Australians would rather have accounts with commercial banks and keep their data away from the RBA. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has examined the value the public would place on a retail ...

Information and financial technology services company Accenture has invested in fintech startup Emtech, which provides software-as-a-service to central banks and fintech companies. Accenture plans to ...

A proposed GOP ban on a central bank digital currency (CBDC) could pump the brakes on grand visions to reshape electronic payment access around the Federal Reserve. Republican lawmakers pushed the ban ...

Emtech, an African provider of central banking infrastructure, introduced its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Innovation kit last month. The kit caters to fintechs and financial service providers ...

Blockchain-based payments and remittance firm Ripple has launched its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Platform, allowing central banks and financial institutions to issue digital currencies. The ...

I read with interest that Venezuela’s national cryptocurrency, the Petro (PTR), ceased operations in January. It was introduced with the goal of helping the country evade United States sanctions but ...

During the deliberation of the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act (H.R. 5403) in the US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on September 20. The bill sought to address the critical ...

This content is contributed or sourced from third parties but has been subject to Finextra editorial review. Central banks worldwide are accelerating retail CBDC (central bank digital currency) ...

From Algeria to Zimbabwe, governments are pushing forward with central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs. In fact, it’s even occurring here in the United States. According to the Human Rights ...

India’s central bank wants BRICS members to connect their official digital currencies, aiming to make cross-border trade and tourism payments easier as geopolitics harden and more countries look for ...