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

Finextra

These solutions are already widely adopted and focus on enabling technical interoperability between existing mobile wallets, offering fast and integrated payment experiences within their local banking ecosystems. Wero, in contrast, offers a unified architecture, designed for full interoperability and scale across Europe.

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OpenPayd and Circle to offer fiat–stablecoin payment network

The Paypers

The agreement brings together OpenPayd’s API-based payment and banking services with Circle’s infrastructure for USDC, a dollar-denominated stablecoin issued by regulated affiliates of Circle. They indicated that the collaboration aims to further expand the use of stablecoins like USDC in practical financial applications.

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Universal Digital Payments Network (UDPN) and FORUS Digital Announce Strategic Cooperation to Advance Financial Innovation in Africa

Fintech Finance

FORUS Digital has positioned itself in Africa to help central banks and commercial banks in their journey towards CBDC using the UDPN All-in-One Digital Currency Sandbox. It will also help commercial banks manage their own tokenised deposit and stablecoin life cycle and integrate into the central bank digital currency testing environment.

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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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How OpenWay’s Way4 Enabled the First CBDC Card Transaction in Eurasia

Fintech News

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have largely existed in the virtual realm, with transactions initiated primarily through web and mobile interfaces. However, a significant shift has occurred with the launch of Eurasia’s first CBDC cards in Kazakhstan, providing 20 million consumers with a new, tangible way to manage CBDC funds.

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Swift Works on Enabling Real-Time Exchange of Digital Assets and Payments

Fintech News

Initially, these will use fiat currencies, but Swift plans to eventually integrate tokenised forms of money such as central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and stablecoins. This advancement could allow real-time exchanges of tokenised assets and payments on the Swift platform.