Central Bank Cross-Border Payments Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) 
The Payments Association
JUNE 3, 2025
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.
Finextra
JUNE 30, 2025
Central banks across 66 countries are now in the advanced phases of exploring Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), with 44 pilots including the digital euro already underway. Digital currencies can be issued by central banks (aka. CBDCs), commercial banks (aka. stablecoins).
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. With the rise of digital payments, cryptocurrencies, and fintech innovations, CBDCs represent a new frontier in the evolution of money.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
The First Deputy Governor of the central bank of France, Denis Beau, spoke in support of a blockchain-based settlement system that would allow for faster transfers of euros, as well as be more cost-efficient, according to a report by Yahoo! DLT would also help in terms of cross-border payments, he said.
Fintech News
DECEMBER 11, 2023
SC Ventures, the innovation, fintech investment, and ventures arm of Standard Chartered, and Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) successfully completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) on the Universal Digital Payments Network (UDPN). Meanwhile, the the direct model is where central banks manage wallets and settlements within a centralised CBDC system.
The Fintech Times
AUGUST 6, 2024
Similar to other regions across Asia, mobile payments are now preferred as a payment method over card payments by 70 per cent of Thai consumers. QR codes have also become a popular payment method in Thailand. In 2019, the Bank of Thailand launched a regulatory sandbox initiative.
The Fintech Times
MAY 18, 2024
Eurosystem , the monetary authority of the eurozone, has been exploring the possible use cases of distributed ledger technology (DLT) to conduct wholesale settlement in central bank money. Initially, 16 private companies will conduct trials involving actual settlement in central bank money.
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