Ledger Insights: Thursday January 05, 2023
The Bank of England received 20 applications for its digital pound wallet CBDC project and will select five for the next stage
In December, the Bank of England opened applications for central bank digital currency (CBDC) wallet suppliers. It received 28 responses, of which only 20 were complete. Of the applicants for the 200,000digital poundproject, nine are SMEs and 11 are large companies. Five will be shortlisted tomorrow, with the winner to be decided at the end []
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