The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, has expressed her concern about the potential consequences of retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)....
Amid the race for digital currency, India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to jointly conduct pilot programs on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)....
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) celebrates eNaira's one-year anniversary in grand style as over 700,000 transactions valued at N8 billion were processed within the last...
While Israel’s central bank is still non-committal on a digital shekel, a new report suggests that they have a significant amount of public support, both in order to...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said the adoption of its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) known as eNaira will deepen financial inclusion
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reiterated the risks involved in Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), urging countries to embrace the payment method in monetary transactions....
Visa, in partnership with ConsenSys, a blockchain software company, will start offering central banks a way to test retail applications for digital currencies they might issue....
Eesti Pank and Guardtime research project confirms role for digital bill money systems in CBDC deployment KSI Cash per transaction energy use is just 70 µWh...
The Australian government is considering the launch of a Central bank Digital Currency (CBDC), and has supported several forward-facing regulatory cryptocurrency proposals as part of an...
Recently, G7 officials broadcast a joint statement noting that CBDCs would complement cash and that any such payment system should follow a series of principles they...