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Central Bank Payments News (CBPN), a Currency Research initiative, is a monthly e-publication dedicated to informing the global central bank payments & market infrastructure community of the most relevant payments developments.
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Since our debut issue in September 2018, CBPN has been honoured to feature contributions from more than 160 central banks and global organisations—from six continents—on topics including #CBDC, #fintech, #instantpayments, and much more.

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We've got a brand new issue coming your way on Monday 24 November, with updates from:

🇿🇦PayInc's Ruhling Herbst
🇺🇸 Shonda Clay of Federal Reserve Financial Services
🌍 FinMark Trust's Damola Owolade
🌐 Mastercard's Andrew Reiskind, Jesse McWaters, and Hélio Vale

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November 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Ali Al Jabri, Acting Deputy CTO for Payment Systems at the Central Bank of #Oman, shares insights into the central bank’s payments modernisation journey under Oman’s Vision 2040, in an exclusive interview facilitated with support from #ProgressSoft 🇴🇲

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October 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This month, Visa Senior Director of AI Research and Innovation David Sutton explores how Featurespace's advances in #PETs can bridge “context gaps” in payment systems, enabling collaboration across institutions without exposing personal information #fraud

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October 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🔥 Our latest ... coming 10/27.

🇴🇲 A conversation with the Central Bank of #Oman on its #payments modernisation efforts. #Vision2040

🛡️ David Sutton of #Visa shows how #Featurespace is using #PETs to help 🏦 combat #fraud & #scams.

🌐 Plus, all the news of the past month.
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October 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
In our latest issue, Gerard Hartsink, Senior Advisor at the International Chamber of Commerce, explains the “mission-critical role” of central banks in promoting the adoption of the #LEI for cross-border payments and trade finance and statistics 🌐

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September 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This month, Gulf Payments Company CEO Ali Alhomidan details how #AFAQ (Arabian Gulf System for Financial Automated Quick Payment Transfers) is improving the “speed, safety, and efficiency of #payments across the Gulf region" 💸

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September 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
New issue coming soon! With articles from:

🌐 Gulf Payments Company CEO Ali Alhomidan
🌐 ICC Senior Advisor Gerard Hartsink
➕ global payments news

Gain insights on #crossborderpayments #LEI #digitalcurrencies #infrastructure developments, and much more.

🔗 Learn more at: 👉 cbpn.currencyresearch.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
New issue arriving on 8/25! 📧

This month we get updates from the Reserve Bank of #NewZealand — Te Pūtea Matua on its #financialinclusion program & #EPAA reveals the lessons #India's digital ecosystem design can teach the world's central banks. #interoperability #open

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August 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Our latest is out on Monday. This month:
🇹🇿 Bank of #Tanzania on their #InstantPaymentsSystem #TIPS.

🇧🇳 #ndpx of #Brunei on the development of the #taurus #IPS

🇬🇭 Bank of #Ghana on the rise of #digitalasset activity in Africa.

🔥 All this & much more! 🔗Subscribe today: cbpn.currencyresearch.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This month, #ProgressSoft’s Amjad Zawyani describes how central banks are uniquely positioned to bridge fragmentation by driving #payments standardisation and integration, both nationally and across borders 💸

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May 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In this month's spotlight, Global Digital Finance's Elise Soucie Watts makes a compelling case for regulatory #reciprocity, arguing that "mutual recognition of frameworks and standards" can serve as a necessary counter to a fragmented regulatory landscape 🤝

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May 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This month, #Cenfri's Antonia Esser shares insights into the development of the East African Community #EAC Cross-Border Payments Masterplan, the challenges it aims to tackle, and what is needed to successfully implement its 20 strategic initiatives 🌍

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May 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Our latest issue, out today, provides a detailed exploration from the Central Bank of #Egypt on the evolution of the Instant Payment Network (IPN) and the remarkable success story of the InstaPay app - head over to our website for more! 🇪🇬

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May 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🎉 NEW Release Coming Soon, featuring:

🔹 The Central Bank of Egypt
🔹 Global Digital Finance, Elise Soucie Watts elisemsw.bsky.social‬
🔹 ProgressSoft Corporation
🔹Cenfri

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May 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The April 2025 issue of CBPN is out now, featuring Ángel González Tejada, Payment Systems Department Director at the Central Bank of the #DominicanRepublic, with a detailed look at the country's journey towards implementing a new instant payment system 🇩🇴

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April 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This month, Rigo Van den Broeck & Jesse McWaters share #fraud and #cybersecurity approaches from #Mastercard’s card business & real time payments operations that have worked in its network, “in hopes they can provide a resource for others.”

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March 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In this month's issue — out today! — Oliver Hanmer of the UK's Payment Systems Regulator looks at how regulators can support growth, innovation, and competition in #payments "by striking the right balance between oversight and flexibility."🇬🇧

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March 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🎉 Out NOW!

Our March feature explores the tradeoffs ⚖️ confronting regulators in supervising #algorithmicfairness & the challenge of ensuring that AI-driven systems "do not reinforce existing inequalities or create new forms of bias."💡🔐

📖 Read more @ cbpn.currencyresearch.com/blog/2025/03...
March 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🎉 Our latest is out on Monday 31 March ... & we've got a great one!

⚖️ Authors from Dutch central bank on #AI & algorithmic fairness
🇬🇧 Payment Systems Regulator on #supervision
🛡️Mastercard's approach to #fraud & #cybersecurity

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March 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The Bank of Korea is launching "Project Hangang" on 1 April to test the digital won #CBDC. For more, see the "Digital Currency Test (Project Hangang) General User Real Transaction Implementation Plan and User Recruitment Guide." The pilot will run until 30 June 🇰🇵

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March 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This month, Kanchana Ambagahawita of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka provides an update on the progress of the Common Electronic Fund Transfer Switch (CEFTS), a look at its distinctive attributes, and a helicopter view of the payments landscape in #SriLanka 🇱🇰

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February 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🎉Our February issue drops on Monday Feb 24th!

🇱🇰 A great feature this month from the Central Bank of #SriLanka on the development and evolution of its #fastpayments system & its role in spurring #innovation + #digitalisation in the country, & much more!

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February 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
New issue! 💥 This month, Paul Thomalla of #Unifits provides insights on reducing redundancies, accelerating #ISO20022 adoption, and boosting global cooperation, laying out a vision for #centralbanks to lead the way in streamlining payment systems💡

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January 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🎉 Out TODAY! Our 1st issue of '25 highlights the Central Bank of #Trinidad & #Tobago 🇹🇹.

🗓️ An agenda focussing on:

⚖️ comprehensive #legislation
📱 engagement w/ #fintechs
🏦 upgrades to legacy #infrastructure
⚡ UPI-based #fastpaymentsystem

🔗 Read more here: cbpn.currencyresearch.com/blog/2025/01...
January 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM