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UK to make amendments on Money Laundering Regulations 2017
UK’s government has commenced the consultation process for further amendments to the Money Laundering Regulations 2017. Changes up for discussion stand to affect ...
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US SEC Fines Poloniex $10 Million for Operating Unregistered Cryptocurrency Exchange
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Poloniex with operating an unregistered cryptocurrency exchange. Poloniex has agreed to a cease-and-desist order ...
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India Plans to Unveil Central Bank Digital Currency Model by Year End
The deputy governor of India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), says the bank should be able to come up with ...
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Singapore to License Digital Payment Providers, Approves Crypto Exchange
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has notified several providers of digital payment services that they will be licensed to operate in the ...
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RBI Issues Outsourcing Guidelines For Payment System Operators
The Reserve Bank of India issued a new framework for outsourcing of activities by payment system operators. The regulator also reiterated that despite ...
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Mexican regulator claims 12 digital currency exchanges operating illegally
One of Mexico’s financial services regulators has flagged 12 digital currency exchanges, which it says are operating illegally. According to the watchdog, these exchanges ...
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Crypto Startup Ramp Secures FCA Registration
U.K. crypto payments infrastructure startup Ramp has become the eighth crypto firm to secure registration with the country’s financial-services watchdog, the Financial Conduct ...
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Cambodia explores cross-border transactions of CBDC
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) continues progressing with its central bank digital currency- (CBDC)-like initiative known as Bakong, disclosing several project milestones. ...
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Venezuela to launch CBDC in October
The Central Bank of Venezuela will launch a CBDC in October alongside a monetary redenomination that will cut six zeros from the currency ...
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New CBDC report highlights potential opportunities and challenges of introducing a Central Bank Digital Currency in the U.S.
Around the world, central banks in countries such as China, Sweden, South Korea, Japan and Switzerland have started researching, experimenting with, and testing the launch ...