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Chinese municipal bank issues first-ever digital yuan loan using intellectual property as collateral

Chinese municipal bank issues first-ever digital yuan loan using intellectual property as collateral

As reported by local news outlet Sohu, on Wednesday, the Agricultural Commerce Bank of Zhangjiagang, located in China’s Suzhou province, announced that it had issued a 500,000 digital yuan (e-CNY) loan with intellectual property backing it as collateral. The loan was issued via unanimous approval by the city’s consumer markets…

Taiwan central bank governor considers interest-free CBDC design to prevent fiat deposit flight

Taiwan central bank governor considers interest-free CBDC design to prevent fiat deposit flight

As reported by local news outlet bnext.com on Wednesday, Chin-long Yang, governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan), recommended a no-interest design for the country’s central bank digital currency, or CBDC, pilot. In explaining the decision, Yang said that a CBDC where interest is paid on…

VTB sealed the first deal with digital financial assets in Russia

VTB sealed the first deal with digital financial assets in Russia

VTB Factoring, a subsidiary of Russia’s state-owned bank, reported the first major deal with digital finance assets. As part of the deal, the bank subsidiary acquired a tokenized debt pool of the engineering company Metrowagonmash, issued via the fintech platform Lighthouse. On Wednesday, June 29, VTB reported the deal on…