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Global: EU to introduce the Digital Markets Act by end of March 2022
The European Union has reportedly decided to make the Digital Markets Act into law by the end of March 2022, to scrutinise bigtech ...
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Global: Thailand to ban use of digital assets as payments from April – SEC
Thailand has issued rules to ban digital assets from being used to pay for goods and services from April 1, the market regulator ...
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Global: Apple Acquires Credit kudos UK Fintech startup
Apple Inc. has announced the acquisition of UK open banking startup Credit Kudos, founded in 2015 by Freddy Kelly and Matt Schofield. Credit Kudos offers lenders additional data or information ...
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Global: Thailand SEC Clarifies Its Stand On Regulating Crypto Token
Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has today announced clarifications over its stand on listing and regulating utility tokens. In an online conference, ...
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Global: GLEIF Welcomes Rubix Data Sciences as First Validation Agent in India
As LEI mandates increase across India, the region’s first Validation Agent will facilitate LEI issuance and create an ecosystem which supports SME growth ...
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Global: Ukraine legalises the use of cryptocurrencies
Following the ongoing war in Ukraine and the aid received by the Ukrainian government in cryptocurrencies, the country’s President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has legalised ...
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Global: Bank of Israel issues draft guidelines for digital asset AML, CFT
Israeli digital asset firms will now be able to access banking services easily after the country’s central bank clarifies its stance on the ...
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Global: Russia’s Central Bank Keeps Key Rate at 20.0%
Russia’s central bank (CBR) Friday said its Board of Directors decided to keep the key rate at 20%, as expected after it was ...
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Global: Qatar Central Bank Studying Digital Banks and CBDCs
Qatar Central Bank is presently examining the possibility of issuing a digital currency as well as digital bank licensing, an official has said. ...
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Global: Central Bank of Russia issues digital asset license to Sberbank in apparent policy reversal
Less than two weeks after the Central Bank of Russia, or CBR, reiterated its position proposing to ban the issuance, mining and circulation of cryptocurrencies ...