16 results about this entity
Period: 07 Dec 2016 - 04 Apr 2024
News/payments
A collection of seven central banks are working with the Bank for International Settlements to explore tokenisation of cross-border payments.
04 April 2024
Following a two-year investigation phase, the Bank of Japan is kicking off pilot trials of a digital yen.
20 February 2023
Company announcement/crypto
The Bank of Japan has been undertaking preparations to begin experiments on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in early fiscal year 2021, to test the technical feasibilityof the core functions and features required for CBDC.
06 April 2021
News/crypto
The Bank of Japan will begin central bank digital currency (CBDC) experiments early next year but says it still does not yet have any plans to issue its own digital yen.
15 October 2020
The Philippine central bank has become the latest national monetary authority to consider establishing its own digital currency.
29 July 2020
Japan's three biggest banks are investigating the creation of a digital currency settlement infrastructure.
05 June 2020
Japan is the latest country to announce intentions to launch a digital currency, Reuters has reported.
24 January 2020
Six of the world's central banks have come together to share their knowledge and experiences in assessing the potential cases for central bank digital currency (CBDC) in their home jurisdictions.
21 January 2020
Company announcement
Bank of Japan (BOJ) has been discussing with Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) about introducing framework that enables DVP (delivery versus payment) settlement for cross-border transaction (cross-border DVP link) of Japanese government bonds (JGBs) and Hong Kong dollar (HKD) with a view to reducing settlement risk.
11 April 2018
News
Studies conducted by the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan on the feasibility of using distributed ledgers for delivery-versus-payment in securities settlement have concluded that although conceptually possible, further analysis of safety and efficiency issues is warranted.
27 March 2018
Central banks will use distributed ledger technology (DLT) to settle high-value interbank payments within the next five to ten years, predicts the chief executive of Ripple.
17 November 2017
Japan's megabanks are planning to make huge, long-term cuts to their workforces as they increasingly turn to artificial intelligence (AI) and automation in a bid to streamline operations and cut costs.
31 October 2017
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