The Payments Association

JUNE 3, 2025

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have rapidly evolved from theoretical concepts into live pilots and national deployments. From Asia to the Caribbean and Europe, central banks are grappling with how to digitise public money while preserving trust, utility, and sovereignty.

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CBDC Cross-Border Central Bank Cross-Border Payments 88

Clearly Payments

AUGUST 29, 2024

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) have received attention in recent years as central banks worldwide explore the potential to evolve the way we conduct financial transactions. Europe : The European Central Bank (ECB) is actively working on a digital euro. According to the World Bank, around 1.7

Central Bank 105

Central Bank Digital Currency CBDC Cross-Border Payments 105

Fintech News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

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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CBDC Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Cross-Border Central Bank 116

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Distributed ledger technology (DLT) — which uses tech like blockchain to verify transactions without the need for a centralized authority — is gaining traction as a way to revamp capital markets infrastructure by making it more streamlined, improving transparency, and reducing associated fees.

Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) 98

Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) Blockchain Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Money Laundering 98

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

31, focuses on anti-money laundering (AML) practices and countering financing terrorism (CFT). The ministry’s AML and CFT policies incorporate the suggested policies set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and will be monitored by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF).

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CBDC Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Visa AML 64

Fintech News

JANUARY 30, 2024

Other payment trends in Asia preceding 2024 including the rise of B2B buy now pay later (BNPL), growing prominence of central bank digital currency (CBDC), and prevalence of composable, cloud-based ‘as-a-Service’ IT architecture models have helped shape much of what we anticipate for 2024.

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Payments Trends Digital Currency Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Cross-Border Payments 122

Neopay

MAY 28, 2024

The discussion focused around 6 main areas, namely: (i) regulatory and market developments and financial stability outlook, (ii) banking and anti-money laundering (AML), (iii) sustainable finance (iv) capital markets (v) asset management, and (vi) digital finance and artificial intelligence (AI).

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Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Money Laundering AML AI 52