The CBDC Think Tank is established to develop a More Equitable Digital World, Technology And Vendor Agnosticism & Inclusiveness. Therefore the CBDC Think Tank is agnostic to technology and...
The 7th Africa Money And Defi Summit West Africa ended successfly in Accra, Ghana, with a lot of exciting innovative DeFi showcased. The event hosted various players and stakeholders...
According to Iran Chamber of Commerce, Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said it will begin the pilot launch of crypto-rial as the bank’s digital currency . The CBI has...
The European Central Bank (ECB) will collaborate with five companies to develop potential user interfaces for the digital euro. The aim of this prototyping exercise is to test how...
Bringing its API-First, Energy Efficient and DLT-Based Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Platform to safely test new possibilities in cross-border payments. EMTECH, a first-of-its-kind central banking infrastructure provider, will...
The Digital Dollar Project (DDP) announced today the launch of its Technical Sandbox Program to jumpstart further exploration of technical implementations of a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC)....
Nigeria was the first African country and a significant economy to launch Central Bank Digital Currency – eNaira on Oct. 25, 2021, currently it is the largest economy in...
This paper discusses critical considerations in the design of central bank digital currency (CBDC) in West Africa through a comparative case study of Ghana’s (eCedi) and Nigeria’s (eNaira) design...
By Carmelle Cadet, CEO of EMTECH A growing number of countries and institutions proclaim climate change as a defining issue of our time. Intergovernmental agencies such as the UN...
Alipay, WeChatPay mobile payments dull appeal of central bank’s efforts Eight years after China first embarked on the path toward a digital yuan, the central bank’s pilot program for...