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Project Prosperus

Pilot

Tunisia, Euro Area

Central Bank(s)

Central Bank of Tunisia, European Central Bank

Announcement Year

2021

Status

Pilot

Retail/Wholesale

Wholesale

Technology Provider

Prosperus

DLT / non-DLT

DLT

Main motivation/goals of the CBDC

This experiment allowed appraising wholesale CBDC's potential to carry out retail cross-border transfers through cooperation between central and commercial banks to establish efficient processes.

Description

Both central banks exchanged CBDC tokens in secured conditions. A consortium of actors made up on Prosperus' initiative, comprising Bank Wormser Freres, la Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie and its French subsidiary BIAT France, conducted all these operations. Value Digital Services and Inuo Strategic Impact also provided support to Prosperus as part of this work.

Link to announcement

Timeline

Last update: July 2021

July 2021

Status updated

None Pilot

Added data

Announcement Year: 2021

Retail/Wholesale: Wholesale

Technology Provider: Prosperus

Description: Both central banks exchanged CBDC tokens in secured conditions. A consortium of actors made up on Prosperus' initiative, comprising Bank Wormser Freres, la Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie and its French subsidiary BIAT France, conducted all these operations. Value Digital Services and Inuo Strategic Impact also provided support to Prosperus as part of this work.

DLT / non-DLT: DLT

Main motivation/goals of the CBDC: This experiment allowed appraising wholesale CBDC's potential to carry out retail cross-border transfers through cooperation between central and commercial banks to establish efficient processes.

Link to announcement: www.banque-france.fr

Country / Region: Euro Area, Tunisia

Central Bank(s): Banque de France, Central Bank of Tunisia

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