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Digital money and central bank digital currency – An executive summary for policymakers
In central banks, finance ministries, and international working groups, discussions about digital money and central bank digital currency (CBDC) have moved to the ...
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Boost now supports DuitNow QR payments
Malaysia-based e-wallet Boost has announced that it is now part of the PayNet Real Time Retail Payment Platform and that it now supports ...
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Mastercard Says ‘No’ To Compound Interest In $19 Billion Class-Action Suit
Already facing a historic $19 billion class-action suit in the U.K., Mastercard is fighting an attempt to add compound interest to the plaintiff’s ...
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NatWest and Microsoft pool resources to help companies reduce their carbon footprint
NatWest has joined forces with Microsoft to help its business customers reduce their carbon footprints. Due to be piloted later this year, the ...
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German central bank makes case for blockchain settlement in CBDC debate
Germany’s central bank says that successful tests of a project to implement a distributed ledger for electronic securities settlement should negate the need ...
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Access Bank gets regulatory approval to acquire Grobank
Access Bank Plc has announced that it received approval from South African and Nigerian regulatory authorities to acquire South African-based Grobank Limited. The ...
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SEC case against Ripple could see Bitcoin and Ethereum pulled into the farce
In the on-going case of Ripple vs. the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), last week, the SEC refused to produce documentation on ...
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Major US banks invest $40m in Black-owned challenger Greenwood
JP Morgan Chase, Citi, and Bank of America have invested $40 million in Black-owned challenger bank Greenwood Financial. The Atlanta-based fintech aims to ...
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Nutanix appoints former IBM exec to lead channel in WEURSSA
Cloud computing services provider, Nutanix, has appointed Andrew Gill as Channel Director for Western Europe & Sub-Saharan Africa (WEURSSA). Gill will be responsible ...
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China proposes global rules for central bank digital currencies
China has proposed a set of global rules for central bank digital currencies from how they can be used around the world to ...