Thai Central Bank Initiates Trial of CBDC with Big Businesses

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) turned out to be one of the forerunners in the development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) as it is already testing digital baht transactions with some of the big businesses, local news outlet The National reported.

The development of the monetary regulator was revealed to the public by Vachira Arromdee, assistant governor at BoT.

She further detailed that the central bank has entered the third phase of the development of the digital fiat.

“The central bank is also thinking about expanding use of the cryptocurrency to the general public, but a comprehensive study must be completed before taking such action,” Arromdee added.

The rush to make CBDC mainstream

Most of the central banks ignored the importance of a digital version of the fiats, but they were prompted last year with a similar development of a digital yuan by the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) and Facebook’s proposal of launching Libra Libra Libra is a yet-to-be-released cryptocurrency proposed by Facebook, Inc., that will aim to serve as a global payment system and a stable financial infrastructure that people across the world can use. The projected release date of the libra cryptocurrency is currently slated for 2020, while the project is currently being managed by the Libra Association.Headquartered from Geneva, Switzerland, the Libra Association main purpose is founded on three pillars.This includes the provision of a framework Libra is a yet-to-be-released cryptocurrency proposed by Facebook, Inc., that will aim to serve as a global payment system and a stable financial infrastructure that people across the world can use. The projected release date of the libra cryptocurrency is currently slated for 2020, while the project is currently being managed by the Libra Association.Headquartered from Geneva, Switzerland, the Libra Association main purpose is founded on three pillars.This includes the provision of a framework Read this Term.

Though the global regulators are hostile to green light Facebook and its partners to launch the digital currency over concerns of privatization of the monetary system, the Chinese regulator has already finished its development process and began piloting digital yuan.

The assistant governor also warned against the impact of CBDC on the existing financial system especially on banks as the central bank can directly distribute the digital currency, she was also optimistic about the advantages including reduction of the financial transaction cost.

Finance Magnates earlier reported on the BoT’s partnership with its Hong Kong counterpart for the development of a digital currency for crossborder Payments Payments One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonl One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonl Read this Term.

Meanwhile, a few other central banks also made significant development for issuing CBDC. The Bank of France is partnering with major private players to run real-world tests of digital euro, while South Korea also initiated pilot.