By Olayinka David-West (Professor of Information Systems, Lagos Business School) and Immanuel Umukoro Nigeria launched the eNaira, Africa’s first central bank digital currency (CBDC), on October 25, 2021, as part of the country’s larger shift toward digital payments and away
By Debashis Acharya (School of Economics, University of Hyderabad) and Alok Kumar Pandey (Department of Anthropology, University of Hyderabad) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), India’s central bank, announced the pilot launch of the Digital Rupee (e₹), a central bank
By Bill Maurer (PhD, IMTFI Director) From March to June 2022, researchers around the globe affiliated with the Institute for Money, Technology & Financial Inclusion (IMTFI) conducted fieldwork and survey research in order to understand the existing digital and mobile
Invitation to MIT DCI’s online research release event:Thursday, January 12th 10-11amET CBDC represents a novel opportunity to redesign the fundamentals of our financial system. Could a new architecture for money expand access to financial services among the unbanked or underserved?
