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

The Bank of Japan has announced plans to begin trials next fiscal year on a central-bank issued digital currency (CBDC). Such currencies have recently become a major focus of central banks around ...

Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov took his country a step closer to issuing its own central bank digital currency Thursday, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Eastern European country of Belarus is reportedly set to roll out a central bank digital currency (CBDC) by next year.

The Central Bank digital currency (CBDC) development in the United States ... including pilot projects and full-scale launches. Countries like Japan, India, Australia, South Korea, and Turkey ...

Philip Lane, chief economist of the European Central Bank, recently expressed urgency for the need to develop a digital euro—also known as a central bank digital currency (CBDC)—to compete ...

This content is contributed or sourced from third parties but has been subject to Finextra editorial review. Central banks worldwide are accelerating retail CBDC (central bank digital currency ...

At its core, a CBDC or central bank digital currency is basically a digital form of fiat currency, distinct from decentralized cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. It would allow the BoC to issue and ...