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The Central Bank of Nigeria has said that it will launch the pilot scheme of its digital currency on October 1st, 2021.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0Nairametrics<\/em>, the CBN with its stakeholders outlined its digital currency initiative via a private webinar held on Thursday.<\/p>\n

In a recent report, the CBN\u2019s Governor, Godwin Emefiele had announced that the bank was working on a digital currency during the 306th Banker\u2019s Committee meeting.<\/p>\n

Nairametrics<\/em>\u00a0said that its private sources said the pilot scheme will be launched on October 1st, 2021. It said that the press briefing delivered by the Director IT department, Rakiya Mohammed, at the end of the meeting explained that the Bank had been conducting research in regards to central bank digital currencies since 2017 and may conduct a proof of concept before the end of this year.<\/p>

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