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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicDigital Currecncy

Topic: Digital Currecncy

91% of transactions will become digital by 2028. But here’s why we will miss cash

While current electronic payment systems work well, they do not provide the same personal freedom that cash offers.

IMF working on global central bank digital currency platform

Already 114 central banks are at some stage of CBDC exploration, 'with about 10 already crossing the finish line', IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said.

How Hong Kong plans to pilot it’s digital currency in HK$1.8 trillion mortgage market?

The pilot project will look at potentially giving e-HKD loans to homebuyers in an e-wallet, both online and offline, the pilot participants said.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.