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Peru awards contract for first retail CBDC pilot
The Central Reserve Bank of Peru has awarded its first contract for the development of its retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) trials. The winner is telecoms firm Viettel Peru. At this stage it hasn’t released additional details. More than a year …