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Global: Bank of Russia to ban digital currencies
The Central Bank of Russian Federation has reportedly intended to impose a blanket ban on the sector soon, according to its governor, CoinGeek reports. The ...
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Global: Swift explores expansion of network into the digital asset market
Banking co-operative Swift is to explore how it can support interoperability in the development of the tokenised asset market, working in conjunction with ...
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Global: Metro Bank fined with USD 7.3 mln
The Bank of England has fined Metro Bank USD 7.13 million for failures in its regulatory reporting, after the lender revealed an accounting blunder in 2019. Metro ...
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Global: Dubai World Trade Centre to set a crypto regulatory framework
Crypto exchange Binance has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Dubai World Trade Centre authority to help it establish a crypto regulatory ...
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Global: Indonesia gets new payments system
Indonesia’s central bank has launched a retail payments system designed to cut the cost of money transfers. The BI-Fast system will enable real-time ...
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Global: Standard Chartered fined £46.5m by Bank of England over reporting failures
The Bank of England has fined Standard Chartered £46.5m for repeatedly misreporting its liquidity position and for “failing to be open and cooperative” with the ...
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Visa acquires Currencycloud, plans to extend solutions to over 180 countries
Visa announced its acquisition of Currencycloud, a global platform that enables banks and fintechs, to provide innovative foreign exchange solutions for cross-border payments. The acquisition, ...
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Global: Ellipse introduces EVC ALL-in-One for protection against CNP fraud and to reduce false declines
Fintech security company Ellipse has launched the EVC All-In-One, the first EMV module that transforms a basic payment card into an ecommerce EMV security product. ...
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iFX EXPO Dubai 2022 – Grow your Brand, Generate Leads and Close Deals
The iFX EXPO Dubai will take place at Za’abeel Hall 6, Dubai World Trade Centre from 22-24 February 2022. Organised by Ultimate Fintech, ...
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Global: Hummingbird RegTech raises $30 million
Hummingbird Regtech has raised $30M in a Series B funding round led by Battery Ventures with participation from Flourish, Homebrew, FinVC, and William ...
