BOJ's Kuroda says Japan must cooperate with US, Europe on cenbank digital currency norms

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TOKYO :Japan must cooperate with Europe and the United States in creating a global standard on the technical aspects of issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), the chief of Japan's central bank said on Friday.While the Bank of Japan (BOJ) had made no decision yet whether to issue its own digital curre

TOKYO :Japan must cooperate with Europe and the United States in creating a global standard on the technical aspects of issuing a central bank digital currency , the chief of Japan's central bank said on Friday.

Asked by a lawmaker on whether Japan would be able to decide around 2026 whether it can issue a CBDC, Kuroda said:"Personally, I think that's the case." A global front-runner, China has moved much faster on CBDC than Group of 7 nations including Japan. China's central bank said last week it was ready to provide digital yuan payment services to the Beijing Winter Olympics visitors.

 

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