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The Bank for International Settlements is on a roll with its third publication within days detailing how commercial banks in four jurisdictions transferred funds using CBDCs.

With less than 0.5% adoption, the central bank of Nigeria is struggling to push its eNaira CBDC to its citizens.

Japan Credit Bureau will develop its CBDC infrastructure in collaboration with IDEMIA and Softspace.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the BIS Innovation Hub cooperated on a unique CBDC design that reflects the realities of money issuing in the special administrative region.

Project Aurum is a collaboration between the BIS Innovation Hub Hong Kong Centre, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute.

Speech by Mr Denis Beau, First Deputy Governor of the Bank of France, at the FinTech R:Evolution 2022, organised by France FinTech, Paris, 20 October 2022.

Giesecke + Devrient hired as “technical consultant”

Hong Kong leader John Lee delivered his first policy address Wednesday, indicating that the administration has introduced a bill to propose establishing a statutory licensing regime for virtual ass

Digital currency and fast payments present ample opportunity for improvements, say policy-makers

PBoC vows to promote e-yuan use beyond retail payments

Speech by Mr Christopher J Waller, Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at the symposium "Digital Currencies and National Security Tradeoffs", presented by the Harvard National Security Journal, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 14 October 2022.

In a recent update, it was reported that the Bank of Jamaica is set to partner with the Government to boost the adoption of its central bank digital currency, JamDex, as a payment method.

Speech by Mr Burkhard Balz, Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank, at the Payments Association (PA) EU "Payments tomorrow" – Annual Conference 2022, Madrid, 14 October 2022.

Speech by Mr Michael S Barr, Vice Chair for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at the DC Fintech Week, Washington DC, 12 October 2022.