Crypto Market Insights: BIS Work With Asian Central Banks
BIS announced Projects Mariana and Mandala with Asian central banks. UBS launched its tokenized VCC fund in Singapore. HKEX builds smart contract settlement platform.
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BIS announced Projects Mariana and Mandala with Asian central banks. UBS launched its tokenized VCC fund in Singapore. HKEX builds smart contract settlement platform.
The Bank of Korea (BOK) announced its first move toward adopting a central bank digital currency (CBDC). A CBDC is a new form of digital money issued by a central bank.
India is in discussions with other jurisdictions to address the high cost of cross-border remittances, according to Reserve Bank Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar. He described the current situation as "unconscionable" given the availability of cheap data connectivity. Sankar suggested that the introduction of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) could lower the cost of cross-border payments by bypassing the legacy correspondent banking system.
Digital central bank money is moving ever closer. Even so, the monetary authorities of Switzerland, France, and Singapore reiterate the project is «purely experimental.»
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is all set to launch the person-to-merchant (P2M) online payment system on...