CBDC
BIS to test automatic FX settlement in wholesale CBDC
Project will explore how interlinked payments systems can improve cross-border payments
Saudi Central Bank joins mBridge
Cross-border CBDC project with China, Hong Kong, Thailand and the UAE opens up further to private sector
China links CBDC to Hong Kong’s fast payments system
Hong Kong residents can top up wallets via 17 retail banks as PBoC continues to promote use
World Bank to issue first international CHF digital bond
Bond to be settled by Swiss franc wholesale CBDC
Bundesbank’s Nagel: central bank business models are changing
Panetta says wholesale CBDC likely to launch sooner than retail; Das gives update on digital rupee
DNB surveys Dutch consumers on CBDC use
Half of the population would not open CBDC current account, study finds
BdF governor: ‘We will need a CBDC’
European central banks should not “lag behind” on CBDC and AI, says François Villeroy de Galhau
BIS’s Zhang Tao on why Asian central banks favour a broader policy mix
The BIS’s Asia chief speaks with Christopher Jeffery and Jimmy Choi about supporting liquidity, financial stability and innovation in the Asia-Pacific region
Day-to-day payments too reliant on big tech – BdF deputy
Digital euro will not create a European ‘Big Brother’, Denis Beau says
BoJ considers allowing external access to CBDC data
Digital yen API sandbox launched in April
ECB says iPhone is currently incompatible with digital euro
Apple users may have worse digital euro payments experience – Cipollone
Bundesbank partners with MIT on digital euro privacy
EU previously raised concerns about single access point to verify holding limits
Bank of Israel to launch CBDC sandbox
Central bank will invite banks and fintechs to experiment with API, deputy governor says
CBDCs could increase financial instability, Fed paper says
Central banks should consider price and quantity tools to mitigate risks, researchers say
SNB to explore wCBDC settlement for monetary operations
Project Helvetia allows safe and efficient settlement, says governor, but retail CBDC is risky
Riksbank uncovers problems in offline CBDC test
Latest phase of e-krona testing focused on offline payments and preventing fraud
HKMA launches next phase of CBDC pilot and sandbox
Hong Kong project will explore programmability, tokenisation and atomic settlement
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
Turkey’s digital lira to use ‘programmable payments’
Intermediaries will offer related services, though these may differ across providers
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
Russia hosts Brics talks over cross-border use of CBDCs
Summit takes place in Moscow with bloc’s new Middle Eastern and African members
‘Digital pound’ enters next stage of design phase
BoE and Treasury outline how CBDC could work and try to allay concerns
ECB invites entrants for wholesale ‘digital euro’ trial
CBDC work in 2024 will test Banque de France, Bank of Italy and Bundesbank DLT solutions
BoJ’s CBDC designed to hold ‘minimum’ amount of user data
Offline solutions deemed to pose too great a risk of double spending and counterfeiting