India is once again weighing up a crypto ban in order to boost adoption of the digital rupee, while the Russian regulator warns banks of penalties. A new report suggests tokenization has little risk of jeopardizing financial stability.

There's new legislation designed to prevent a digital dollar from intruding on consumer privacy — with a report also revealing how central banks could enhance CBDC adoption.

A new currency for Zimbabwe plus the rest of the week's banking and CBDC news from Observers.

The Bank of Thailand is running a pilot for its retail CBDC with the staff of three payment service providers and merchants situated around their head offices.