SWIFT Sets Out Blueprint for Central Bank Digital Currency Network

SWIFT Sets Out Blueprint for Central Bank Digital Currency Network
China's official app for digital yuan on a mobile phone next to 100-yuan banknotes on Oct. 16, 2020. Florence Lo/Illustration/Reuters
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LONDON—Financial messaging system SWIFT has laid out its blueprint for a global central bank digital currency (CBDC) network following an 8-month experiment on different technologies and currencies.

The trial, which for the last month has involved both France and Germany’s national central banks as well as global lenders like HSBC, Standard Chartered and UBS, looked at how CBDCs could be used internationally and even converted into fiat money if needed.