The US House Financial Services Committee has advanced a bill aimed at preventing federal banks from using or issuing central ...

Dr. Nir Yaacobi from the Digital Shekel team at the Bank of Israel shared that participants in the study were randomly ...

Central bank digital currencies have the potential to improve financial inclusion for women, but only if they are combined ...

A bill designed to stop the U.S. Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) moved a step closer to ...

"The Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act ensures that the United States' digital currency policy is in the hands of the American ...

Eleven stores will accept payments in the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) until June, as the retailer participates in the test phase of its CBDC project. The convenience store chain ...

On April 2, 2025, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee passed the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act, a bill introduced ...

The convenience store giant 7-Eleven says all of its South Korean branches will begin accepting the nation’s CBDC as payment ...

This content is contributed or sourced from third parties but has been subject to Finextra editorial review. Central banks worldwide are accelerating retail CBDC (central bank digital currency ...

Eleven now accepts CBDC in South Korea as part of a national pilot involving major banks and retailers until June 2025.

Eleven stores in South Korea can now pay using the Bank of Korea’s digital currency. with a 10% discount to incentivize adoption.

South Korea is testing its digital currency in real-world settings, and 7-Eleven is one of the first major retailers on board.