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Global: 20% of large companies will use digital currencies by 2024 – Gartner
According to Gartner twenty per cent of large organisations will use digital currencies for payments, stored value or collateral by 2024. The prediction ...
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Global: EBA publishes final Guidelines to strengthen AML/CFT supervision in the EU
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its final Guidelines on cooperation and information exchange between prudential supervisors, AML/CFT supervisors, and financial intelligence units. It ...
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Global: US financial regulator scrutinising Afterpay and Zip as part of an inquiry into buy now, pay later companies
Australian fintech companies Afterpay and Zip are among several buy now pay later (BNPL) firms that will be forced by the US financial ...
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Global: HSBC fined $85 mln for anti-money laundering failings
Britain’s financial regulator said on Friday that it had fined HSBC (HSBA.L) 63.95 million pounds ($85.16 million) for failings in its anti-money laundering processes. The ...
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World Bank Signs $700m to Build Climate-Resilient Landscape in Nigeria
The World Bank has approved a 700 million dollar credit from its International Development Association (IDA) for the Nigeria Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid ...
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Global: French Central Bank Completes First Stage of Its CBDC Experiments
The final stage of the first tranche of experiments consisted of the issuance of a digital bond on a blockchain with settlement in ...
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Global: Bank of Russia tests KYC platform with credit institutions
The Central Bank of Russia has announced it started testing Know Your Customer platform together with 40 banks so far. The testing will be conducted ...
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Global: Fraud detection and prevention market to hit USD 100 bln by 2027
A research study by Global Market Insights has shown that fraud detection and prevention (FDP) market is expected to surpass USD 100 billion by 2027. ...
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Central Bank of Brazil defines Phase 4 of Open Banking implementation
On 10 December 2021, the Central Bank has released the schedule of the new phase of Open Banking in Brazil, according to infomoney.com.br. It is the ...
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Global: Bank of England rejects major overhaul of cash system
The Bank of England has told top banks to spell out by March how they will keep enough cash in circulation as COVID-19 ...