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BRICS Moves Beyond De-Dollarization: The Push for Digital Currency and Cross-Border Settlement

India is preparing to put cross-border digital payments, central-bank digital currencies and local-currency trade at the center of the upcoming BRICS summit — signaling that the next stage of financial diversification may be about building new payment infrastructure rather than simply abandoning the dollar.

Overview

• India is preparing to push CBDC cooperation and seamless cross-border digital payments among BRICS members at the September 12–13 summit in New Delhi.

• The focus is shifting from simply reducing dollar dependence to building alternative financial infrastructure that can make trade faster, cheaper and less dependent on traditional correspondent-banking channels.

• This does not mean BRICS is replacing the dollar. It means another layer of the international financial system is beginning to take shape alongside the existing dollar-based system.

Key Developments

1. India is putting digital settlement on the BRICS agenda

India, which holds the BRICS presidency this year, is preparing to propose seamless cross-border digital payments and greater adoption of central-bank digital currencies among member states at next month's summit.

According to reporting from The Economic Times, a high-level meeting is expected next week to work through mechanisms for using digital currencies and increasing trade conducted in national currencies. The September 12–13 summit in New Delhi is expected to provide greater clarity on how fast-payment systems could eventually be linked.

The significance is that the discussion is moving from political statements about de-dollarization toward the mechanics of settlement.

That distinction matters.

A country can continue holding dollars as reserves while simultaneously developing payment channels that allow certain trade transactions to settle directly in national currencies.

The infrastructure can change before the reserve currency changes.

2. The goal is interoperability — not necessarily a single BRICS currency

One of the biggest obstacles to alternative payment systems is that individual countries have developed their own digital and fast-payment platforms.

India has its UPI system. China has its digital yuan infrastructure and CIPS payment network. Other BRICS members have their own domestic payment systems and, in some cases, CBDC programs.

The challenge is making those systems interoperable.

Reuters reported earlier this month that BRICS members were discussing possible links between their fast-payment systems and CBDCs, with the objective of making cross-border transactions faster and cheaper. RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said discussions were underway around connecting systems such as India's UPI with other BRICS payment infrastructure.

If those connections become operational, businesses could potentially move money across participating economies with fewer intermediaries and lower transaction costs.

That is a very different development from simply announcing another currency agreement.

It is financial plumbing.

3. BRICS is trying to lower the cost of conducting trade outside traditional dollar channels

India is also pushing for mechanisms to reduce transaction costs within the expanded 11-member BRICS grouping.

The Economic Times reports that discussions could include greater use of national currencies, cross-border digital payments and faster-payment-system linkages. BRICS members are also examining cooperation involving customs and global value chains.

This creates a potentially important feedback loop:

More local-currency trade → greater demand for direct settlement → better payment infrastructure → lower transaction costs → more incentive to use local currencies.

That does not require the dollar to disappear.

It simply makes the international system less dependent on one settlement pathway.

Why This Matters

For decades, the international financial system has relied heavily on the dollar, U.S. correspondent banks and established Western payment infrastructure.

That system remains dominant.

But dominance and exclusivity are not the same thing.

• The development now underway inside BRICS is potentially important because countries are increasingly working on the ability to conduct portions of international commerce through alternative rails.

• The biggest change may therefore occur quietly in the background.

A new financial system does not necessarily begin with a dramatic announcement that the old system is over.

It can begin with businesses discovering that another payment route is cheaper, faster or more politically reliable.

Why It Matters to Foreign Currency Holders

For foreign-currency holders, this development is worth watching because it could gradually change the role that national currencies play in international commerce.

If BRICS members successfully expand local-currency settlement, currencies such as the rupee, yuan, real, rand and other member currencies could gain additional utility in cross-border trade.

That does not automatically mean those currencies will appreciate sharply or replace the dollar as reserve assets.

The more immediate potential change is functional:  A currency used more frequently in international trade has a broader economic role than a currency used primarily inside its home country.

For currency holders, that makes the development of payment infrastructure at least as important to watch as headlines about exchange rates.

Implications for the Global Financial Reset

• The financial reset may be about infrastructure before currencies

The most important takeaway is that BRICS appears increasingly focused on how money moves, not simply what currency is used.

CBDC interoperability, fast-payment systems and local-currency settlement could create an alternative layer of financial infrastructure without requiring the immediate creation of a single BRICS currency.

That is a much more practical approach.

• De-dollarization can happen at the margins before it happens at the center

The dollar can remain the world's dominant reserve and financing currency while its share of certain trade transactions gradually declines.

That would produce a more multipolar financial system without requiring a collapse of the existing one.

This is why today's development deserves attention.

The question is no longer simply:  “Will BRICS replace the dollar?”

The more useful question is:  “How much international commerce can BRICS eventually conduct without needing the traditional dollar-based settlement architecture?”

What to Watch Next

The September 12–13 BRICS summit in New Delhi will be the next major test.

Watch for concrete announcements involving:

• CBDC interoperability

• UPI and other fast-payment-system connections

• Local-currency settlement mechanisms

• Cross-border payment costs

• Participation by China and other major BRICS economies

• Whether proposed systems move from discussion into actual pilot programs

• Evidence of real trade being settled through the new infrastructure

The key distinction will be between political declarations and operational systems.

A summit announcement matters.

A payment system that businesses actually use matters much more.

Bottom Line

BRICS is not replacing the dollar overnight, and there is no evidence that a single BRICS currency is about to displace the U.S. dollar.

Something more subtle — and potentially more consequential — is happening.

India is preparing to push BRICS toward interoperable digital currencies, faster cross-border payments and greater use of national currencies in trade.

If those initiatives move from proposals into functioning payment infrastructure, they could gradually reduce the world's dependence on traditional dollar-based settlement without requiring the dollar to lose its dominant reserve position.

The next phase of the global financial reset may therefore be less about replacing the dollar and more about building a world in which countries have more than one way to move money.

Seeds of Wisdom Team

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Sources

• The Economic Times — India to pitch central bank digital currencies to BRICS partners

• Reuters — BRICS nations discuss linking payment systems and CBDCs

Note:An Important U.S. Distinction: America Has Rejected a Federal CBDC

The United States is taking a fundamentally different approach to digital currency than the BRICS countries now exploring CBDCs and cross-border digital settlement.

In January 2025, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order directing federal agencies not to establish, issue, or promote a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). The order specifically prohibits agencies from undertaking such actions, except where required by law.

That means the United States is not currently pursuing a Federal Reserve-controlled digital dollar comparable to the CBDC models being developed by other central banks.

Instead, the Trump administration has promoted private-sector digital assets, stablecoins, blockchain technology and Bitcoin as part of its broader digital-finance strategy. The administration has also established a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile.

It is important, however, to distinguish between “prohibited under current U.S. policy” and “legally impossible forever.” An executive order can be changed or revoked by a future administration, and Congress could establish additional statutory restrictions or authorizations.

For the purposes of today's financial-system discussion, the important point is this:

While BRICS countries are exploring CBDCs and interconnected digital-payment systems, the United States has explicitly chosen not to pursue a government-issued CBDC under the current administration.

That creates an important divide in the emerging global financial architecture: BRICS is exploring state-backed digital settlement infrastructure, while the United States is emphasizing private digital assets, stablecoins and blockchain-based financial innovation instead of a Federal Reserve-issued digital currency.

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