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Central Bank Digital Currency Momentum Shows Growth, Study Shows
The research by the US-based Atlantic Council think-tank published on Tuesday showed that all G20 nations are now looking into central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as they are known and that 44 countries in total are piloting them. That is up from 36 a year ago and is part of a global push by authorities to respond to declining cash usage and th...
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eRupee CBDC Has Amassed 5 Million Users in Retail Pilot, Set for More Programmability: RBI Governor
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das claimed on Monday that in its pilot stage, the eRupee had managed to amass five million users. Das was speaking at a conference in Bengaluru.
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Google Pay, PhonePe Other Payment Firms Seek to Join RBI's CBDC Pilot, Said to Offer eRupee Transactions
The RBI has started onboarding UPI platforms like Google Pay and PhonePe to the advanced trials of the eRupee CBDC. Payment firms are working closely with the RBI and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the domestic payments authority, and are expected to roll out access to e-rupee over the next three-to-four months
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Iran to Launch its Digital Rial CBDC into Public Pilot Phase
The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) is spearheading the trial phase for the digital rial. The trial will be implemented June 21. For now, this trial will remain limited to the Kish Island.
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Brazil’s CBDC Pilot Reportedly Delayed to 2025 Due to Lack of Privacy Safeguards: Details
Brazil has reportedly postponed the pilot of its Drex CDBC to 2025 as the central bank feels, blockchain privacy solutions are insufficient. The regulator is looking to prevent financial inconvenience to Brazilian nationals. The CBDC is expected to finetune the country’s financial compliance, banking, and tax secrecy regulations.
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E-Rupee CBDC Said to Hit RBI Target of 1 Million Daily Transactions by End of 2023
Indian banks disbursed some employee benefits through the digital rupee in December, helping the Reserve Bank of India meet its target of one million daily transactions by end-2023, three sources directly familiar with the development said.
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Standard Chartered Bank Joins China’s CBDC Pilot Trials : All You Need to Know
Standard Chartered China has become the latest bank that has joined China’s CBDC pilot. This means that Standard Chartered Bank in the Asian nation will now allow its users to access the digital version of the Chinese Yuan.
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SBI Introduces UPI Interoperability With eRupee CBDC for Seamless Transactions
The State Bank of India (SBI) announced it has implemented Unified Payments Interface (UPI) interoperability in Digital Rupee, also called as Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
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Canara Bank Rolls Out CBDC App Interoperable With UPI, Users Highlight Issues
Canara Bank has launched an app to process eRupee payments between select customers and retailers. The launch of this app this week, makes Canara Bank the first mainstream Indian lender to have created a special platform to initiate CBDC payments as India marches forward with its eRupee trials.
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Bank of Japan Initiates Discussion With 60 Firms on Pilot Programme for Digital Yen
The Bank of Japan on Thursday kicked off a series of discussions with 60 companies on a pilot programme for developing a digital yen, joining peers around the globe ramping up efforts towards issuing digital versions of their currencies for retail use. The discussions will touch on various themes including the business and technological features of...
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HDFC Bank Onboards Over 1 Lakh Customers, 1.7 Lakh Merchants On Digital Currency Pilot
The largest private sector lender HDFC Bank on Thursday claimed that it has on-boarded over 1 lakh customers and more than 1.7 lakh merchants on the CBDC pilot programme and activated an interoperable UPI QR code with the e-rupee platform.
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Reserve Bank of India Calls on More Lenders to Take Part in Pilot for Retail Digital Rupee: Report
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has called on a wider set of lenders to take part in pilot programmes using the central bank digital currency (CBDC) as it tries to increase transactions, three bankers told Reuters on Wednesday. Currently, large state-owned and private lenders, including State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Ko...
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US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Prohibit Digital Dollar Testing Due to Threat to American Liberties
US Congressman Alex Mooney has proposed a law called — the Digital Dollar Pilot Prevention Act (H.R. 3712). A total of 14 House Republicans have chosen to co-sponsor this bill along Mooney, who states in the proposal that CBDCs are “being used by authoritarian countries right now to crack down on dissent”.
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Hong Kong Commences CBDC Pilot; Multiple Fintech Players Onboarded for Trial of e-HKD
Hong Kong has launched its e-HKD CBDC into pilot. This essentially means that Hong Kong will be conducting tests to determine how the CBDC could be used to process full-fledged payments, programmable payments, offline payments, tokenised deposits, settlement of Web3 transactions as well as settlement of tokenised assets.
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Japan Said to Step Up Efforts in Issuing Digital Yen With Creation of New Panel, Start of Pilot Programme
Japan is stepping up efforts toward issuing a digital yen with the creation of a government advisory panel and the launch of a pilot programme, joining a growing number of countries exploring a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The finance ministry is said to set up a panel of experts as early as April to discuss the feasibility of issuing a di...
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Central Bank Digital Currency Momentum Shows Growth, Study Shows
The research by the US-based Atlantic Council think-tank published on Tuesday showed that all G20 nations are now looking into central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as they are known and that 44 countries in total are piloting them. That is up from 36 a year ago and is part of a global push by authorities to respond to declining cash usage and th...
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eRupee CBDC Has Amassed 5 Million Users in Retail Pilot, Set for More Programmability: RBI Governor
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das claimed on Monday that in its pilot stage, the eRupee had managed to amass five million users. Das was speaking at a conference in Bengaluru.
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Google Pay, PhonePe Other Payment Firms Seek to Join RBI's CBDC Pilot, Said to Offer eRupee Transactions
The RBI has started onboarding UPI platforms like Google Pay and PhonePe to the advanced trials of the eRupee CBDC. Payment firms are working closely with the RBI and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the domestic payments authority, and are expected to roll out access to e-rupee over the next three-to-four months
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Iran to Launch its Digital Rial CBDC into Public Pilot Phase
The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) is spearheading the trial phase for the digital rial. The trial will be implemented June 21. For now, this trial will remain limited to the Kish Island.
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Brazil’s CBDC Pilot Reportedly Delayed to 2025 Due to Lack of Privacy Safeguards: Details
Brazil has reportedly postponed the pilot of its Drex CDBC to 2025 as the central bank feels, blockchain privacy solutions are insufficient. The regulator is looking to prevent financial inconvenience to Brazilian nationals. The CBDC is expected to finetune the country’s financial compliance, banking, and tax secrecy regulations.
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E-Rupee CBDC Said to Hit RBI Target of 1 Million Daily Transactions by End of 2023
Indian banks disbursed some employee benefits through the digital rupee in December, helping the Reserve Bank of India meet its target of one million daily transactions by end-2023, three sources directly familiar with the development said.
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Standard Chartered Bank Joins China’s CBDC Pilot Trials : All You Need to Know
Standard Chartered China has become the latest bank that has joined China’s CBDC pilot. This means that Standard Chartered Bank in the Asian nation will now allow its users to access the digital version of the Chinese Yuan.
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SBI Introduces UPI Interoperability With eRupee CBDC for Seamless Transactions
The State Bank of India (SBI) announced it has implemented Unified Payments Interface (UPI) interoperability in Digital Rupee, also called as Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
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Canara Bank Rolls Out CBDC App Interoperable With UPI, Users Highlight Issues
Canara Bank has launched an app to process eRupee payments between select customers and retailers. The launch of this app this week, makes Canara Bank the first mainstream Indian lender to have created a special platform to initiate CBDC payments as India marches forward with its eRupee trials.
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Bank of Japan Initiates Discussion With 60 Firms on Pilot Programme for Digital Yen
The Bank of Japan on Thursday kicked off a series of discussions with 60 companies on a pilot programme for developing a digital yen, joining peers around the globe ramping up efforts towards issuing digital versions of their currencies for retail use. The discussions will touch on various themes including the business and technological features of...
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HDFC Bank Onboards Over 1 Lakh Customers, 1.7 Lakh Merchants On Digital Currency Pilot
The largest private sector lender HDFC Bank on Thursday claimed that it has on-boarded over 1 lakh customers and more than 1.7 lakh merchants on the CBDC pilot programme and activated an interoperable UPI QR code with the e-rupee platform.
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Reserve Bank of India Calls on More Lenders to Take Part in Pilot for Retail Digital Rupee: Report
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has called on a wider set of lenders to take part in pilot programmes using the central bank digital currency (CBDC) as it tries to increase transactions, three bankers told Reuters on Wednesday. Currently, large state-owned and private lenders, including State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Ko...
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US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Prohibit Digital Dollar Testing Due to Threat to American Liberties
US Congressman Alex Mooney has proposed a law called — the Digital Dollar Pilot Prevention Act (H.R. 3712). A total of 14 House Republicans have chosen to co-sponsor this bill along Mooney, who states in the proposal that CBDCs are “being used by authoritarian countries right now to crack down on dissent”.
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Hong Kong Commences CBDC Pilot; Multiple Fintech Players Onboarded for Trial of e-HKD
Hong Kong has launched its e-HKD CBDC into pilot. This essentially means that Hong Kong will be conducting tests to determine how the CBDC could be used to process full-fledged payments, programmable payments, offline payments, tokenised deposits, settlement of Web3 transactions as well as settlement of tokenised assets.
-
Japan Said to Step Up Efforts in Issuing Digital Yen With Creation of New Panel, Start of Pilot Programme
Japan is stepping up efforts toward issuing a digital yen with the creation of a government advisory panel and the launch of a pilot programme, joining a growing number of countries exploring a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The finance ministry is said to set up a panel of experts as early as April to discuss the feasibility of issuing a di...
