Chinese Tech Giant Tencent Joins CBDC Interoperability Pilot
China’s Tencent, the operator of the WeChat and WeChat Pay platforms, will join central bank-led digital yuan and CBDC interoperability pilots. WeChatPay, along with its rival Alipay, has cornered some 15% of the Chinese...
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WeChatPay, along with its rival Alipay, has cornered some 15% of the Chinese payments market.
But in recent years, Tencent has moved to align with the People’s Bank of China (PBoC)’s CBDC adoption drive....
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