Japanese payments system to test plastic cards for CBDC- Details inside

Japan Credit Bureau (JCB), a Japanese international payments system, on 24 October announced the beginning of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) infrastructure testing project. In order to facilitate CBDC transactions, the project intends to employ JCB’s current credit card infrastructure and card-shaped interface. The project is a joint collaboration between JCB, IDEMIA, the French […]