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

The Payments Association

A Bank of England experiment proving that offline payments with a digital pound are technically feasible, but complex. It highlights major trade-offs in security, privacy, and policy that must be addressed before offline CBDC payments can scale. For payments leaders, the findings are not simply a technical footnote.

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Australia Central Bank Unveils 3-Year Digital Money Plan

Fintech News

Australia has unveiled a three-year initiative to explore the potential of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) with a focus on wholesale CBDC opportunities, industry outreach and regulatory improvements, Brad Jones, Assistant Governor (Financial System) at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), told the audience at an industry event in September.

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Over Half of Surveyed Singapore Users Own Cryptocurrency

Fintech News

Of note, two-thirds (67%) of respondents expressed an interest in trading cryptocurrencies, with a nearly half showing a keen interest in Decentralised Finance (DeFi) and stablecoins. Paxos also supports Chainlink’s PayPal USD (PYUSD) stablecoin issued by Paxos under PayPal’s banner.

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Private/Public Partnerships A Boon For Central Bank Digital Currencies?

PYMNTS

As noted in this space last week, about 80 percent of 66 central banks queried by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) are working on central bank digital currencies (CBDC). He pointed to the concept of synthetic central bank digital currencies ( CBDC ).

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Fintech in Singapore: 2023 in Review

Fintech News

Developments include cross-border quick response (QR) payment linkages, connectivity between real-time national payment schemes, and the ongoing Singapore Response Code Scheme (SGQR+) project focusing on furthering QR code payment interoperability.

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Are CBDCs Doomed to be Put on Ice? Exploring Project Delays, Challenges and Potential

The Fintech Times

While central banks across the globe have begun researching the possibility of introducing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), only three countries have officially launched one, and we still await one from a genuine world leader – aside from China piloting the digital Yuan with questionable levels of adoption.

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