India Favors Central Bank Digital Currencies for BRICS Payments
THE SO WHAT
India pushing CBDC-based cross-border payments inside BRICS is a move to modernize settlement rails without directly confronting the dollar. Multinationals with BRICS exposure should assume parallel payment infrastructures—SWIFT plus CBDC corridors—and design treasury systems that can reconcile both.
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