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Global: eBay acquires KnownOrigin, expanding its foray into NFTs and blockchain
The company enables artists and collectors to create, purchase and resell NFTs via blockchain-enabled transactions. eBay, an e-commerce giant, has announced the acquisition ...
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Global: Qatar Central Bank in ‘foundation stage‘ of launching digital currency
The bank is exploring technological solutions and platforms for its own digital currency. The 2.8-million nation of Qatar is going to join a ...
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Global: Singapore regulator vows to be ‘relentless hard’ on crypto
Singapore will be “relentlessly brutal and violent” on bad behavior in the crypto industry, according to its fintech policy chief, marking a major ...
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Global: The U.K makes a turnaround on KYC rule
The new rule only requires crypto insitution facilitating the transaction to collect personal data on transactions to unhosted or private wallets. The U.K. ...
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Global: UK payment regulators to review MasterCard and Visa fees
The PSR has shown its commitment in addressing the concerns of card users in the UK The Watchdogs of the UK’s payment industry ...
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Global: BIS puts CBDCs at centre of future monetary system
The Bank for International Settlements has drawn up a blueprint for a future monetary system grounded in a digital representation of central bank ...
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Global: ComplyAdvantage launches a free tool to verify customers using PEPs, adverse media & additional data insights
Conduct smarter ID searches & contextualised risk indicators using the world’s largest database of people and businesses ComplyAdvantage, a global data technology company transforming ...
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Global: Stripe unveils global infrastructure for bank transfers
Stripe is making its bank transfer offering available to businesses in the UK, EU and Mexico. Launched in Japan earlier this year, the ...
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Global: Bank of Israel investigates anonymous digital shekel payments
The Bank of Israel has been experimenting with technology that would allow some CBDC payments to be made anonymously. Setting out the results ...
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Global: Central bank unveils Payments Vision 2025: RBI bats for CBDC, regulation of fintechs, BNPL
The RBI document has proposed enabling of geotagging of digital payment infrastructure and transactions and revisiting guidelines for prepaid payment instruments (PPIs), including ...