The Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) has named the partner organisations that will support the next phase of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) project, according to NFC World.
A total of nine projects proposed by Brazilian banking federation Febraban, Santander Brasil, Itaú Unibanco, cryptocurrency exchange Mercado Bitcoin, cryptocurrency Aave, Giesecke + Devrient, fintech Vert, as well as by Visa do Brasil, Consensys and Microsoft and by TecBan and Capitual bank, will focus on the technological feasibility and potential use cases for a digital real, BCB says.
The Banco Central do Brasil set up a CBDC study group in August 2020.
Banking 4.0 – „how was the experience for you”
„So many people are coming here to Bucharest, people that I see and interact on linkedin and now I get the change to meet them in person. It was like being to the Football World Cup but this was the World Cup on linkedin in payments and open banking.”
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