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Global: Binance Becomes The First Exchange To Receive Category 4 Crypto-Asset Service License From The Central Bank of Bahrain
Binance has received a Category 4 license as a crypto-asset service provider (CASP), which will let it provide a range of crypto services. ...
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Global: Russian central bank slashes key rate, sees room to cut further
Russia’s central bank slashed its key interest rate to 11% on Thursday and said it saw room for more cuts this year, as ...
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Global: Google hit by second UK antitrust probe into online ad dominance
The U.K.’s competition regulator has opened a fresh investigation into Google, taking aim at the company’s role in the advertising technology market. It’s the ...
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Global: Bank of England sounds warning to banks over operational resilience
The Bank of England is expecting to have “challenging conversations” with banks about their operational resilience, a senior official has warned. The UK’s ...
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Global: India’s Central Bank Head Claims Crypto Has No Underlying Value
Shaktikanta Das, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India, has reiterated that cryptocurrencies have no underlying value, according to a report by a local ...
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Global: Bank of England Governor Claims Bitcoin Will Fail as Payment Method
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has joined the choir of central bankers who have criticized cryptocurrencies over the past week. During his recent podcast appearance, ...
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Global: FinTech equipifi Raises $12M for BNPL Bank Service
FinTech equipifi has raised $12 million in a Series A funding round to continue rolling out its white-label buy now, pay later (BNPL) ...
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Global: Irish central bank lays down new rules for BNPL providers
The Central Bank of Ireland is applying new consumer protection legislation to ensure that hire purchase, consumer hire, and buy now, pay later ...
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Global: FCA to gain new powers to protect access to cash
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to be granted new powers over the UK’s largest banks and building societies, to ensure that cash ...
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Global: Cryptocurrency Is ‘Based on Nothing,’ Should Be Regulated, ECB’s Lagarde Says
President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde has insisted that unlike a digital euro, cryptocurrency has no underlying asset. It should be ...