5,000 Merchants in India Now Accept Payments in Digital Rupee: Deputy Governor

5,000 merchants and 50,000 users are now participating in India’s CBDC pilot project, the RBI’s deputy governor has said, noting that the central bank intends to proceed with the project slowly to avoid unwanted fallouts. Rabi Sankar, Deputy Governor at Reserve Bank of India (RBI), announced the first milestones of India’s digital currency at a policy press conference on Wednesday, detailing that the country's CBDC pilot now has 50,000 users and 5,000 merchants.... Read More: 5,000 Merchants in India Now Accept Payments in Digital Rupee: Deputy Governor