# Japan’s International Payments System will test plastic cards for CBDC

# Japan’s International Payments System will test plastic cards for CBDC

” Japan’s International Payments System will test plastic cards for CBDC “ Japan Credit Bureau (JCB), a Japanese analog to international payments systems like Visa or Mastercard, announced the start of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) infrastructure testing. The project will assumably prepare the payments platform for a national CBDC, which is currently being tested…

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# Hong Kong unveils completed retail CBDC project that has a CBDC-backed stablecoin

# Hong Kong unveils completed retail CBDC project that has a CBDC-backed stablecoin

” Hong Kong unveils completed retail CBDC project that has a CBDC-backed stablecoin “ The Hong Kong Monetary Authority presented its completed Aurum retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) prototype on Oct. 21. The system, developed in conjunction with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub, has a unique structure that reflects the intricacies…

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# BIS marks CBDC pilot as ‘successful’ with M transacted

# BIS marks CBDC pilot as ‘successful’ with $22M transacted

” BIS marks CBDC pilot as ‘successful’ with $22M transacted “ A multi-jurisdictional Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pilot has been marked “successful” by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) after a month-long test phase that facilitated $22 million worth of real-value cross-border transactions. The central banks of Hong Kong, Thailand, China and the United…

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