State-owned Chinese bank rolls out ATMs for digital yuan
The Agricultural Bank of China has launched an ATM pilot program that enables citizens to convert cash and savings to and from the digital yuan. China’s efforts to develop a centrally-issued digital currency took a leap forward on Sunday as the state-owned Agricultural Bank of China launched the first digital yuan ATMs.Customers at select branches within the Shenzen region have reportedly begun spending and converting the digital yuan they received as part of China’s “red envelope” lottery, which saw $3 million worth of the new currency gifted to 100,000 local citizens. The ATMs reportedly....
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The Agricultural Bank of China previously debuted digital yuan ATMs this January. China continues apace with the adoption of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) as major banks launch a significant batch of digital yuan-powered ATMs.The digital yuan — a CBDC controlled by The People’s Bank of China — is now available for deposit and withdrawals at over 3,000 ATMs across Beijing, state-run Xinhua news agency reported Friday.According to the report, the Beijing branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has become the first bank to fully enable the digital yuan exchange in the....
In mid-May, a report stemming from residents in Shenzhen, China explained that the digital yuan wasn’t seeing widespread participation, which the Chinese government has alluded to in many press releases. Now a handful of China’s state-owned banks have asked staff to recruit 200 to 300 digital yuan users. The banks are also giving away small presents in order to tempt the customers into leveraging the central bank digital currency (CBDC) wallet. Chinese Banks Are Now Luring Customers Toward the Digital Yuan Similar to how banks try to sell services to customers like loans,....
Two Chinese banks are expanding their pilot programs for the digital national fiat. The state-owned financial institutions have revealed they are aiming to allow digital yuan holders to acquire investment funds and insurance products using the new currency. Chinese Banks Partner With Fund Managers and Insurers in Search of Digital Yuan Use Cases China Construction Bank (CCB) and Bank of Communications (Bocom), two leading state-run banks, are increasing efforts to find new applications for the central bank digital currency (CBDC) issued by the People’s Bank of China. The lenders....
The Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), one of China’s “big four” banks, is embarking on a pilot program to enable the first digital yuan ATMs. The banking institution deployed the first machines in selected branches in Shenzhen. ATMs Will Work With a Smartphone App According to SZ News, the program is part of the ongoing second digital yuan trial, consisting of a giveaway of 200 yuan ($31) to 100,000 residents. The ATMs enable the possibility to deposit and withdrawal the digital yuan via a smartphone app. The pilot program’s mobile app allows customers to convert....
The Chinese Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is progressively spreading out to more users. This can be seen as 35 banks in China include the digital Yuan in their mobile apps. According to a local report, the digital RMB App reveals a recent addition of more banks to the interface. Before now, the digital app only had 6 state-owned banks. Furthermore, these added banks now have access to the digital renminbi App to recharge digital RMB wallets. The banks include city commercial banks, joint-stock firms, rural commercial banks, rural credit cooperatives, and others. Related Reading....