The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) has made significant progress in its Digital Lari (GEL) pilot plan.

China has taken another step forward in its digital yuan pilot – connecting its CBDC platform to Hong Kong’s Fast Payment System (FPS).

The South Korean central bank has set a date for its “real-world” CBDC pilot, with the first citizens slated to use the coin in the Q4

Ripple has clinched two prestigious awards at Juniper Research’s Future Digital Awards for Fintech & Payments 2023.

Russian corporations are starting to make use of the digital ruble, the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC).

Chinese firms, banks, and city governments are using the digital yuan to recycle gold and pay land registry fees as CBDC adoption

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and central banks of France, Singapore, and Switzerland have jointly announced a successful

China’s Tencent, the operator of the WeChat and WeChat Pay platforms, will join central bank-led digital yuan and CBDC interoperability

Visitors to China can now buy digital yuan tokens with overseas cards via the central bank’s official CBDC mobile app.

The House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) passed the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act on Wednesday, readying the legislation

New Chinese “Super SIM” cards will function as digital yuan wallets, smartcards, and ID cards as the nation’s CBDC pilot continues.

The Russian Central Bank says that its CBDC, the digital ruble, “has nothing to do with” state efforts to collect biometric data.

The Chinese central bank has updated its digital yuan app, adding new CBDC-powered features, “service” options, and utilities bill payment

In a ground-breaking move that promises to reshape the financial landscape, Israel and Hong Kong’s central banks

China is planning to showcase its digital yuan to the ASEAN nations, and could seek to make “cross-regional use” of its CBDC in the bloc.

A Russian beauty salon in Yekaterinburg has become one of the first businesses in the nation to accept a digital ruble payment

India's largest public sector bank, State Bank of India (SBI), has introduced UPI (Unified Payments Interface) interoperability with Digital

A Chinese commercial bank has launched new digital yuan-powered recycling rewards programs, with citizens receiving CBDC tokens

The Yes Bank app’s UPI integration is the first for the Indian retail CBDC, which has seen a variety of projects since its pilot launch

IBM has some ideas about what it will take to make the digital euro a success, which it shared in a recent blog post.