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BIS Media Briefing 23 June 2020 - Central banks and payments in the digital era

Hyun Song Shin, Economic Adviser and Head of Research, and Benoît Coeuré, Head of BIS Innovation Hub

Jun 23, 2020bisProject Hamilton
Italian Banking Association Ready to Accept Digital Euro

The Italian Banking Association announced it would be ready to start work on a European central bank digital currency.

Jun 23, 2020cointelegraphDigital Euro
Chinese CBDC's Backend Developments are Complete, Revealed During 2020 FinTech Forum

The world’s attention is on China who has recorded a great advancement in the development of its central bank digital currency (CBDC). The Chinese CBDC project, also known as digital currency elect

Jun 23, 2020blockchainnewsProject Hamilton
Global Digital Currency Competition will Intensify, Says Former Chinese Official

Central bank digital currency (CBDC) is one of the hottest trends in the crypto industry at present and as we see greater digital currency developments worldwide, the progress of China’s digital yuan is of particular importance in a time when other regional powers and superpowers are playing catch-up in the CBDC race. Trials for the digital yuan, also known as the Digital Currency/Electronic Payment (DC/EP) across several cities in China are still ongoing with no set launch date. On June 20, Zhongmin Wang, former Deputy Chairman of the China Social Security Fund Board, elaborated on the changes the DC/EP will bring.

Jun 23, 2020supercryptonewsDigital Euro
Italian Banking Association Wants to Join in on the ECB Digital Euro Central Bank Digital Currency Project

The Italian Banking Association, Associazione Bancaria Italiana (ABI) has decided to participate in projects and experimentations of a European central bank digital currency, recently known as the

Jun 22, 2020blockchainnewsDigital Euro
Trump Handed Digital Future to China by Going After Bitcoin, Bolton's Book Reveals

President Trump’s opposition to Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is well documented as is his determination to maintain the US Dollar's global status. According to a passage from ex-national security a

Jun 22, 2020blockchainnewsProject Hamilton
CBDCs Don’t Fix Broken Monetary Policy, Say Execs at Stablecoin Saga

CBDCs promise to speed up existing systems but are unlikely to change the direction central banks have already been taking.

Jun 22, 2020cointelegraph
Digital Yuan’s Backend Development Complete, Says Chinese Official

A former senior official of the People’s Bank of China said that the country has completed the backend architecture development of its digital currency.

Jun 22, 2020cointelegraphe-CNY
Singapore Consults China on Central Bank Digital Currency

Singapore is considering a partnership with China as it works on developing a Central Bank Digital Currency dubbed Project Ubin

Jun 21, 2020blockchainnewsProject Ubin+
Bank of Thailand Launches Digital Currency Pilot Project

The Bank of Thailand launched a project to pilot test its CBDC payment system with the largest building material provider in the country.

Jun 19, 2020cointelegraphDigital Euro
Bank of Thailand Projected to Go Forward with Central Bank Digital Currency Prototype

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) announced its plans for a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) prototype to be in effect by 2021. The BOT plans to begin the production of their prototype for a CBDC next

Jun 19, 2020blockchainnewsInthanon
Singapore to Explore Central Bank Digital Currency With China

Singapore’s central bank is looking to join forces with China in exploring central bank digital currencies.

Jun 19, 2020cointelegraphProject Ubin+
Bank of Thailand to build trial CBDC payment network

Project will see cement company using blockchain network to process suppliers’ payments

Jun 19, 2020centralbanking
Bank of Thailand Pushes Forward Digital Payment Prototype for CBDC

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has announced the cooperation with the private sector to push forward the pilot project for “Inthanon”, a central bank digital currency (CBDC) payment system.

Jun 19, 2020supercryptonewsInthanon
US Fed Chairman Says Private Sector Should Not Be Involved in Digital Dollar Creation

After weeks of dropping the term ‘digital dollar’ in discussions involving the US Congress and Federal Reserve without any confirmation on proceeding with a digital dollar project, US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said in a virtual meeting streamed live on YouTube that the creation of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) should be reserved for the central bank and kept out of the private sector’s interference.

Jun 18, 2020supercryptonewsProject Hamilton