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BIS and Hong Kong Monetary Authority to Experiment With Tokenized Green Bonds
The Bank of International Settlements’ Innovation Hub in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority will look into how tokenized green bonds ...
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Cashlink applies for BaFin license for crypto securities register
The Germany-based security tokenization software solution Cashlink has submitted a notification of intent to the German financial market supervisory authority BaFin to set up a ...
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India leads real-time payments, EIU study shows
A recent report by EIU (The Economist Intelligence Unit) found that India is leading the real-time payments market, followed by China and South Korea. In ...
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El Salvador has commenced installation of 200 ATMs ahead of bitcoin adoption in September
Two months ago, El Salvador adopted bitcoin as its legal tender, making it the first country to accept bitcoin as a legal tender. ...
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Japan’s financial regulator weighs stricter rules on crypto-assets
The Financial Services Agency has started discussing the introduction of stricter regulations on cryptocurrency assets in order to better protect users. The government ...
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Binance Singapore Appoints Former Regulator as CEO in Effort to Become ‘a Leader in Regulatory Compliance’
Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance has hired a former regulator as the new CEO for its operations in Singapore. Binance aims to become “a ...
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Open Banking Initiative Canada partners with Open Banking Expo
Open Banking Initiative Canada (OBIC) has partnered with Open Banking Expo to boost the growth of the Open Banking and Open Finance across Canada. OBIC is ...
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UK’s Financial Intelligence Unit publishes latest guide on SAR submissions
The UK’s Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU) has published its guide on how suspicious activity report (SAR) intelligence is being used by law enforcement, ...
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Iran to allow crypto mining once again
Iran has announced it will once again allow Bitcoin and crypto miners to operate in the country from the last week of September ...
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Thailand, Indonesia debut cross-border QR payment linkage
The central banks of Thailand and Indonesia have launched a cross-border QR payment linkage between the two countries. The linkage, the first that connects the retail payment ...