Swiss National Bank

13 results about this entity

Period: 05 Jun 2018 - 21 Aug 2024

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Swiss banks turn on instant payments system

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Swiss banks turn on instant payments system

Consumers in Switzerland can now send and receive payments in seconds following the market launch of instant payments across the banking industry.

Swiss National Bank to expand wCBDC trials

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Swiss National Bank to expand wCBDC trials

The Swiss National Bank is to expand its wholesale central bank digital currency pilot, Helvetia, for a further two years after promising results in early trials.

Project Promissa launched to test tokenisation for promissory notes

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Project Promissa launched to test tokenisation for promissory notes

Project Promissa has been launched by BIS Innovation Hub, Swiss National Bank, and World Bank to build a platform for digital tokenised promissory notes.

SNB moves CBDC into production on SIX Digital Exchange

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SNB moves CBDC into production on SIX Digital Exchange

The Swiss National Bank is to issue its first real wholesale digital currency for tests with six commercial banks operating on the distributed ledger platform of SIX Digital Exchange.

BIS and three central banks to test cross-border CBDCs using DeFi protocols

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BIS and three central banks to test cross-border CBDCs using DeFi protocols

The Bank for Inernational Settlements is working with three central banks to explore cross-border CBDC trading and settlement using DeFi protocols.

Disagreement among Lords: A busy week for digital currency

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Disagreement among Lords: A busy week for digital currency

We knew policymakers and financial leaders would be at their battle stations come 2022, and the updates rolling in across the crypto, CBDC and stablecoin fronts are coming thick and fast. We’ve rounded up the key updates from the private and public sector to make headlines this week:

Core banking systems get CBDC treatment with Project Helvetia

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Core banking systems get CBDC treatment with Project Helvetia

The Bank for Inetrnational Settlements, working in conjunction with the Swiss National Bank and SIX has successfully tested the integration of wholesale CBDC settlement with the core banking systems of five commercial banks.

French and Swiss central banks hail completed wholesale CBDC trial

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French and Swiss central banks hail completed wholesale CBDC trial

The Banque de France, the Swiss National Bank and BIS Innovation Hub are hailing the completion of their cross-border wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) experiment.

French and Swiss central banks to run wholesale digital currency trial

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French and Swiss central banks to run wholesale digital currency trial

The Banque de France and the Swiss National Bank are to work with a private sector consortium on the trial of a CBDC-based cross-border payments model for transactions in the wholesale markets.

Swiss National Bank and BIS hail CBDC experiment

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Swiss National Bank and BIS hail CBDC experiment

The Swiss National Bank (SNB), the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and SIX have carried out a proof-of-concept experiment that integrates tokenised digital assets and central bank money.

Central banks form group to explore digital currency creation

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Central banks form group to explore digital currency creation

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.

Swiss National Bank and BIS use innovation hub to explore digital central bank money and DLT

Swiss National Bank and BIS use innovation hub to explore digital central bank money and DLT

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is working with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) on an innovation hub in Switzerland that will initially focus on research into digital central bank money and distributed ledger technology.

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