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Bank of Korea prepares for live CBDC transactions with 9 banks in September
Evidence tier: B1 Evidence type: Independent specialist payment-industry report Source: CoinDesk Published: 2026-07-20 Captured: 2026-07-20T18:55:15.661Z
Source summary
The Bank of Korea plans to begin a second CBDC pilot phase in September with nine major banks and live transactions using institutional deposit tokens. The test is meant to move beyond closed simulations and prepare national payment infrastructure for tokenised-money use cases.
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- Payment infrastructure
- Cross-border payments
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