Mastercard launches CBDC partner program, the first partners include Ripple, Consensys and Fluency

Odaily Planet Daily News MasterCard is convening a group of blockchain technology and payment service providers to join its new CBDC partner program to better understand the advantages and limitations of CBDC, and how to use them in a safe, seamless and useful way application. The first batch of partners include Ripple, Web3 software company Consensys, CBDC and tokenized asset solutions provider Fluency, digital identity technology provider Idemia, digital identity consultant Consult Hyperion, security technology group Giesecke+Devrient, and digital asset operations platform Fireblocks. As previously reported, Raj Dhamodharan, Executive Vice President of Mastercard, discussed the transfer of value between public and private blockchains in an interview. He said that the company is developing a method that allows users to package CBDC, introduce it into the public chain and use it to purchase NFT.