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The Bank Of Canada’s Impact On CBDCs
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The Bank Of Canada’s Impact On CBDCs

Fintech Staff Writer
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Bank of Canada and cybersecurity technology The Bank of Canada has contracted local expert evolutionQ to work on a study concerning quantum-safe cybersecurity technology for new forms of digital currency. The Bank of Canada is doing research into possible technical ecosystems and technologies that could help guide decisions about the......
EMTECH Releases its Web-3 Enabled Central Banking Digital Currency Innovation Kit For Fintechs
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EMTECH Releases its Web-3 Enabled Central Banking Digital Currency Innovation Kit For Fintechs

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EMTECH’s Beyond Cash or (BYDC) is a CBDC Simulator built on Hedera layer 1 protocol with pre-built APIs that simplify the integration of digital cash in fintech products across various use cases. EMTECH, an award-winning software company and first-of-its-kind Modern Central Banking Infrastructure provider, announced the public release of its......
Uncovering Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)
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Uncovering Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)

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Roughly 90 percent of the world’s central banks are pursuing central bank digital currency (CBDC) projects. A few including those in the U.S. and South Africa, are in the exploratory phase; others are development projects (the European Union) and pilots (China). In some locations, including Nigeria and the Bahamas, solutions......
Finastra Launches ALM IQ, Empowering Community Banks to Better Manage Risk and Compliance
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UAE Floats CBDC And Card Scheme

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The Central Bank of the UAE says the programme will be made up of nine initiatives designed to make the country a financial and digital payments hub.The United Arab Emirates is planning to launch a CBDC and domestic card scheme as part of a wide-ranging financial infrastructure transformation programme.The first......
Central Bank of Montenegro Signs Agreement with Ripple to Develop a Digital Currency Strategy and Pilot
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Fintechs And Banks Engaged On CBDC By Saudi Central Bank

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The project is in line with several central banks CBDC initiatives across the globe and as part of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency’s (Sama) ongoing research and experimentation on CBDC.The Saudi Central Bank is running tests on a domestic wholesale digital currency in collaboration with local banks and fintechs. In......
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eCurrency Providing Technology For National Rollout Of CBDC In Jamaica

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eCurrency has entered into a long-term partnership with Bank of Jamaica to provide technology services for the national rollout of its Central Bank Digital Currency. Jamaica became the first country to recognize its CBDC as legal tender. In June 2022, the Jamaican Parliament passed amendments to the Bank of Jamaica Act and subsequently Bank of Jamaica (Amendment)......
Asia's First Digital Asset Series (DAS) Seminars Covering Twelve Key Topics Across the Digital Asset Space to Debut in Hong Kong
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Asia’s First Digital Asset Series (DAS) Seminars Covering Twelve Key Topics Across the Digital Asset Space to Debut in Hong Kong

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2022 Digital Asset Series (DAS) is a series of free educational seminars delivered by leading industry leaders and practitioners, legal professionals, regulators, and academic scholars from the Fintech ecosystem. Debuting in August 2022, DAS aims to provide education to the general public about the ever-growing landscape of digital assets and facilitate mass adoption......
Bitt Enhances Global Digital Currency Expertise with the Appointment of Criteo CBDC Founding Team of Jim Shinn and Erik Bethel
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Bitt Enhances Global Digital Currency Expertise with the Appointment of Criteo CBDC Founding Team of Jim Shinn and Erik Bethel

Fintech News Desk
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Bitt, the world’s leading central bank digital currency (CBDC) and stablecoin platform provider, has added the award-winning CBDC team from Criteo, another of the major players in the industry. The founders of Criteo’s CBDC business are bringing strategic expertise and deep relationships to Bitt’s global development and expansion efforts. Latest......
Mojaloop Foundation Launches the Mojaloop CBDC Center of Excellence in Singapore
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Mojaloop Foundation Launches the Mojaloop CBDC Center of Excellence in Singapore

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Initiative Brings Together the Fintech Ecosystem to Explore How Central Bank Digital Currency Technologies and Mojaloop Open Source Software Can Drive Inclusion at Scale The Mojaloop Foundation announced the launch of its Mojaloop Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Center of Excellence (COE) in Singapore to advance financial inclusion in emerging markets. In addition,......
Fireblocks Appoints Former Head of Fintech from Bank of England As New Director of CBDC and Market Infrastructure
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Fireblocks Appoints Former Head of Fintech from Bank of England As New Director of CBDC and Market Infrastructure

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Fireblocks the industry leader and award-winning digital asset and crypto technology provider, announced today it has appointed the former Head of Fintech at the Bank of England, Varun Paul, as its new Central Banking Digital Currency (CBDC) and Market Infrastructure Director. In this new role, Paul will serve on Fireblocks’ Corporate Strategy......
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