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Global: Fireblocks appoints Bank of England head of fintech Varun Paul as CBDC lead
Digital asset firm Fireblocks has appointed the former head of fintech at the Bank of England, Varun Paul, as its new central banking ...
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Basel Committee finalises principles on climate-related financial risks, progresses work on specifying cryptoassets’ prudential treatment and agrees on way forward for the G-SIB assessment methodology review
Basel Committee finalises principles for effective management and supervision of climate-related financial risks. Progresses work on specifying cryptoasset prudential treatment and issuing a ...
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Global: EU Regulator Warns Soaring Inflation Could Drive Investors to Crypto — Calls for Unified Regulatory Framework
Europe’s top securities regulator has warned that soaring inflation could drive investors to cryptocurrencies. Stressing that there is “an imbalance” in how each ...
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Global: MAS to test DeFi applications in wholesale funding markets
The Monetary Authority of Singapore is collaborating with JPMorgan, DBS Bank and Marketnode to explore the use of digital assets in tokenization and ...
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Global: GSMA says Google, Facebook, others are squeezing telcos’ revenue
The global body of mobile network operators, GSM Association (GSMA), has said that online services providers such as Google, Facebook (Meta), and Netflix, ...
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Global: Allpay partners with Payzone to boost cash payments in the UK
Allpay and Payzone will strive to give cash users easy and accessible platforms to achieve their financial obligations Allpay has announced a partnership with Payzone that ...
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Global: Australia’s Antitrust Watchdog Sues Mastercard Over ‘Anti-Competitive Conduct’
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has brought proceedings against Mastercard for allegedly engaging in anticompetitive practices, according to a Monday (May ...
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Global: Paraguay paves the way for crypto regulation despite internal opposition
A new bill for crypto regulation has been approved by Paraguayan Congress despite the central bank and budget commission’s rejection of the project. ...
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Global: NatWest launches Confirmation of Payee API for business customers
NatWest has launched an API that lets commercial customers embed Confirmation of Payee into their own systems and processes. Confirmation of Payee was ...
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Global: No-code VideoTech Platform, Revidd.com, raises USD 1.1 MM from Inovnis SA and CIIE.CO
The company is a No-Code SaaS platform which enables anyone with video content to launch their own customizable video streaming product or digital ...
