Hong Kong and Thailand to Pilot CBDC Project for Cross-border Payments

Cross-border CBDC payments could soon be a reality. This follows the announcement by The central banks of Hong Kong and Thailand that they were on the cusp of jointly implementing a similar payments system. In an official communique released on 22 January, the two banks disclosed the results of Project Inthanon-Lionrock, a CBDC research project the two are cooperating in. The banks issued a joint press release and availed a 90-page report detailing the pros and cons of CBDC on…