The IMF study, supported by the World Bank and Sweden’s Riksbank, finds that retail central bank digital currencies could revolutionize welfare delivery if used as programmable platforms enabling ...

Europe could see the digital euro issued continent-wide as early as 2029, after a potential CBDC pilot in mid-2027.

The future of finance is neither fully centralized nor fully decentralized; it is hybrid. In that future, Central Bank Digital Currencies could form the backbone of a more connected, efficient, and ...

Because fewer people like banknotes, and payment sovereignty is a problem The Governing Council of the European Central Bank ...

The tiny kingdom, formerly known as Swaziland, is looking at better domestic accessibility and cross-border trade with a proposed CBDC. The Central Bank of the Kingdom of Eswatini, a landlocked ...

In the wake of recent announcements that the Company has raised in excess of $10M in new capital, the Company announced a cryptocurrency and asset tokenization focused initiative including the ...

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are India's digital financial future. They bring the trust and credibility of fiat currency and the efficiency of blockchain technology — towards an open, ...

RBI launches the offline Digital Rupee (e₹), enabling secure wallet-to-wallet transactions without internet. NFC and telecom-assisted payments make it accessible in remote areas. Programmable features ...

CRED founder Kunal Shah has announced the launch of the beta version of its CRED e₹ wallet in collaboration with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) This marks the introduction of India's Central Bank ...

Potential issues identified from stakeholder feedback to the FCA and PSR call for information include insufficient competition between digital wallets and between payment systems within digital ...

Shares of MobiKwik soared 6.6% to INR 442.80 intraday on the BSE today (January 29) after it became the first fintech firm to roll out a full-scale CBDC wallet and e-rupee (e₹) MobiKwik was trading at ...

The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday introduced the ‘Offline Digital Rupee’, a major step in India’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) journey. The feature allows digital payments without internet ...