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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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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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Is 2025 Finally the Year for Open Finance in Southeast Asia?

Fintech News

Similarly, Project Nexus , spearheaded by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), aims to improve cross-border payment systems through faster, cheaper, and more transparent transactions. The initiative seeks to establish multilateral linkages of national retail payment systems.

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Digital Currency Eyes Wholesale — Not Retail — Payments Down Under

PYMNTS

As part of those efforts, the lab is being used to explore “whether there is a role for a digital Australian dollar — that is, an Australian [central bank digital currency (CBDC)] — in the context of the bank’s responsibilities for issuing the currency and overseeing the payments system.”.

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How are digital IDs reshaping industries for a secure and seamless future?

The Payments Association

The widespread shift to online reliance has created a greater demand for accessing various services online, including government public services and online retail payments. The EWC is actively engaged in pilot projects to expand the functionality of the reference wallet application for use cases related to digital travel credentials.

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Brazil Could Lead The Way On Central Bank Digital Currencies With 2022 Rollout

PYMNTS

The race toward central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is tightening, with Brazil reportedly looking to launch one by 2022 in a bid to help digitize payments. Roberto Campos Neto, president of Brazil’s central bank, said his country’s new digital currency will work in concert with its new instant-payments system.

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How Swift is moving the global financial industry towards instant and frictionless payments

The Payments Association

The UKs roadmap to faster, more efficient payments A key area of focus outlined in the National Payments Vision is enabling interoperability between domestic and international systems, supported by the adoption of ISO 20022 messaging standards while ensuring the security of the UKs payment systems.

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