Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Mastercard and Island Pay Launch World’s First Central Bank Digital Currency-Linked Card February 17, 2021 GMT PURCHASE, N.Y. & NASSAU, Bahamas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 17, 2021-- Today, Bahamians received even greater flexibility in how they shop and pay using the country’s digital currency, the first of its kind. Under a new program from Mastercard and Island Pay, the Bahamas Sand Dollar prepaid card gives people the option to instantly convert the digital currency to traditional Bahamian dollars ...