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Global: Iran completes pre-pilot phase of central bank digital currency
The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has completed a pre-pilot phase in the development of Iran’s CBDC, according to an official statement by ...
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Global: BaaS platform Griffin becomes the latest UK challenger to secure a banking licence
Ten months after submitting its banking licence application, banking-as-a-service (BaaS) provider Griffin was today authorised by the PRA and the FCA to operate ...
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Global: WeChat integrates digital yuan into its payment platform
Chinese social media platform WeChat has incorporated the digital yuan in its payment app to boost the CBDC’s popularity. WeChat, China’s leading social ...
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Global: Central banks conclude cross-border CBDC experiment, Project Icebreaker
Project Icebreaker, a joint initiative from the Bank for International Settlements and the central banks of Israel, Norway, and Sweden, has successfully concluded ...
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Global: Mastercard launches Bitcoin card in the UK and EU
The third most visited cryptocurrency exchange in the world, Bybit, has announced the release of a debit card issued by Moorwand and powered ...
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Global: Smart lending fintech Abound raises £500 million
Abound, a UK-based fintech that uses a combination of open banking and artifical intelligence to offer better loan deals to consumers, has raised ...
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Global: US nominee for World Bank Group President, Ajay Banga, to hold discussions with leadership of African Development Bank Group
What: Visit of Ajay Banga, United States nominee for World Bank president, to the African Development Bank Group Who: The management of the ...
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Global: FinaMaze Appoints Industry Leader Grant Niven as New Board Advisor
The respected Senior Banking and Big 4 Advisory Leader will lend his expertise to the strategic and operational growth of FinaMaze. Touted as ...
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Global: Central Bank of Indonesia Issues Joint license To Two Firms
The Central Bank of Indonesia has granted licenses jointly to Berkah Digital and Alchemy Pay to provide remittances and fund transfer services to ...
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Global: Central Bank of Ireland blocks staff use of ChatGPT
Ireland’s central bank has become the latest financial institution to ban its employees from using the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT. According to ...