24

Oct

Nigeria to launch digital currency on Monday, central bank says

ABUJA, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Nigeria will on Monday launch a digital currency, the eNaira, the central bank said, months after it barred banks and financial institutions from dealing in…

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28

May

Sweden’s Handelsbanken to help test central bank digital currency

Sweden's central bank will work with commercial lender Handelsbanken to test how the country's proposed digital currency - the e-krona - could handle payments in the real world, the Riksbank…

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14

May

Bank of England’s Bailey says there might be a case for digital currency

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said there might be a role for a state-backed digital currency in Britain although there would be big implications ranging from the setting of…

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19

Apr

UPDATED: Britain to look closer at creating digital currency

Britain stepped up efforts on Monday to look at the case for a digital pound in response to the challenge posed by cryptocurencies such as bitcoin, and outlined plans to…

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02

Nov

Australia’s central bank launches digital currency project

Australia’s central bank on Monday said it was launching a project to explore the potential use and implications of a wholesale form of central bank digital currency (CBDC) using distributed…

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04

May

China starts major trial of state-run digital currency

China will begin trialling payments in its new digital currency in four major cities from next week, according to domestic media. In recent months, China’s central bank has stepped up…

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12

Oct

Mastercard, Visa and eBay quit Facebook’s proposed Libra global digital currency group

Facebook's proposed global digital currency has suffered a setback after major payment companies including Mastercard, Visa and eBay pulled out. Stripe and Latin American payments company Mercado Pago also announced…

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05

Oct

PayPal pulls out from Facebook’s Libra digital currency project

PayPal is pulling out of the Facebook-led Libra project, in a major blow to the social media platform’s plans to launch a global digital currency. FT reports that the payments company…

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