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Australian Central Bank starts CBDC project rolling
As previously announced, the Reserve Bank of Australia is collaborating with the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) on a research project to explore potential use cases and economic benefits of... read more
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ECB: Rollout approach for the digital euro
P2P payments, Online and Offline POS payments and then e-commerce payments should be the order of priorities for the digital euro, the European Central Bank has said in documents published on... read more
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Banks beginning to engage with the Metaverse
For much of the past few years, if there was a focus on a Web 3.0 technology, it was probably blockchain, with cryptocurrency investments booming and technologies like NFTs promising... read more
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Bank of Japan starts digital yen pilot
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has announced that it will begin a pilot for its digital yen with commercial financial institutions commencing in April, the trials are expected to last... read more
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Q&A: 2023 in payments – digital wallets, SoftPOS and CBDCs
The last year saw substantial change for consumer payments. BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later), mobile payments and SoftPOS entered the mainstream, while CBDCs took another major step forward. But what’s... read more
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