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Global: Riksbank’s Skingsley appointed head of BIS Innovation Hub
The Bank for International Settlements has appointed Riksbank’s Cecilia Skingsley as head of the BIS Innovation Hub. Skingsley, currently first deputy governor of ...
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Global: Marjorie Ngwenya appointed to the Prudential Regulation Committee
The Chancellor has today (9 June) appointed Marjorie Ngwenya as an external member of the Prudential Regulation Committee (PRC). Marjorie Ngwenya has been ...
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Global: Aramco’s former executive appointed as first female on Saudi Central Bank’s board
Sheila Al-Rowaily, who worked as a financier with Saudi Aramco, has become the first woman to join the board of directors of Saudi Central ...
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Global: European Central Bank to raise interest rates for first time since 2011
The European Central Bank (ECB) plans to raise interest rates next month for the first time since 2011 after warning inflation would increase by more ...
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Global: Japan’s government approves policy to drive Web 3.0 adoption
The Japanese government on Tuesday gave the green light to a new policy that plans to develop and expand the Web3 environment in ...
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Global: Mastercard Debuts Open Banking Feature ‘Pay By Link’
Mastercard debuted its Pay by Link payments feature at Money 20/20 Europe, leaning on European open banking platform Aiia to allow businesses to send their customers ...
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Global: PayPal enables transfer of digital currencies to external wallets
After rolling out the ability to buy and sell crypto on its platform in October 2020, PayPal is finally allowing users the ability to natively ...
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Global: Checkout​.com launches 24/7 stablecoin settlement in partnership with Fireblocks
Global payment processor Checkout.com has launched a new stablecoin settlement system that will allow merchants to process crypto payments from their customers in ...
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Global: WhatsApp has until July to comply with EU consumer law, EU says
Meta’s (FB.O) WhatsApp has until July to show that a privacy policy update introduced in January complies with EU consumer law, the European Commission said ...
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Global: Yoti and Post Office become first government-approved digital ID providers
The Post Office and digital identity verification company Yoti have become the first government-approved digital ID providers, allowing UK citizens to prove their ...