An IOL article highlights India’s proposal to connect BRICS domestic payment networks, enabling direct local-currency settlements and reducing reliance on dollar intermediaries.
An analysis of industrial 5G deployment across BRICS+ examines national approaches, infrastructure financing and institutional efforts to improve digital interoperability.
Journalists Leonardo Sobreira and Wang Mangmang discussed China-Brazil relations, BRICS+, technological cooperation, sovereignty, and multilateral governance on the program Our World.
A State Duma deputy proposed creating a BRICS-wide gold reserve storage center in Russia under international oversight, while Iran signaled it may join the bloc’s New Development Bank.
The conference, organized by the Indian Embassy in Cairo with the Indian Council of World Affairs, was held as part of preparations for the BRICS 2026 summit hosted by India and focused on strengthening cooperation within BRICS and between countries of the Global South.
BRICS lender NDB plans sovereign lending and a rupee bond program to support local-currency financing and reduce exchange-rate risk.
Russia suggested enhancing BRICS cooperation in artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and independent financial infrastructure during a meeting of BRICS finance ministers and central bankers in India.
Iran’s central bank governor announced expected accession while calling for closer BRICS financial cooperation; the article notes that NDB membership remains unconfirmed.
RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra highlighted central bank cooperation on financial stability and reviewed BRICS financial workstreams at the August 12–13 meeting.
