Status : Pilot
Usecase : Wholesale
In July 2021, the BCT and the Bank of France conducted a round of wholesale CBDC exchange trials, involving wire transfers between commercial banks in each country without using SWIFT. The BCT is working with fintech firm ProsperUs to develop a wholesale CBDC that can improve transactions between central banks and make remittances faster and more cost-effective. Tunisia also has a blockchain-based e-dinar, issued by the government’s post office, that has been in circulation since 2015 but does not involve the BCT. Tunisia hopes to employ this CBDC in transfers among North African countries including Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and Mauritania.
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