Project Tourbillon, an initiative led by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub Swiss Centre and supported by the…
central bank digital currency (CBDC)
Globally, finance professionals have limited understanding of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and are showing division on whether central banks…
The ability to make offline payments with central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) has attracted increased interest among central banks for…
In Switzerland, the introduction of a digital Swiss franc could further boost the local digital asset industry, foster innovation in…
Recent technological innovations and increasing demand for convenience and security have expedited the shift to digital systems, including financial systems.…
The Banque de France, Banque centrale du Luxembourg and European Investment Bank (EIB) successfully conducted a wholesale central bank digital…
The BIS Innovation Hub’s Swiss Centre has launched Tourbillon, a new project that explores improving cyber resiliency, scalability and privacy…
Interest in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) has grown over the past few years in response to changes in payments…
SWIFT and Capgemini have achieved CBDC-to-CBDC transactions between different distributed ledger technology networks based on Quorum and Corda technologies, as…
The European Central Bank (ECB) will collaborate with five companies to develop potential user interfaces for the digital euro to…
Recent technological advances including blockchain, cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) have ushered a wave of new private-sector financial products…
In Switzerland, Phase II of Project Helvetia has been completed, successfully demonstrating that it is possible to integrate a wholesale…
Most central banks around the world are either researching or launching their own central bank digital currency (CBDC), a trend…
At a time when central banks around the world are ramping up digital currency plans, Switzerland’s inactivity and possible “non-implementation”…
As central banks around the world accelerate their digital currency efforts, international payment network SWIFT is assessing what roles it…
Around the world, central banks are accelerating their work on digital currencies (CBDCs) and exploring the opportunities these could bring…
Around the world, interest in central bank digital currency (CBDC) is growing in response to changes in payments, finance and…
Bitcoin’s recent price surge has accelerated institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies leading to institutional investor pouring an estimated US$26 billion into…
Central banking digital currencies (CBDCs) are poised to have significant implications for banks and non-bank firms, forcing them to adopt…
The Bank for International Settlements’ Innovation Hub (BISIH), the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the financial infrastructure operator SIX announced…