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

The Payments Association

Offline settlements with a digital pound: Lessons from the BoE’s report 16 June 2025 by Payments Intelligence LinkedIn Email X WhatsApp What is this article about? It highlights major trade-offs in security, privacy, and policy that must be addressed before offline CBDC payments can scale. Why is it important? What’s next?

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CBDCs in practice: What we’ve learned from the early movers

The Payments Association

James Hurren explores what early CBDC deployments across Asia, the Caribbean, and Europe reveal about usage, adoption, and the future of cross-border digital money. Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have rapidly evolved from theoretical concepts into live pilots and national deployments.

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The Journey of Payments and Clearing Systems in India

Finextra

Nationalization of Banks (1969, 1980): A major policy shift aimed at increasing financial inclusion and directing credit to priority sectors. Clearing houses, often managed by the RBI or lead banks, facilitated the physical exchange and settlement of cheques. This expanded the reach of formal banking to rural areas.

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Digital Rupiah Inches Closer with Successful Completion of PoC

Fintech News

The processes included converting reserve account balances into digital Rupiah and vice versa, ensuring seamless interoperability with Bank Indonesias Real-Time Gross Settlement (BI-RTGS) system. Furthermore, the project aligns with broader economic goals by fostering financial inclusion and supporting sustainable growth.

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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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EU Bankers Weigh Risks, Rewards of CBDC – and Cash’s Staying Power

PYMNTS

But as to what a CBDC might look like in the eurozone, ECB executive board member Yves Mersch said a speech earlier this year that retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) is a game-changer and that retail CBDCs would be a “main focus.”

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Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) in 2024

Clearly Payments

This article covers what CBDCs are, how they have evolved until 2024, their impact on payments, and the future they could shape. What Are CBDCs? A Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is a digital form built on blockchain technology of a country’s fiat currency issued and regulated by the central bank.