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CBDC in Corporate Payments and Transaction Banking

Finextra

Here’s a at the evolution, real-world potential, and future of CBDC-linked instruments in transaction banking. Retail CBDC Trials: India’s e₹ (Digital Rupee) pilot unlocks person-to-merchant (P2M) and person-to-person (P2P) payments via CBDC wallets, demonstrating zero counterparty risk transfers without commercial bank rails.

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Offline settlements with a digital pound: Lessons from the BoE’s report

The Payments Association

It highlights major trade-offs in security, privacy, and policy that must be addressed before offline CBDC payments can scale. If implemented, offline CBDC capability could introduce new consumer behaviours, shift merchant requirements, and alter the economics of digital payment acceptance. Why is it important? What’s next?

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Strategic agreement between EPI and EuroPA: building a unified European digital payments network

Finextra

The digital euro, a retail CBDC under development by the ECB, shares key goals: instant payments, interoperability, and reduced dependency on non-European networks. The agreement lays the groundwork for true operational convergence between well-established solutions and a next-generation infrastructure.

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Payments regulation roadmap: Q3 2025​

The Payments Association

It offers practical, high-level analysis of what’s live, what’s coming into force, and what’s under active consultation, covering fraud liability, stablecoin oversight, instant payments, digital operational resilience, and future developments such as the digital pound and digital euro. Firms should act swiftly to meet the new standards.

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SC Ventures and G+D Complete Pilot on Different Types of CBDC Systems

Fintech News

This PoC involved executing real-time cross-border test transactions between various Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) systems. The project tested the feasibility of conducting multilateral cross-currency transfers through the UDPN, involving both Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and non-DLT-based CBDC technologies.

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Here’s How 10 APAC Markets Are Approaching Crypto Regulation

Fintech News

2023 marked a pivotal year in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region’s approach to crypto regulation, influenced significantly by the preceding implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange and the collapse of of Terra, the algorithmic stablecoin created by Korean entrepreneur Do Kwon.

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The Best of Finovate Global 2023: Digital Transformation, Financial Inclusion, AI and Automation

Finovate

. “At Refine intelligence, our mission is to help banks regain that superpower of really knowing their customers’ life stories, so their financial crime teams can quickly clear AML or scam alerts triggered by legitimate customer activity. We work with Risk, Financial Crime, BSA and AML teams.