Just this year, the bank published a paper describing concepts for a digital version of the Pound Sterling, a potential ...

In April 2021, the Bank of England and HM Treasury announced an initiative to investigate the creation of a “digital pound”.

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The Digital Pound Foundation (DPF) has merged with Innovate Finance. Innovate Finance is an advocacy group that supports and ...

Russian banks have requested that the digital ruble leverage smart contracts. The U.S. has officially banned the development ...

This report provides an overview of the current state of CBDCs, first looking at the whole digital currencies market and the motivations for CBDC development. It discusses the distinction between ...

South Korea is launching a CBDC trial with 100,000 consumers, using digital currency-backed deposit tokens for retail ...

Minnesota Representative Tom Emmer, the majority whip in the US House of Representatives, has reintroduced legislation aimed ...

The Reserve Bank of India started a pilot for the CBDC, or e-rupee, a digital alternative to physical currency, in December ...

With this acquisition, Mintoak has added bill payments and CBDC features to its platform, enabling it to offer more digital solutions for SMEs. It aims to enhance merchant engagement, retention ...

The Bank of Israel has put forward a possible design for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) should the decision be made to introduce one in the future. The central bank described the proposed ...