DIGITAL RUPEE GOES RETAIL
India’s financial landscape is entering a new phase as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) expands its efforts to digitize the nation’s netent games currency. On October 8, 2025, the RBI officially launched a retail sandbox for the digital rupee, also known as the e₹, allowing fintech firms and banks to test real-world applications of the central bank digital currency (CBDC) in a controlled environment.
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