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Day-to-day payments too reliant on big tech – BdF deputy

Digital euro will not create a European ‘Big Brother’, Denis Beau says

May 1, 2024centralbanking
ECB says iPhone is currently incompatible with digital euro

Apple users may have worse digital euro payments experience – Cipollone

Apr 23, 2024centralbanking
Bundesbank partners with MIT on digital euro privacy

EU previously raised concerns about single access point to verify holding limits

Apr 18, 2024centralbanking
CBDCs could increase financial instability, Fed paper says

Central banks should consider price and quantity tools to mitigate risks, researchers say

Apr 16, 2024centralbanking
Bank of Israel to launch CBDC sandbox

Central bank will invite banks and fintechs to experiment with API, deputy governor says

Apr 16, 2024centralbanking
SNB to explore wCBDC settlement for monetary operations

Project Helvetia allows safe and efficient settlement, says governor, but retail CBDC is risky

Apr 9, 2024centralbankingHelvetia
Riksbank uncovers problems in offline CBDC test

Latest phase of e-krona testing focused on offline payments and preventing fraud

Mar 25, 2024centralbankinge-krona
HKMA launches next phase of CBDC pilot and sandbox

Hong Kong project will explore programmability, tokenisation and atomic settlement

Mar 14, 2024centralbankinge-HKD
Asian central banks co-ordinating CBDC work in ‘near real time’

RBI deputy governor says Seacen members tend to use public-key cryptography in their design

Feb 23, 2024centralbanking
Turkey’s digital lira to use ‘programmable payments’

Intermediaries will offer related services, though these may differ across providers

Feb 21, 2024centralbankingDigital Lira
Regulating the Metaverse: BIS's Call for Unity

BIS emphasizes the need for interoperable payment technologies and robust regulatory framework to prevent metaverse fragmentation and private interests dominance, emphasizing Central Bank Digital C

Feb 8, 2024blockchainnews
Russia to onboard 17 more banks in digital ruble trials

Central bank in talks with "friendly countries" to link with their CBDCs and payments systems

Feb 7, 2024centralbankingDigital Ruble
Japan Accelerates Digital Yen Plans Amidst Global CBDC Race

Japan is advancing its plans for a digital yen, with the Bank of Japan set to pilot a CBDC program and the finance ministry preparing an expert panel to address legalities, signaling a significant

Jan 31, 2024blockchainnewsDigital yen
Russia hosts Brics talks over cross-border use of CBDCs

Summit takes place in Moscow with bloc’s new Middle Eastern and African members

Jan 31, 2024centralbanking
UAE Central Bank Pioneers Digital Dirham Transfer to China via mBridge

The UAE Central Bank achieved a significant milestone by executing its first cross-border digital dirham transfer worth 50 million dirhams ($13.6 million) to China using the mBridge platform on Jan

Jan 31, 2024blockchainnewsmBridge