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ABU DHABI, UAE—The Central Bank of the UAE has launched its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Implementation Strategy.

FOZ DO IGUAÇU, Brazil– Lena Giakoumopoulos, director of the Global Women’s Leadership Network (GWLN), encouraged women in attendance at the Super Summit Sicredi here to get involved in the international program to grow their potential and open more possibilities during a pair of panel discussions with other credit union women.

WASHINGTON—The Digital Currency Monetary Authority (DCMA) has announced the launch of an international central bank digital currency (CBDC).

FOZ DE IGUAÇU, Brazil—World Council of Credit Unions’ President and CEO Elissa McCarter LaBorde encouraged a crowd of Brazilian credit union women and youth gathered here to “show up and put their best selves forward” by connecting with different cultures through the international network available to them.

MEXICO CITY—Remittances to Mexico from abroad jumped 11.2% year on year in February, while dropping from the prior month, according to data published by the country's central bank.

WASHINGTON—Challenges in the digital marketplace was a key discussion topic as members of the U.S.-EU Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue (TCPD) recently met here, the Federal Trade Commission reported.

MADISON, Wis.—In the wake of two early Feb. 6 earthquakes, the Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU) said it is providing a $41,000 grant to Tarim Kredi (Agricultural Credit Cooperatives of Turkey) for the purchase of 10 portable office units that will allow some of their credit cooperatives to resume operations.

LONDON—Just how much does it cost to send a remittance using a bank in the United Kingdom? No one is quite sure, as the banks made it difficult to know, according to a new report. 

MADISON, Wis.—The World Council of Credit Unions said it is seeking applicants for what it is calling “observers” for its board.

MADISON, Wis.—Fifty credit union members in Belize are making repairs to hurricane-related property damage with assistance from $40,000 in disaster relief funds provided by Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions (WFCU), the Caribbean Confederation of Credit Unions’ (CCCU) Development Foundation and the Belize Credit Union League, according to the World Council of Credit Union.