Global
Iran to Pilot ‘National Cryptocurrency,’ Amend Central Bank Law
The central bank of Iran is gearing up to begin the pilot phase of its digital currency project in the near future, its ...
Regulatory
Zimbabwe: ZSE Lifts Cassava Trading Suspension
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has lifted the 18-day long trading suspension on tech-giant Cassava Smartech’ shares after the company complied with statutory ...
Global
Google faces a fine of 20% of Russian revenue
Russia said on Tuesday it would fine U.S. tech giant, Google, a percentage of its annual Russian turnover for repeatedly failing to delete ...
Kenya
Kenya considering adoption of digital currency
…Others are Eswatini, Ghana, Mauritius, Morocco, Rwanda, Nigeria and South Africa. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is among seven others in Africa ...
Ghana
Ghana Wants to Make Its CBDC Available for Use Offline: Report
The country’s digital currency, the e-cedi, would work via the use of smart cards, according to an official at the Bank of Ghana. ...
Kenya
Kenya: CBK Gives Banks a Year to Effect Climate-Related Rules
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has given all banks and mortgage finance companies one year to integrate climate risk management in their ...
Global
CFTC hits Tether and Bitfinex with fines totalling $42.5m
Tether has been hit with a $41 million penalty from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over misleading claim that its stablecoin was fully ...
Global
Worldnet obtains certification from Ingenico’s Self series
US-based omnichannel payment solution provider Worldnet Payments has completed a Level III EMV and Contactless certification of the Self Series from Ingenico, a Worldline brand. The ...
Global
LinkedIn is shutting down operations in China due to government regulations
Nearly seven years after its launch, Microsoft is shutting down LinkedIn in China, marking the end of the last major US-owned social network ...
Regulatory
Zimbabwe: RBZ Orders Banks to Detect Debit Card Abuses
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has ordered banks to urgently implement measures to detect ongoing rampant debit card abuses ...
