BRICS Will Create Payment System Based on Digital Currencies and Blockchain: Report

 

  • The BRICS grouping will create a payment system based on blockchain.
  • The effort is part of a specific task for this year to increase the role of BRICS in the international monetary system.

The five-nation BRICS groprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa will work on creating a payment system basup comed on blockchain and digital technologies, a report by Russian news agency TASS said

“We believe that creating an independent BRICS payment system is an important goal for the future, which would be based on state-of-the-art tools such as digital technologies and blockchain. The main thing is to make sure it is convenient for governments, common people and businesses, as well as cost-effective and free of politics,” Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said in an interview with TASS.

The effort is part of a specific task for this year to increase the role of BRICS in the international monetary system. For some time now, the BRICS grouping has been making efforts to reduce its reliance on U.S. dollars in settlement, also known as de-dollarization.

“Work will continue to develop the Contingent Reserve Arrangement, primarily regarding the use of currencies different from the US dollar," Ushakov said.

Last week, another TASS report said Russia’s Finance Ministry, the Bank of Russia and BRICS partners will create the BRICS Bridge multisided payment platform in an effort to improve the global monetary system.









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