The Eastern Caribbean Central Banking concern (ECCB) rolled out its digital payment organisation to the Commonwealth of Dominica and the British overseas territory of Montserrat on Tuesday, leaving Anguilla as the terminal of the eight countries planning to implement information technology.

The ECCB launched the "EC dollar" Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in March 2022 in collaboration with DCash to Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Saint Christopher (St Kitts) and Nevis, and Saint Lucia. In August, it was expanded to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

DCash is a payment system designed specifically for use with the digital EC currency. The wallet app allows holders to make purchases and person-to-person transfers of the CBDC within the Eastern Caribbean area Currency Union (ECCU).

The utilize of this digital payment system is role of an initiative led by ECCB Governor Timothy N.J. Antoine. He said on Tuesday that traditional payment systems are besides slow and that the digital EC dollar  "should work for all, except for illicit actors."

"All these goals are aimed at boosting economic growth, but ultimately at propelling our calendar of socioeconomic transformation for the shared prosperity of the people of our Currency Union."

The DCash wallet and CBDC payment system were in development for at to the lowest degree two years before their official launch in 2022. The pilot, titled DXCDCaribe, was rolled out in March 2022. It was the preliminary model for the DCash system. XCD is the international ticker for the EC Dollar, the fiat currency issued by the ECCB.

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There are now nine countries using a CBDC across the earth, according to atlanticcouncil.org. Seven nations are from the ECCU, forth with The Bahamas and Nigeria. There are 21 other jurisdictions in the pilot or development phase and 40, including the United states of america, conducting research on the technology.

Only nine countries or jurisdictions are not exploring their options with a CBDC in some way, co-ordinate to the site.