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Bahamas Central Bank Expects to Complete Digital Dollar Rollout This Year

The governor of the Central Bank of the Bahamas confirmed this week that the government expects to complete its digital dollar rollout by the end of 2020, the Tribune reports. Project Sand Dollar was launched in Exuma last December, and the next phase of the launch is scheduled to roll out in Abaco before the end of February.

According to central bank governor John Rolle, Abaco was initially the bank’s first choice for the pilot program.