Macau sẽ triển khai hệ thống CBDC mBridge vào ngày 2 tháng 6, 11 ngân hàng địa phương được phê duyệt

The ME News report states that on June 1 (UTC+8), Liu Xingjuan, a member of the Monetary Authority of Macao, announced that Macao has successfully applied to become an official member of the multilateral Central Bank Digital Currency bridge (mBridge) project and completed system integration. Eleven local banks have been approved as participating institutions, and the system will officially launch on June 2. Deputy Governor of the People’s Bank of China, Lu Lei, expressed his expectation that the “Digital Macanese Pataca” system will connect with the PBOC’s cross-border settlement service platform to provide a more transparent, secure, and low-cost payment channel for economic and trade exchanges between China and Portuguese-speaking countries. Huang Shanwen, Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Macao, stated that Macao is advancing the development of the “Digital Macanese Pataca” in accordance with the “15th Five-Year Plan,” promoting the internationalization of the renminbi and reinforcing Macao’s role as a hub for financial services between China and Portuguese-speaking countries. Zhang Hui, President of Bank of China, said that Bank of China Macao, as one of the first participating institutions, will promote full-process automation of cross-border remittances and establish a multi-channel access mechanism. The above information was disclosed at the “High-Level Seminar on the Development and Cross-Border Innovative Applications of Central Bank Digital Currencies between China and Portuguese-Speaking Countries,” hosted by the Monetary Authority of Macao, attended by approximately 250 officials, financial industry professionals, and scholars from Portuguese-speaking countries, mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao. (Source: Foresight News)