Tag: CBDC

Blockchain start-up Fluency has reeled in $1.3m in seed funding from various unnamed European investors, giving the company a total valuation of $23.5m.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is teaming with Barbados-based FinTech Bitt to introduce a new central bank digital currency (CBDC) called eNaira.

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has revealed it intends to begin a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot study in the second quarter of 2022.

The Bank of Korea (BOK) has revealed it is planning to initiate its central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot later this month.

The Bank of England (BofE) FinTech chief has said the introduction of a central bank digital currencies (CBDC) doesn’t require a trade-off between privacy and tackling financial crime.

While only 4% of transactions in Norway are conducted with cash, the nation's central bank is in no hurry to introduce a digital currency.