Pakistan believes a central bank digital currency could support victims of family abuse — and Mastercard's reaping rewards after embracing tokenization.

While the population is "digitally savvy," data within the study suggests that encouraging consumers to switch to a CBDC may be an uphill struggle. Just 40% of payments in the Middle East and Central Asia were made digitally in 2021.

The rise of Apple Pay and embedded finance in popular consumer products had long been a looming threat to legacy banks. Now, central banks were feeling the squeeze

For all the key details of new blockchain projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, stablecoins, and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' has you covered. Kicking off with the digital euro — and a whitepaper was released this week that

U.S. Fed observing retail CBDCs of the Caribbean microstates. The ongoing active work on CBDC in Europe and doubts of Australians.

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

For all the key details of new blockchain projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, stablecoins, and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' has you covered. This week HSBC pushed the adoption of tokenized RWA forward by opening its gold

From warnings about offline payments to concerns about scammers, here are this week's biggest developments in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) from around the world.