In the western Indian village of Phulenagar, Samadhan Sonawane set up a drip irrigation system on his small onion farm using ...

India wants to launch its central bank digital currency at a national level by the end of 2023, but early into its pilot, the Reserve Bank of India has identified challenges, several people familiar ...

India’s outgoing Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor has trumpeted the country’s status as a “pioneer” in the central bank digital currency (CBDC) space, noting its broad reach among millions of ...

In India's Phulenagar village, Samadhan Sonawane uses digital currency from a central bank pilot program for drip irrigation on his farm. Part of efforts to expand the e-rupee's reach in welfare ...

India’s central bank is taking a very cautious approach in developing its digital rupee, a senior official familiar with India’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot programs told CoinDesk, ...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the central bank of the country, is in discussions with its peers in four to five countries to build cross-border transaction rails for central bank digital currency ...

India has been at the forefront of digital payments innovation, with UPI revolutionising person-to-person and merchant transactions at scale. But as the world turns its attention to Central Bank ...

This content has been created by the Finextra editorial team with inputs from subject matter experts at the funding sponsor. Beju Shah, Head of Nordic Centre, BIS Innovation Hub, Bank for ...

Emtech, an African provider of central banking infrastructure, introduced its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Innovation kit last month. The kit caters to fintechs and financial service providers ...

Reliance Retail, India’s largest retail chain, will start accepting retail payments in digital rupee in a move that could supercharge the adoption of the country’s recently launched CBDC. The Mukesh ...

The RBI is mulling to adopt a hybrid model consisting of both account-based and token-based CBDC The central bank has published a concept note on CBDC and is expected to publish a detailed policy ...