

The sustainability shift – future perspectives on cross-border payments

Voice of the Industry | Online Payments | 21 Feb 2023

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

Central Bank of Russia to test digital ruble transactions

News | Cryptocurrencies | 21 Feb 2023

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

Japan to test digital yen use via a pilot programme

News | Cryptocurrencies | 20 Feb 2023

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.

CBDC, central bank, cryptocurrency, digital assets

Ukraine expedites e-hryvnia development

News | Cryptocurrencies | 16 Feb 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

CBUAE launches digital transformation programme

News | Payments General | 14 Feb 2023

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

Join the crypto revolution: the future of payments is here

Video | Cryptocurrencies | 14 Feb 2023

Are you still undecided about whether to embrace cryptocurrency?

cryptocurrency, blockchain, payment processing, merchants, CBDC, stablecoin, ecommerce

Brazil to launch digital tests of CBDC

News | Cryptocurrencies | 14 Feb 2023

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

HM Treasury and the Bank of England consider introducing a CBDC

News | Cryptocurrencies | 08 Feb 2023

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

Indian banks test the digital rupee for in-store payments

News | Cryptocurrencies | 07 Feb 2023

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