Tagged: peoples bank of china

August 29, 2020 @ 11:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eswar Prasad, professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, acknowledges that the Chinese digital yuan will improve the nation currency’s role as an international payment method. However, he clarified that it will “hardly put a dent” in the… Read More

August 22, 2020 @ 5:55 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Insurtech Platform Shuidi SecureS US $230 Million D-round of Financing On August 20th, at the 2020 Global Partner Conference of Shuidi Insurance Mall, Shen Peng, founder & CEO of Shuidi, announced that the company had completed a series D financing of US$230 million, led by… Read More

July 25, 2020 @ 6:00 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Buy Insurance for Your Pet on Alipay On July 20th, Alipay started to offer pet insurance in collaboration with China Continent Insurance and ZhongAn Insurance. The pet insurance will use nose print recognition to register pets when you purchase the policy and verify pets when… Read More

July 21, 2020 @ 11:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cities throughout China are planning to begin testing (or already are) the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC). Scammers have reportedly been impersonating CBDC testing groups. Tencent QQ reports that criminals have been promoting a scam that asks unsuspecting Chinese residents to sign up for… Read More

July 20, 2020 @ 9:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The global COVID-19 crisis has forced many businesses to either shut down or make significant changes to their business models. Individuals and companies are increasingly using digital platforms and services to conduct transactions or complete routine tasks that they normally carried out at physical locations…. Read More

July 11, 2020 @ 9:59 am By Xu Gao  |  

People’s Bank of China Digital Currency Research Institute and Didi reached a strategic cooperation to explore the application of digital currency The Digital Currency Research Institute of PBC and Didi Travel have officially reached a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly explore the innovation and application… Read More

June 15, 2020 @ 11:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Many developing and developed countries across the globe are considering or already developing and testing their own central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). China might be creating an East Asia virtual currency platform, according to a report from the Nikkei Asian Review. The new currency might… Read More

June 13, 2020 @ 2:31 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Workforce Operational Solution Provider Quhuo Files for U.S. IPO On June 4th, Quhuo, a workforce operational solution provider for China’s consumer service industry, filed for an IPO on the U.S. stock market. According to the F-1 prospectus document, Quhuo plans to be listed on the… Read More

June 7, 2020 @ 5:00 pm By Xu Gao  |  

The People’s Bank of China Has Launched Innovative Monetary Policy Instruments to Enable Direct Support for the Real Economy In line with the arrangements of the Report on the Work of the Government, the People’s Bank of China (PBC) has launched another two instruments that… Read More

June 5, 2020 @ 1:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC), the nation’s reserve bank with around $3.2 trillion in assets, recently announced the second batch of Fintech initiatives that will take part in a pilot program involving new regulations. The pilots will take place in China’s capital, Beijing, and… Read More

May 27, 2020 @ 8:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) recently noted that it has not yet provided a definite timetable on a formal or official virtual yuan launch. During a recent interview, PBoC Governor Yi Gang clarified that the institution was only performing “routine work for the research and… Read More

April 24, 2020 @ 10:14 am By JD Alois  |  

While everyone expects the People’s Bank of China to launch a limited trial of its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) or Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DCEP) as it is called in the country questions have frequently emerged as to how the government will utilize the… Read More

April 24, 2020 @ 12:54 am By JD Alois  |  

China has long been expected to become the first nation to launch a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Periodically, reports have popped up regarding the development of the digital currency and today we have another glimmer on the progress driven by the People’s Bank of… Read More

April 21, 2020 @ 2:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank of China’s somewhat secretive digital currency pilot program has made many people quite curious. The bank recently provided an official explanation of how the virtual yuan or renminbi was being tested and how it might work if and when it is launched. A… Read More

April 15, 2020 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A state-managed bank in China seems to have launched a mobile-based test app that supports the People’s Bank of China’s (PBOC) virtual currency initiative. A website link allows users to download a payments app that has been provided by the Agricultural Bank of China (according… Read More

April 14, 2020 @ 11:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC), the nation’s central bank with over $3.2 trillion in reserves, recently held a discussion in the capital city of Beijing. The PBoC’s officials confirmed during the conference (held on April 3, 2020) that the reserve bank would continue to… Read More

April 6, 2020 @ 1:32 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Risk Alert against the Hype of Overseas Virtual Currency Exchanges Back in 2017, the People’s Bank of China (PBC), Cyberspace Administration of China and other 5 ministries published the “Notice on Guarding against Risks of ICOs”, stipulating that virtual currency trading and ICOs are illegal… Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC), the nation’s central bank, is reportedly inching closer to launching a national virtual currency. As noted in a report from the Global Times on March 24, 2020, which cited “industry insiders,” the PBoC seems to have finalized the development… Read More

March 21, 2020 @ 5:00 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Alibaba’s DingTalk Builds International Medical Expert Communication Platform to Help Combat the Outbreak of COVID-19 On March 19th, Alibaba’s DingTalk launched the International Medical Expert Communication Platform. It provides a means of free communication, hosted on Alibaba Cloud, for medical workers all around the world… Read More

March 15, 2020 @ 10:45 am By Xu Gao  |  

The PBC, NDRC and Four Other Authorities Jointly Release the Work Plan for Coordinated Regulation of Financial Infrastructures In order to strengthen the construction of financial infrastructure, coordinate the regulation of important financial infrastructures and improve the capability of the financial sector to serve the… Read More