{"id":16052,"date":"2021-05-24T12:51:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T12:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=16052"},"modified":"2021-05-24T12:51:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T12:51:38","slug":"bison-trails-report-highlights-global-move-toward-cbdcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/bison-trails-report-highlights-global-move-toward-cbdcs\/","title":{"rendered":"Bison Trails Report Highlights Global Move Toward CBDCs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The potential launch of private cryptocurrencies has served to motivate central banks around the world to develop their own central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). In fact, a recent report from Bison Trails (a blockchain infrastructure platform) indicates that 80% of central banks are currently exploring use cases involving CBDCs, with 40% already testing proof-of-concept programs. This shows a clear trend that CBDCs are moving toward global implementation.<\/p>\n<p>Presently, China appears to be the front-runner for launching the world\u2019s first CBDC. The People\u2019s Bank of China (China\u2019s central bank) is currently testing its digital yuan with commercial institutions and the public.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-16052 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='15 Technology Trends in Banking and Fintech for 2024'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/15-technology-trends-in-banking-and-fintech-for-2024\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/39075984-1262-d092-1405-d52a260adc3d1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-17404\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-17404'>\n\t\t\t\t15 Technology Trends in Banking and Fintech for 2024\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Alfa-Bank going mobile only'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/alfa-bank-going-mobile-only\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Alfa-Bank-going-mobile-only-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-6777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Alfa-Bank-going-mobile-only-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Alfa-Bank-going-mobile-only-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-6777'>\n\t\t\t\tAlfa-Bank going mobile only\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='New opportunities for FinTechs in a post-COVID-19 world'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/new-opportunities-for-fintechs-in-a-post-covid-19-world\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GettyImages-1206091436_21-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-14962\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-14962'>\n\t\t\t\tNew opportunities for FinTechs in a post-COVID-19 world\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The potential launch of private cryptocurrencies has served to motivate central banks around the world to develop their own central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). In fact, a recent report from Bison Trails (a blockchain infrastructure platform) indicates that 80% of central banks are currently exploring use cases involving CBDCs, with 40% already testing proof-of-concept programs. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":16041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-fintech","category-international-fintech","bulletin_edition-05_may-fintech-2021","bulletin_edition-fintech-2021","b_post_type-the-fintech-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16053,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16052\/revisions\/16053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}