Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is an FT contributing editor Objections to central bank digital currencies are legion and ...

A Journalist from Nikkei FinTech says Japan will likely introduce a central bank digital currency (CBDC) around 2030. The ...

India's Reserve Bank deputy governor has revealed that transaction volumes using the nation's central bank digital currency (CBDC) have trended downwards since December 2023 – and may even have ...

The CBUAE has unveiled a new symbol for the UAE's national currency, the Dirham, along with the announcement of the Digital ...

CBDCs or central bank digital currencies are increasingly being studied by entities such as the Bank of Canada for their ...

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 ...

A central bank digital currency, or CBDC, is a digital version of a region’s fiat currency, put out by the region’s monetary authority. CBDCs gained a significant spotlight in 2020, with ...

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) announced on Friday that it would begin a pilot study of a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) by the end of this year. On a limited scale, a possible real-life ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) proposed a framework called “REDI” to deploy CBDCs and steps to promote the adoption of CBDCs. The international financial agency emphasised that raising ...

The Bank of Israel released a preliminary design for a digital shekel, detailing its ecosystem, technical framework and regulatory considerations. The Bank of Israel released a preliminary design ...

The Bank of Korea has announced that it will hold trials for its central bank digital currency (CBDC) project from April to June. The bank said the pilot project referred to as “Hangang" will involve ...