Point-of-sale proof of concept

The Bank of England conducted a point-of-sale proof of concept to test whether a potential UK digital pound could be used for everyday in-store payments using existing payment infrastructure. The experiment demonstrated that current UK point-of-sale terminals could technically initiate digital pound payments using EMV standards and smart cards without requiring major hardware modifications.

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