South Korea Eyes September for Second Phase of CBDC Pilot
South Korea could launch the second phase of its Project Hangang CBDC pilot in September, expanding to nine banks and testing government subsidy payments.
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South Korea could launch the second phase of its Project Hangang CBDC pilot in September, expanding to nine banks and testing government subsidy payments.
South Korea Eyes September for Second Phase of CBDC Pilot
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South Korea eyes September launch for second phase of CBDC pilot: Report
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Jul 20, 2026
The Bank of Korea’s CBDC pilot will add two regional banks, new payment features and tests of government subsidy payments using tokenized bank deposits
The Bank of Korea may launch the second phase of Project Hangang, its wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot, as early as September, according to Yonhap News.
The next stage
expands
participation to nine banks from seven, introduces new payment features and tests government subsidy
disbursements through tokenized bank deposits
. Regional lenders Kyongnam Bank and iM Bank will join the existing group of participants.
Project Hangang uses a blockchain-based wholesale CBDC issued by the central bank as the settlement asset for deposit tokens issued by commercial banks. Consumers can then use the bank-issued tokens for everyday payments.
The first phase focused on payment infrastructure. It was conducted from April to June 2025, attracting about 81,000 participants who completed 114,880 transactions using deposit tokens.
The second phase will explore commercialization, including by adding peer-to-peer transfers, biometric authentication and new automated deposit token features.
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