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BIS Departure from mBridge: A Strategic Exit or a Political Move?

Last week, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) announced its exit from the mBridge cross-border payments project, a significant initiative in the field of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Agustín Carstens, BIS General Manager, confirmed the decision at the Santander International Banking Conference, attributing the move to the project’s progress rather than political pressures or […]

MAS and the NY Fed join forces for wholesale CBDC experiment

Source: The Banker The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) are collaborating in a project to examine the use of wholesale central bank digital currencies, or wCBDCs, for cross-border payments. The joint experiment, called ‘Project Cedar Phase II x Ubin+’, is a combination of the respective wCBDC initiatives […]

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