JCB Launches JCBDC Project in Collab With Idemia and Soft Space

• JCB, in collab with Idemia and Soft Space, launches the JCBDC pilot project.
• Managing Director of Idemia believes CBDC will redefine the basics of payment systems
• Senior executive officer of JCB highlights the benefits of the project.

Japan Credit Bureau Co., Ltd. (JCB), launched JCBDC (JCB Digital Currency) pilot project in collaboration with Idemia and Soft Space Sdn. Bhd. JCB, Japan’s only international payment brand, along with Idemia, identity technologies, and Soft Space, a fintech company, will spearhead the pilot project.

CoinMarketCap, a price-tracking website for crypto assets, announced on Twitter about this new venture.

#cryptonews: Japan Credit Bureau (JCB), a Japanese analog to international payments systems like Visa (NYSE:V) or Mastercard (NYSE:MA), announced the start of its central bank digital currency (#CBDC) infrastructure testing.