Nine banks and three central banks participated in testing Swift's API-based CBDC connector across two blockchain networks and fiat-based payment systems.
March 10, 2023ANZ is involved in four case proposals; CBA is involved in two. Mastercard and Cuscal propose to use CBDC to enable consumers to buy NFTs.
March 3, 2023NAB plans allow clients to use the stablecoin for repo transactions, cross-border remittances, and carbon credits trading.
January 20, 2023"Project Cedar Phase II x Ubin+" will seek to enhance designs for atomic settlement of cross-border cross-currency transactions, leveraging wholesale CBDCs as a settlement asset.
November 11, 2022The investment will strengthen Partior's international reach and capabilities, while also helping StanChart accelerate the deployment of blockchain tech across its own network.
November 7, 2022In the test environment, wholesale CBDC transactions on a blockchain-enabled distributed ledger system settled in under 15 seconds on average.
November 5, 2022Under the ‘Ubin+’ initiative, MAS will develop technical standards, infrastructure, and policy guidelines to support atomic settlement of FX transactions using CBDCs.
November 4, 2022Over 30% of the industry using DLT in live production, finds ISSA survey, conducted by the ValueExchange with support from Accenture, Broadridge and VMWare.
July 25, 2022Project Lithium will explore how a CBDC can reduce counterparty risk and trapped liquidity, increase capital efficiency and enable atomic settlement.
April 14, 2022