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UK: Payment Systems Regulator launches Digital Payments Initiative
UK-based PSR has announced a new initiative to understand potential barriers to the take-up of digital payments and identify potential solutions. The initiative will be ...
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Mastercard Outlines Plans for Cryptocurrencies, Stablecoins, Central Bank Digital Currencies
Mastercard’s CEO has outlined the company’s plans to develop products and services around cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). “We want ...
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Square to acquire Australian fintech Afterpay in $29B deal
Jack Dorsey’s digital payments firm Square is expanding competition with global payments giants like PayPal by acquiring a major Australian lending company. Square announced Sunday ...
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Financial regulators urgently need to get a grip on ‘Big Tech’ -BIS
Central banks and financial regulators urgently need to get to grips with the growing influence of ‘Big Tech’, according to top officials from ...
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Brazilian Central Bank Projects ‘Significant Migration’ to Digital Payments – Director
A significant migration from paper currency to digital means of payment will take place in the next few years, according to João Manoel ...
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SWISS: SFTI publishes API Security whitepaper
Swiss Fintech Innovations (SFTI) has published an whitepaper on API security in the context of Open Finance, according to the company. Following the launch ...
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ICC, Finastra bring trade funding marketplace pilot to Ecuador
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Finastra have announced Ecuador as the first market in which they will run the pilot for their trade funding marketplace. ...
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HSBC online banking app experiences outages
HSBC’s app and internet banking has stopped working for some of its customers, the bank has said, according to The Independent. Users reported that ...
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FCA investigation: Monzo reports losses growth
The FCA has launched a formal investigation into Monzo’s anti-money laundering practices, which could carry both civil and criminal liability, says AltFi. The digital bank, which published ...
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Ukraine central bank now officially allowed to issue digital currency
The Ukrainian government is moving forward with its central bank digital currency (CBDC) plans, as the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) is now ...