Tag: digital currency

China is accelerating the international rollout of its digital yuan, shifting focus from retail trials to programmable, cross-border use cases. As treasurers weigh the strategic implications, new pilots and infrastructure moves suggest the e-CNY may soon play a more central role.

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is urging central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) via technological advances as a way to address inefficiencies in cross-border payments.

Read our round-up of some of the news stories impacting the corporate treasury community in Asia. Today: in pursuit of a digital yuan; Clearstream appoints treasury chief; and AML survey urges government action.

Federal Reserve and European Central Bank among institutions that contributed to report laying out key requirements for CBDCs. China’s PBOC wasn’t involved.

Keenly awaited by corporate treasurers, a central bank digital currency between Hong Kong and Thailand has taken a further step towards becoming a reality.

Decentralisation, a central feature among most widely traded crypto currencies, will not be a characteristic of the new Libra coin

Tether, the most popular stablecoin, is under investigation for fraud by the New York attorney general. Meanwhile, Facebook is moving ahead on plans for a new global digital currency

Getting the jump on FX movements is an artform: it involves finding common themes in disparate narratives and knitting them into real world scenarios. CT looks at some of the meatier metrics.

SFTZ tightens grip on x-border investment and fund transfers * China suspends net outflow of RMB cash pools * PBoC’s u-turn on digital currency * Thailand plans on improving regulations to international standards * Malaysia to increase monitoring of non-financial institutions * And more….

Bitgame Labs CFO Andy Meiers speaks to CT on virtual currencies and managing treasury and liquidity with bitcoin exposures.