{"id":"tp-5197","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Swedish central bank begins CBDC pilot with Accenture","author":"Catherine Martin","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/5197","datePublished":"2020-02-21T10:21:18.000Z","dateModified":"2020-02-21T10:21:18.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"Sweden has started testing an e-krona as part of its efforts to examine the feasibility of launching a central bank digital currency (CBDC), the Riksbank announced on its website.","section":"Technology","references":[{"title":"website","url":"https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/payments--cash/e-krona/"},{"title":"e-krona project back in 2017","url":"https://tokenpost.com/Swedens-Riksbank-to-forge-ahead-in-central-bank-digital-currency-project-e-krona-631"},{"title":"teamed up with five other central banks","url":"https://tokenpost.com/Six-central-banks-team-up-to-explore-potential-cases-for-CBDCs-4856"},{"title":"Central Bank of the Bahamas is planning to roll out CBDC","url":"http://tokenpost.com/Bahamas-to-roll-out-digital-currencies-across-all-islands-this-year-governor-of-central-bank-confirms-5144"},{"title":"TokenPost","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com"}]}