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Philippines to Develop Blockchainless Wholesale CBDC in Two Years

Philippines to Develop Blockchainless Wholesale CBDC in Two YearsThe Central Bank of the Philippines will develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the next two years, according to Governor Eli Remolona Jr. The still unnamed CBDC will focus on the wholesale market and won’t use blockchain tech, instead relying on the Philippine Payment and Settlement System, owned and operated by the central […]

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Bank of Spain to Launch Experimental Wholesale CBDC Digital Token Program

Bank of Spain to Launch Experimental Wholesale CBDC Digital Token ProgramThe Bank of Spain is seeking the collaboration of organizations interested in participating in an experimental test on a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC). The institution clarified this new program has no relation with the current investigation on a possible digital euro, and has the objective of examining the real possibilities and advantages of […]

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Hong Kong Presents Digital Currency Prototype, Project Aurum

Hong Kong Presents Digital Currency Prototype, Project AurumFinancial authorities in Hong Kong have unveiled a prototype of the Chinese autonomous territory’s own central bank digital currency called Project Aurum. The two-tier platform features a wholesale interbank and a retail e-wallet system, participants revealed. Hong Kong to Issue Retail Tokens and Stablecoins as Part of Project Aurum A collaboration between the BIS Innovation […]

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Swiss National Bank Trials CBDC in Transactions With Five Banks

Swiss National Bank Trials CBDC in Transactions With Five BanksThe Swiss National Bank has successfully employed a wholesale CBDC to settle transactions with five commercial banks, the monetary authority announced. The tests are part of an experiment carried out together with the Bank for International Settlements and Switzerland’s financial services provider SIX. Swiss Central Bank Tests Integration of Wholesale CBDC Settlement With Private Banks […]

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Swiss, French Central Banks to Trial Wholesale CBDC Settlements With BIS and Private Sector

Swiss, French Central Banks to Trial Wholesale CBDC Settlements With BIS and Private SectorThe central banks of Switzerland and France are joining hands with the Bank for International Settlements to test wholesale central bank digital currencies in cross-border transactions. The experiment will be conducted with the help of a private sector consortium led by Accenture. European Central Banks to Collaborate on CBDC Project The Swiss National Bank (SNB), […]

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