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Central Bank Digital Currency In India: The New Money Is Here!

Forrester eCommerce

The world of money is changing, and India has made impressive progress toward innovations in digital payments. India’s central bank, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), is now focusing on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Things have been a little hazy around the use of cryptocurrencies in India.

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Decoding China’s Central Bank Digital Currency

Forrester eCommerce

The digital yuan, the central bank digital currency (CBDC) of China, has already been tested in several major cities across the country. In fact, the digital yuan […].

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Understand The State Of Central Bank Digital Currencies In Asia Pacific

Forrester eCommerce

The Asia Pacific (APAC) region is at the forefront of central bank digital currency (CBDC) development. Most APAC countries are proactively exploring and experimenting with CBDCs. China, South Korea, India, and Thailand are proactively piloting retail CBDCs.

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The Unstoppable Rise Of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)

Forrester eCommerce

In his #1 international best seller “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind”, Dr Yuval Noah Harari observed that people the world over who do not believe in the same god or obey the same king are more than willing to use the same money. As Dr Harari points out – historically speaking – money required […].

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Bank of England launch digital currency consultation

365 Retail

The potential introduction of an official version of bitcoin will have to wait for at least four years, the Bank of England has said. Officials said on Tuesday that it would launch a consultation on the introduction of a so-called central bank digital currency (CBDC) next year.

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G20 Cross-Border Goals: Progress and Projects 

Retail TouchPoints

Current Cross Border Projects Project Agorá is a cross-border payment project that was launched in April by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in collaboration with the central banks of France, Japan, the UK and private sector entities.

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Crypto-Commerce: Banking on Blockchain for B2B Payments

GetElastic

distributed , with records verified by a network of computers versus by one party or bank, and visible to all parties versus held in a central database. When a buyer or seller submits payment information to the chain, a digital “block” is created and distributed to the network. How Institutions are Already Banking on Blockchain.