Source: Sean K/Adobe Nine more banks have joined China’s digital yuan pilot, bolstering the number of banks offering CBDC wallets to 60. Per Beijing Business Today (via Sohu), the latest batch of commercial banks to join the pilot include three big city-based banks and six rural banks. City-based banks joining the pilot this month: Zhejiang…
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Experts highlight the critical need for China to learn from Japan’s prolonged economic stagnation, emphasizing the urgency to transition from manufacturing and investment reliance to boosting domestic consumption. Similarities to Japan’s Lost Decades in China’s Current Economic Slowdown In a compelling parallel drawn between the economic trajectories of Japan starting in the 1980s and China’s…
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Source: Eagle/Adobe The former Governor of China’s central bank, Dai Xianglong, has insisted that China needs to “lead the world’ in CBDC adoption, as the nation’s digital yuan pilot continues. Per a Weibo post from the media outlet Finance iFeng, former People’s Bank of China (PBoC) chief Dai said that the move would help turn…
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Source: leungc/Adobe Hong Kong-based firms have made the first “cross-border” commodity payments with the Mainland Chinese digital yuan, as the CBDC takes its first international steps. Per Hong Kong Today, several Hong Kong firms took part in the Bank of China (Hong Kong)’s “Enterprise Digital RMB Cross-border Transaction Pilot” (literal translation). The bank says it…
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Source:Iliya Mitskavets/Adobe A top Russian politician says that Moscow and Beijing could begin using their CBDCs – the digital ruble and digital yuan – to make payments as early as 2024. Per the news agency Tass, the comments came from Anatoly Aksakov, the head of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Markets. Aksakov told…
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Image Source: Pexels China has unveiled plans to use blockchain technology for the verification of real-name identities of its vast population of 1.4 billion people. The announcement came from the Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN), China’s national-level blockchain initiative, according to a report from the Insider. The initiative, named RealDID, was spearheaded by China’s Ministry of Public…
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Source: Putra/Adobe More Chinese cities will give away digital yuan tokens and discount vouchers this month, as the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) looks to spur CBDC adoption. The Hebei News Network reported that the PBoC’s Hebei branch and local government authorities in the province will give out up to $2.8 million worth of coins…
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Chinese firms can now use the digital yuan to pay into employee housing funds, as the nation’s banks look for new CBDC applications. Per the Guangzhou Daily (via the Guangzhou government’s website), the Guangzhou Housing Provident Fund Management Center has “launched digital yuan remittance services.” In China, housing provident fund policy requires employers to pay…
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Source: dmitriy/Adobe Hong Kong’s government says more banks based in the country are preparing to join Mainland China’s digital yuan pilot. Mainland China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), wants to expand its CBDC’s cross-border applications. And it seemingly wants even more overseas banks to join the pilot, as it focuses on international…
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Source: Eagle/Adobe The international banking giants HSBC and Hang Seng Bank have joined China’s digital yuan pilot. 21st Century Business Herald reported that a group of “four foreign banks” have “officially announced the launch of digital yuan business.” HSBC’s Chinese arm confirmed its participation in the CBDC pilot on its social media channels. Hang Seng…
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