In a Forbes report by Paul Schulte, the following institutions were named although they all remain unconfirmed. Alibaba and Tencent alongside, China Construction Bank, the Bank of China, the Chinese Banking Association Union Pay and the Commercial Bank of China. An anonymous source also revealed that the above seven entities would be the first institutions to receive China’s CBDC; which they abbreviated as DC/EP (Digital Currency/Electronic Payments). Despite, the source confirmed that an eighth entity will come onboard; and the DC/EP report will be clear as early as by November 11.
The Central Bank of China will task the named institutions with the distribution of the digital currency tokens to participant enterprises and Chinese citizens. Additionally, the source reported that China’s central bank was akin to circulating the tokens to buyers residing in the United States. This overseer’s dispersal would happen via correspondent banks; however, it wouldn’t be very soon.
There are rumors that the Libra Whitepaper inspired China’s CBDC to involve nongovernmental entities in the distribution process. However, the launch and issuance of China’s digital currency is likely to bring to live the CBDC before Facebook’s Libra coin.