Latest CBDC News: Finextra Research

Trump's embrace of stablecoins makes digital euro more urgent - EU official

As the European Central Bank aims to complete the testing phase for a digital euro by October, a top EU official says the project is becoming more urgent in the face of America's embrace of stablecoins under the Trump administration.

11 March 2025

News/crypto

Bank of Israel unveils design of possible digital shekel

The Bank of Israel is inviting feedback on a newly-published high-level design for a potential digital shekel.

04 March 2025

News/payments

NextGen Nordics 2025 agenda to cover DORA, VoP, CBDC, instant payments, fraud, and GenAI

Give the future of payments the green light at the Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm, Sweden on 29 April 2025 where the stage will be set for a transformative shift in financial services. NextGen Nordics will gather core decision-makers, stakeholders, and experts within the payments sector to focus on digital resilience, advanced technologies, regulatory frameworks, and set a course of action for the financial ecosystem of tomorrow.

13 February 2025

News/crypto

Third of central banks delay CBDC timelines

With Donald Trump banning work on a digital dollar, a central bank survey suggests that while 75% still plan to issue a CDC, nearly a third have pushed back their issuance timeline.

13 February 2025

News/payments

Bank of Papua New Guinea completes field trials of Digital Kina CBDC

The Bank of Papua New Guinea has marked the successful completion of field trials for the country’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).

06 February 2025

News/crypto

Trump orders evaluation of national crypto stockpile; prohibits CBDC work

President Donald Trump has established a working group on digital assets that will investigate the development of a federal regulatory framework for crypto and evaluate the creation of a national digital asset stockpile.

24 January 2025

News/payments

Digital payments on the rise in Europe, but cash still king at POS

While the use of digital payments continues to rise in the euro area, cash is still responsible for more than half of all point-of-sale transactions, according to a European Central Bank study.

06 January 2025

News/wholesale

SocGen completes repo transaction on public blockchain

Societe Generale has carried out a collateralised market transaction fully executed on blockchain with France's central bank.

16 December 2024

News/payments

10 trends that will impact payments in 2025, according to Mastercard

In this preview of a Mastercard report being released in early 2025, leaders at the card processer say that generative AI is emerging as critical to boosting fraud protection rates by as much as 300%.

13 December 2024

News/crypto

US explores feasibility of settlement network for multi-asset transactions

The proof-of-concept of what has been dubbed the Regulated Settlement Network (RSN) showcased the potential of shared ledger technology to upgrade multi-asset and cross-network transaction settlement for domestic users of US dollars and regulated securities.

06 December 2024

News/payments

UK sets out National Payments Vision

The UK Government has published its National Payments Vision (NPV), vowing to cut through the "regulatory congestion" facing the sector to deliver a world-leading ecosystem.

15 November 2024

News/crypto

Australia seeks industry participation in CBDC project

The Reserve Bank of Australia is calling on industry players to take part in the experimental research phase of a project exploring the development of a wholesale CBDC and tokenised bank deposits.

12 November 2024

News/Sibos

Sibos: CBDC case studies in China, Kazakhstan, the Bahamas, and Europe

On the second day of Sibos, Benedicte Nolens, centre head of the BIS Innovation Hub moderated the session ‘Reality check: How far have CBDCs come?’, and the speakers outlined how central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are in various processes of development in their countries.

22 October 2024

News/crypto

Sibos: The future of ‘evenly distributed’ tokenisation

The National Bank of Kazakhstan will provide clients the “ability to spend crypto tokens” by the end of this year, announced Assel Marchenko, CTO and deputy of CEO, National Bank of Kazakhstan, at Sibos today.

21 October 2024

News/payments

Global payments in 2024: Simpler interfaces, complex reality

Global payment revenues will remain robust over the next five years, enabling the sector to unlock an additional $700 billion by 2028, according to a McKinsey report.

21 October 2024

News/crypto

Swift preps live digital asset trials

Banks around the world will next year start live trials of digital asset and currency transactions over the Swift network.

03 October 2024

News/regulation

Hong Kong regulator launches tokenisation pilot

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has started the second phase of its digital Hong Kong dollar pilot study.

24 September 2024

News/crypto

Canada shelves retail CBDC work

After years of research, the Bank of Canada says it is "scaling down" its work on a retail central bank digital currency.

24 September 2024

News/payments

Swift to develop concrete plans for CBDC and tokenised asset exchange

Global banking co-operative Swift is moving forward with plans to offer member banks access to emerging digital asset classes and currencies over its network, covering a range of use cases in payments, securities, FX, trade and beyond

11 September 2024

News/payments

Brazil preps new round of CBDC pilots

Google, Visa and Nubank are among the big names selected to take part on the second round pilots for Brazil's Drex CBDC project.

09 September 2024