Banking & finance Learn more 'We've always been at the cutting edge of the whole blockchain evolution, including CBDCs,' Hong Kong Monetary Authority CEO tells the Post Bank for International Settlements executive 'heartened' by HKMA's wCBDC project Banking & finance Aileen Chuang. Hong Kong's move to implement a wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) pilot will benefit its status as an international financial hub while putting it on the global map for issuing digital deposits and assets, as well as attracting talent and market participants in the sector, according to Eddie Yue Wai-man.