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Global: SEC doubles down on crypto regulation by expanding unit
The Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit of the SEC’s Enforcement Division, which is tasked with policing cryptocurrency firms, will add 20 people to ...
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Global: EU Commissioner Is Calling for Global Regulators to Create a Unified Crypto Regulation
The European Union (EU) Commissioner for financial services, stability, and capital markets, Mairead McGuinness, calls for unified crypto regulation. McGuinness called for the ...
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Global: EU accuses Apple of breaking competition law over contactless payments
The European Commission has accused Apple of abusing its market position for contactless smartphone payments. In a preliminary finding, it said the US ...
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Global: Signicat acquires UK RegTech Sphonic
Norway’s Signicat has acquired UK-based anti-fraud and identity technology company Sphonic for an undisclosed sum. Established in 2012, the London-based RegTech has created ...
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Swiss National Bank: ‘Buying Bitcoin Is Not a Problem for Us’
Switzerland’s central bank, the Swiss National Bank, says buying and holding bitcoin as a reserve currency is not a problem for the bank. ...
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Global: Hong Kong publishes CBDC discussion paper
Hong Kong is pushing ahead with its exploration of a retail central bank digital currency, launching a discussion paper on the policy and ...
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Global: Western Union Expands UK Post Office Partnership
Western Union is expanding its partnership with the U.K. Post Office to offer retail cross-border money transfers, the company said in a Friday (April ...
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Global: W2, Visa Team Up on UK Business Compliance Tools
Regulatory compliance software platform W2 is teaming up with payments behemoth Visa to offer “enhanced compliance solutions and tools for U.K. Platinum and ...
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Grab-led digibank consortium selected to receive Malaysia digital banking licence
Grab Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: GRAB) and Singtel announced today that GXS Bank Pte. Ltd., their digital bank joint venture, and a consortium of ...
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Global: Belgian financial regulator FSMA to regulate crypto exchange services
Crypto service providers must fulfill seven conditions that include being constituted in the form of a company with a minimum capital of roughly ...