EMTECHโs Beyond Cash or (BYDC) is a CBDC Simulator built on Hedera layer 1 protocol with pre-built APIs that simplify the integration of digital cash in fintech products across various use cases.
EMTECH, an award-winning software company and first-of-its-kind Modern Central Banking Infrastructure provider, today announced the public release of its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Innovation Kit for fintechs and financial service providers looking to test new fintech solutions and business models with Central Bank Digital Currency.
With over 10 trillion of paper cash in circulation and over 93percent of central banks exploring and piloting CBDCs introducing a digital version of cash, the CBDC Innovation Kit provides fintechs a set of tools with which to begin their discovery of the possibilities of a digital cash infrastructure.
Leveraging a public distributed ledger technology (Hedera Hashgraph) as a layer 1 protocol and ERC-20 standard for tokenization, EMTECHโs simulated token called โBeyond Cashโ is used for the purpose of innovation projects with fintech ecosystems. The CBDC Innovation Kit makes BYDC accessible via developer-friendly APIs for a โBring Your Own Appโ ecosystem model and comes with pre-built dashboards for users as they run their tests.
The APIs allow a fintech company to embed BYDC wallets via their app, test various types of transactions and pull wallet and transaction data from the ledger. This is the companyโs first CBDC offering to help Fintechs understand whatโs in it for them with CBDC.
โWeโre extremely proud to officially announce this flagship CBDC offering for fintechs. Our point of view has been consistent: enabling central banks to safely deploy their CBDC as a digital cash infrastructure, not just a software application can drive inclusion, interoperability and resilience by embracing the growing fintech ecosystems.
From payments, savings to lending and investments, from rideshares to remittances. Imagine if the US$10 trillion or more of paper cash floating in the world was issued digitally, used and accounted securely, in real time and seamlessly. Imagine what fintech apps could do for cash users.โ said EMTECH Founder and CEO, Carmelle Cadet.
โBy creating a simulator with the generic name โBeyond Cashโ and pre-built APIs ready to use, we bring modern central banking closer to fintechs and we help our central bank clients validate whatโs possible as part of their exploration.โ
โThis is a first for EMTECH, and with a beta launch earlier this year, we saw the interest from fintechs who signed up for our Innovation Kit. Even without a live CBDC deployed, thereโs a lot of capacity to build on fintech side as well. We are eager to help explore new possibilities with CBDCs coming down the pipe. Those who get ahead of the curve have much to gain,โ said Tunji Odumuboni, Executive Director, Africa at EMTECH.
CBDC is objectively a hot topic in finance today. There are many questions and theories on what CBDCs are and are not. In our design, we take seriously the concerns on privacy and controls. By launching this innovation kit, we believe we can help showcase how weโre designing for trust and adoption. Once established, the industry can solve challenges for the billions of people out of the banking system such as, lack of access to capital and high cost of cross border payments. – Gbemi Munis, Director Of Product at Product.
Despite their broad inclusion in Central Bank strategies, the impact of CBDC on economic and financial systems remains relatively unknown. Introducing them could present significant risks, such as issues with monetary policy transmission, efficient functionality of payment systems, and overall financial stability. To reduce these variables, Central Banks must understand the implications of various CBDC configurations. CBDCโs Innovation Kit creates the opportunity for fintechs and other financial service providers to test those configurations in their own app much faster and with little to no risk.
Fintechs can read more on: www.emtech.com/cbdcinnovationkit
About EMTECH
EMTECH builds the next generation API-First Central-Banking Infrastructure. EMTECH provides software, data and services that connect central banks to other regulators and financial services providers. Our platforms power regulatory data exchange, currency issuance and currency movement in financial markets.
Founded and Led by a former IBM Blockchain Executive who worked on the first CBDC to be deployed in the world, EMTECH is a market leader in modern central banking infrastructure. EMTECH is a diverse global firm leveraging technology to make financial ecosystems inclusive and resilient by design. For more information visit www.emtech.com and follow on Twitter and LinkedIn.
