Representing hoteliers, the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Bhutan (HRAB), wants the service sector to be included with sectors that would benefit from the increased loan repayment term.
Is it not time for blockchain-based CBDC?
On September 23, 2021, the Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) of Bhutan issued a press release on the piloting of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in collaboration with Ripple, USA. Ripple, an …
Bangladesh-Bhutan Dialogue held in Bumthang to promote trade, investment
The Embassy of Bangladesh in Bhutan recently organised a business event in the Bhutanese city of Bumthang to promote bilateral trade and investment.The event provided an opportunity to exchange ideas …
How digital currency can lift gross national happiness in Bhutan
Bhutan central bank’s desire to take cash digital could create opportunities for blockchain-based decentralised finance. It may leave people happier than they are now.
Butter…or blockchain?
Butter…or blockchain?
What we can learn from Bhutan’s vaccine rollout
Nearly half the world’s population has received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. But figures vary widely between countries. Many low and mid …
What we can learn from Bhutan’s vaccine rollout
Nearly half the world’s population has received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. But figures vary widely between countries. Many low and mid …
How digital cash can lift gross national happiness in Bhutan
The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, landlocked between China and India, shot to global fame in the 1970s with ‘gross national happiness’: a broad measure of overall welfare it prefers over the more …
Ripple partners with Bhutan for CBDC project
Ripple has recently partnered with the Royal Monetary Authority (RMA), Bhutan’s central bank, to create a central bank digital currency for the country to hel …