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China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) is moving fast towards its deployment. For the first time since the project was launched over 7 years ago, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has released a Whitepaper with the digital Yuan or e-CNY’s most important progress. The project started as a response to cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, […]

The head of China’s central bank, the People’s bank of China (PBOC) has provided more details about the bank’s significant recent revelation. Less than a month ago, the PBOC announced that it will try to launch its own digital currency “as soon as possible.” In a wide-ranging interview with Caixin Weekly, PBOC governor Zhou XIaochuan provided more insight into the PBOC’s recent announcement of issuing its own yet-unnamed digital currency. The governor notes that China’s digital currency will be fundamentally based around central banking system principles. He opined that the central bank....

As China’s central bank moves forward on a national digital currency, the country’s banking industry is working to get a sense of how digital currency and blockchain technology will impact the country’s banking system and the issues that still need to be addressed, according to Leiphone.com, a platform focusing on mobile phone and smart hardware. At the first “China Financial Technology Innovation Conference” held in Beijing recently, the senior executives of major banks discussed blockchain technology, artificial intelligence and financial issues. The executives are interested better....

The People’s Bank of China, the nation’s central bank, has announced the establishment of a FinTech committee. The PBOC has set up its own committee for ‘strengthening the research, work, planning and coordination’ of financial technologies, an announcement posted on the central bank website revealed. China’s central bank, which also acts as the country’s financial regulator, will also organize an ‘in-depth study’ on the impact of FinTech innovation in a number of areas including monetary policy, payment and settlement and financial stability. The PBOC has already experimented with new....

Beijing's rail transit service now accepts digital yuan for subway rides through an integration with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. China continues expanding the scope of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) by debuting digital yuan payments for transport services.According to an official Wednesday announcement, the Beijing subway has launched a pilot program enabling passengers to access 24 subway lines and four suburban railway stations using the digital yuan, also known as e-CNY.The new service is only available for customers witb a bank account at the Industrial and....