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Bank of England Payments Policy Team Lead to Join UK’s Digital Bank Starling
Cordelia Kafetz, who was responsible for helping to launch Bank of England’s (BoE) Fintech hub in 2018 and has also served in key roles as ...
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Thailand-Based Insurtech gettgo Scores $6.7 Million Investment From Muang Thai Group Holding
Gettgo, a Thailand-based insurtech startup, announced on Friday it secured a $6.7 million investment from Muang Thai Group Holding Co. Gettgo, which operates under ...
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German Regulator’s Top Official Dismissed Over Wirecard Wrongdoing
Felix Hufeld, head of Germany’s financial watchdog Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), and his deputy, Elisabeth Roegele, have been dismissed over their handling ...
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India’s Central Bank RBI Close to Digital Currency Decision as Paypal Exits Indian Payments Market
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is actively working on a digital currency and will make a decision “very soon,” the central bank ...
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Providus Bank deactivates virtual account numbers of PiggyVest, Monnify
Providus Bank has deactivated the virtual account numbers of Monnify and PiggyVest users. Monnify revealed on its social media platform that it received ...
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SoftBank files for a double scoop of SPAC
The SPAC mania continues unabated, with new SPACs being filed with the SEC on an almost hourly basis at times. SoftBank, the Japanese ...
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Stanbic IBTC announces executive appointments across the Group
Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC (‘the Group’), a member of Standard Bank Group, has announced several key executive appointments across the Group, in a ...
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Central bank digital currency: Concepts and trends
Money fulfils the basic functions of a medium of exchange, unit of account, store of value, and standard of deferred payment. To meet ...
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How The FBI Alerted Nigeria’s Central Bank to Scammers Using Cryptocurrencies to Defraud the West
The apex bank prohibited dealing in cryptocurrencies or facilitating payments for cryptocurrency exchanges last week Friday. Investigations have revealed that the federal government ...
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Credit card companies should offer Stablecoin payments or be left behind: Garter
Centralized payment companies such as Visa, Mastercard and PayPal will need to adapt if they are to survive the potential demand for blockchain-based ...