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Reliance accepts CBDC

February 10 , 2023 654 days 534 0
  • Reliance Retail has recently announced that it has started accepting retail payments via the RBI’s Digital Rupee.
  • Thus, it becomes the first Indian retailer to accept Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
  • The Reserve Bank of India launched the first pilot of its retail Digital Rupee on December 1, 2022.
  • This currency is available in the form of a digital token that represents legal tender.
  • The Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) has also been issued in the same denominations that paper currency and coins.
  • The CBDC is the digital version of fiat money that will co-exist will hard cash.

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