People’s Bank Of China Plans to Launch Its Own Digital Currency

People’s Bank Of China Plans to Launch Its Own Digital Currency

The Chinese national bank, People’s Bank of China (PBOC) issued a statement on its official website on Wednesday, 20th January 2016 stating its intent to launch its own digital currency. PBOC held a meeting to discuss the possibility of creating its own digital currency. The meeting was attended by important dignitaries including the governor of PBOC, Zhou Xiaochuan, deputy governor, Fan Yifei, and currency experts from Deloitte and Citibank among other currency experts. The official statement issued by the PBOC read that the meeting held to explore the possibility of issuing digital....


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