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Georgia to Pilot Digital Currency in Retail Commerce Next Year

Georgia to Pilot Digital Currency in Retail Commerce Next Year

The central bank of Georgia is advancing its digital currency project. The monetary authority is preparing to launch the CBDC as early as next year and plans to use the blockchain-based version of the national fiat, the Georgian lari, to facilitate retail sales.

Georgia to Introduce Digital Lari in 2022

The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) intends to pilot its own digital currency in a program scheduled for next year, Vice President Papuna Lezhava revealed this week. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, the high-ranking official remarked that 85% of the world’s central banks are already working on state-issued digital currencies. Quoted by the Interfax news agency, Lezhava stated:

Some are in the research phase, some are testing, some have already implemented it, including China and the Bahamas. We also want to be at the forefront of this trend.

The banker further elaborated that a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is not cryptocurrency but rather “an evolution of cash.” Nevertheless, the digital Georgian lari is going to be based on the same technology that underpins decentralized digital money, blockchain. The lari coin, however, will neither be mined nor be a subject of market speculation, Lezhava noted.

The NBG will be the only issuer of Georgia’s sovereign digital currency, the bank’s representative emphasized. Despite its differences from cryptocurrencies, the digital lari will be able to compete with them in facilitating various services. At the initial stages of its introduction, the government in Tbilisi plans to use it in retail sales, for example.

Georgian Digital Currency to Be Faster, Cheaper Than Traditional Payment Methods

Officials behind the CBDC project believe that the new currency will help to improve the efficiency of the country’s payment system and promote financial inclusion in Georgia. Financial authorities hope it will become a faster and cheaper means of payment than traditional ones.

The digital lari will also work around the clock and its transactions will not require an internet connection, Papuna Lezhava added. He also highlighted “its main advantage” — the Georgian digital coin will be open to and compatible with other technologies, unlike paper cash and current payment systems.

Georgia to Pilot Digital Currency in Retail Commerce Next Year

In May this year, the National Bank of Georgia called on fintech companies, financial institutions, and technology firms to support its efforts to create a national digital currency. Interested parties were invited to join a public-private partnership tasked to facilitate the adoption of the digital lari in the country’s economy.

The U.S. Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, and Bank of Russia are among dozens of monetary authorities around the world working to develop and issue CBDCs. The People’s Bank of China has arguably the most advanced project, with numerous trials of the digital yuan already underway across the country.

Do you think Georgia will succeed in its project to launch a central bank digital currency? Let us know in the comments section below.

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