Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Research Use Case 
The Payments Association
JUNE 3, 2025
With more than 130 jurisdictions now researching or developing CBDCsranging from early-stage exploration to live deploymentsglobal momentum is steadily building. These projects leveraged distributed ledger technology (DLT) to settle trades more quickly and securely, using delivery-versus-payment (DvP) mechanisms that reduce counterparty risk.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
In this week's roundup of payment rail innovation, PYMNTS finds B2B payments use cases serve as an important driver of adoption, with FinTechs and financial service providers embracing payment rails old and new to enable real-time B2B payments and foreign exchange. In the latest show of support for distributed ledger technology, J.P.
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PYMNTS
DECEMBER 22, 2020
The digital currency in trial is supported by distributed ledger technology (DLT), and the two-part experiments also aim to examine the use cases of a DLT-enabled currency. The European Central Bank has been a vocal supporter of a digital euro, advocating for a CBDC.
CB Insights
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
Distributed ledger technology (DLT) — which uses tech like blockchain to verify transactions without the need for a centralized authority — is gaining traction as a way to revamp capital markets infrastructure by making it more streamlined, improving transparency, and reducing associated fees. Category Breakdown.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Researchers found that 70 percent of demand deposit accounts are managed by FIs with access to the RTP network. Yet even more FIs have access to RTP as a result of third-party technology partnerships, a press release said last week. Financial institutions (FIs) in the U.S. Mastercard Leads Central Bank Digital Currency Test.
PYMNTS
APRIL 1, 2019
At heart of the matter, of course, is the place (or choice) of using distributed ledger technology (DLT) to underpin the transactions — especially B2B transactions. Some see distributed ledger technologies (DLT) as having the potential to drive industry-wide change.
CB Insights
OCTOBER 29, 2020
But a growing number of companies want to employ distributed ledger technology (DLT) — which uses tech like blockchain to offer a simpler, streamlined way to verify transactions — to upend this status quo. Categories are not mutually exclusive, and companies are mapped according to their primary use case.
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