Asia digital currency gets China assistance
Publication date 25 February 2021 | 22:08 | ICT

China has joined a multilateral central bank digital currency project in Asia for real-time cross-border transactions like cross-border fund transfers, international trade settlements and capital market transactions, amid renewed global

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