News
LSE to acquire Refinitiv for $27b
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) expects to close its $27 billion purchase of data analytics company Refinitiv in the first-quarter of next year, ...
News
British fintech firm opening physical crypto bank branches in India
Cashaa, a fintech firm, will be partnering with India’s United Multistate Credit Cooperative Society to build a crypto-friendly financial institution called UNICAS. This ...
News
Fed Chair: 80% of global central banks considering digital currencies
The Federal Reserve Chair, Jerome Powell has said that 80% of central banks around the world are exploring the idea of issuing central ...
News
Switzerland Will Test Its Own Digital Currency
The Swiss Central Bank will partner with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) to test its digital central bank money. According to the ...
News
Standard Bank, Mastercard and Google collaborate to help SMEs open their digital doors and reach more customers
As Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) accelerate digital transformation efforts in response to the pandemic, today Standard Bank, Mastercard and Google announced a ...
News
PayPal drops domain registrar Epik over its ‘alternative’ digital currency
PayPal may be feriendler to digital currencies, but that doesn’t mean it’s giving everyone a free pass. According to reports, the payments giant ...
News
Raiffeisen Bank confirms exploring blockchain interoperability for its RBI Coin
Austrian cryptocurrency exchange Bitpanda has announced that it has partnered with Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) so that RBI can explore blockchain interoperability. The ...
News
Siemens-backed blockchain energy platform showcases in Germany
A blockchain-based energy trading platform backed by German tech giant Siemens is being publicly demonstrated in a Bavarian municipality today. The so-called “Pebbles” ...
News
South Korean telecom launches blockchain wallet for official documents
The South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom has announced it will issue its first digital wallet for blockchain-powered digital certificate storage and management ...
News
Digital Ruble: Russia Unveils Plans to Test Central Bank Digital Currency
As China is actively testing its digital yuan, Russia is now planning to build and test a central bank digital currency, the digital ...