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RBI to explore CBDC pilot in cross-border transactions

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) plans to expand its digital rupee pilot to more direct benefit transfer schemes and the domestic retail space in the current fiscal year. Additiona...

Bank of Canada sets course for Consumer-Driven Banking and stablecoin supervision

Speaking at Open Banking Expo Canada 2026, Ron Morrow, executive director of payments, supervision and oversight at the Bank of Canada, told attendees that consultation with the in...

CBK Releases Notice on Approved Digital Loan Providers

Licensed DCPs are required to comply with CBK regulations on data confidentiality, full cost disclosure, fair debt collection practices, restrictions on credit listing, and anti–mo...

CBDCs and the Adoption Problem: Why Central Bank Digital Currencies Are Struggling

Why many government-backed digital currencies risk becoming solutions searching for problems.Continue reading on Coinmonks »

Tokenization, Stablecoins and CBDCs in 2030

By 2030, tokenized assets, stablecoins, and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) will no longer be experimental concepts, but will be industry staples. According to a new report...

Circle Payments Network Opens Stablecoin Settlement to Banks Without Digital Asset Complexity

Circle launched CPN Managed Payments on April 8, a fully managed stablecoin settlement solution that makes the Circle Payments Network accessible to banks, payment service provider...

Deutsche Bank Study: Stablecoins, Tokenized Deposits, CBDCs: The New Forms of Money

Technology is reshaping the financial system, driving a shift towards an “always on” 24/7 market infrastructure and real-time transactions. This evolution is transforming money int...

The Money Stack: Stablecoins, Tokenized Deposits, and CBDCs

State money wants control. Commercial money wants scale. The fault line runs deeper than most people think.Continue reading on Medium »

ECB signs standards deals to cut digital euro access costs

ECB teams with ECPC, nexo and Berlin Group to reuse open payment standards, cutting digital euro integration costs and clearing the path to a 2027 pilot, 2029 launch. The European...

The Rise Of Corporate Blockchains

ICBC and CCB lead China’s 6 biggest banks in US$61 billion dividend payout

China’s six largest state-owned banks are set to distribute more than 420 billion yuan (US$61 billion) in dividends for 2025, extending record-high payouts and strengthening their...

Bank of Korea governor backs CBDCs, deposit tokens in first address

New Bank of Korea governor Shin Hyun-song supported CBDCs and deposit tokens in his first address, while stablecoins were notably absent from his remarks.The newly appointed Govern...

ICBA Opposes OCC’s Conditional Nod For Coinbase National Trust Bank Charter

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted Coinbase (COIN) a conditional approval for a national trust bank charter, a move that would place the crypto exchange am...

BIS warns dollar stablecoins could strain banks and policy

BIS general manager Pablo Hernández de Cos says US dollar stablecoins could pose risks to financial stability and urges stronger global coordination on regulation.The Bank for Inte...

ECB signs standards deals to cut digital euro integration costs

The ECB signed deals with three standards bodies to reuse open payment standards for the digital euro and lower integration costs for banks and merchants.

Central bank-backed tokenization pilot exposes settlement problem assets alone cannot solve

Australia's Project Acacia has now tested how tokenized asset markets could settle in Australia. The Reserve Bank of Australia and Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre relea...

MiCA-licensed Banking Circle joins bank stablecoin settlement race in Europe

Banking Circle's stablecoin settlement launch follows its CASP approval, entering a crowded market with SocGen, Sygnum and a 12-bank euro stablecoin consortium.Luxembourg-based Ban...

FDIC approves US Stablecoins Act

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board of Directors today approved a notice of proposed rulemaking that would implement certain requirements and standards under the...

No Stablecoin Mention: Bank Of Korea’s New Governor Signals CBDC Push

The newly appointed Governor of the Bank of Korea (BOK) has delivered his first policy address in office, highlighting central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and bank-issued depos...

BSP allows direct currency withdrawals by banks during calamity, emergency situations

BANKS not registered with the Philippine Payment and Settlement System (PhilPaSS) Plus or the Integrated Currency Management System (ICMS) are now temporarily allowed to withdraw c...

Tokenisation can improve wholesale cross-border payments - BIS project

A long-running project involving several central banks and a host of private sector players has built a prototype demonstrating that tokenisation can tackle inefficiencies in whole...

Are central banks ready to move tokenization from simulation to real money?

A Bank for International Settlements-led trial has shown that tokenized central bank money and bank deposits can complete cross-border payments in a single atomic step across curre...

ECB inks deals with standard setters to smooth digital euro rollout

The European Central Bank has signed agreements with three standard setters as it looks to minimise costs and encourage coordination among the disparate group of players involved i...