Russia Reports 220,000 Digital Ruble Accounts After First Month
Russia’s central bank says 220,000 digital ruble accounts were opened after the September rollout, but account totals do not yet establish payment usage.
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ECB Seeks AI Agent Payment Ideas for Digital Euro Workshops
The ECB has opened a digital euro innovation call covering AI agents and machine-to-machine payments, while limiting that work to exploratory workshops.
ECB Opens 2027 Digital Euro Pilot to Online Merchants
Euro-area e-commerce and mobile-commerce merchants can apply by October 27 to test checkout journeys and acceptance operations in the ECB’s 2027 digital euro pilot.
ECB Draws Digital Euro Privacy Boundary Around Banks
The ECB says it would not be able to identify digital euro payers or recipients, while banks would retain the data needed for anti-money-laundering checks.
Report: India Plans Tokenized Bond Pilot With Wholesale CBDC
India is reportedly preparing a September pilot in which REC would issue tokenized corporate bonds and investors would settle purchases with wholesale CBDC.
ECB Outlines Accessibility Blueprint for Digital Euro App
The ECB has detailed proposed accessibility features for its digital euro app, setting design expectations for providers ahead of a 2027 pilot.
Bank of Korea Prepares September Return for Tokenized Deposit Pilot
Project Hangang’s second phase could restart real-value testing in September with nine banks, P2P transfers and programmable government payments.
ECB Selects 36 Payment Providers for 2027 Digital Euro Pilot
The 12-month exercise will test a beta digital euro across person-to-person, in-store and online payments, without conferring legal tender status.