Brazil’s Central Bank is abandoning the blockchain component of Drex, its ambitious central bank digital currency project.

The evolving dynamics of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) has a subject for global discussion in recent times. The issue can be contributed to the possible effects of private-sector digital ...

This Fintech Note aims to analyze how the issuance of central bank digital currency (CBDC) could affect monetary operations, which include central banks managing the demand and supply of reserves to ...

Morocco's central bank was exploring the use of its own digital currency for peer-to-peer and cross border payments, bank ...

CBDCs : Bank of Canada Is Exploring Long-Term Feasibility of Central Bank Digital Currency March 26, 2025 @ 11:01 am By Omar Faridi ...

Over 100 central banks around the globe are exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to modernize payment systems. They aim to explore potential benefits, risks, and the broad range of new ...

| July 9, 2025, at 8:09 p.m. More ... Reuters FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians walk past the Reserve Bank of Australia building in central Sydney, Australia, March 7, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray/ File Photo ...

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 ...

Central bank digital currency momentum growing, study shows By Marc Jones September 16, 20249:19 PM PDTUpdated September 16, 2024 ...

In Brief In Japan, cash remains popular despite the rise of cashless payments due to the ageing population and economic factors. The Bank of Japan is exploring the use of Central Bank Digital ...

its digital currency pilot program. In contrast, the European Central Bank is still pressing ahead with the launch of a digital euro. Recent research by BOE staff found that the benefits from ...