Blockchain

30 Sep 21 @ 15:23

Visa has announced the launch of a Universal Payments Channel that will support transactions between stablecoins and CBDCs. It an ambitious idea from Visa at this time as it hopes... read more

14 Sep 21 @ 15:54

A majority of Europeans want their own governments to regulate cryptocurrency while a growing number would also support the creation of national digital currencies in order to assert some monetary... read more

13 Sep 21 @ 08:27

Central banks should move forward with CBDC projects to avoid falling behind comparable private sector payment initiatives that are already taking root, Benoît Cœuré, Head of Innovation at Bank for... read more

25 Jun 21 @ 12:14

CryptoRefills, in cooperation with Cointelegraph Research, has published the first global research on consumer adoption of cryptocurrencies for purchasing goods and services. This report, Cryptocurrencies in Retail: Consumer Adoption Report 2021,... read more

23 Jun 21 @ 16:10

The ASEAN Financial Innovation Network (AFIN), a non-profit backed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the ASEAN Bankers Association, is launching... read more

11 Jun 21 @ 16:17

It’s been on the cards for some time, but 2021 is finally seeing established payment companies take the opportunities of cryptocurrency seriously, and among those taking a serious look at... read more

10 Jun 21 @ 14:48

The Banque de France, Swiss National Bank and the BIS Innovation Hub have announced they will trial a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC). The trial aims to use the digital Swiss... read more

08 Jun 21 @ 16:18

11 banks have participated in a trial of blockchain based FX intraday swaps. NatWest, Deutsche Bank, Bank of Ireland, Banca Mediolanum and seven other banks participated with $14.5 trillion in combined... read more

28 May 21 @ 11:15

eBay has announced it will allow the sale of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) for digital collectibles like trading cards, images or video clips on its platform, the first e-commerce company to... read more

28 May 21 @ 11:05

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has announced it will explore the feasibility of a general purpose or retail central bank digital currency (CBDC). South Africa was one of the... read more

14 May 21 @ 10:34

Facebooks cryptocurrency Diem has been forced to abandon plans to gain a license in Switzerland via its financial regulator FINMA and is instead going to set up operations in the... read more

05 May 21 @ 17:48

As we know, when the world went into pandemic lockdown in 2020, consumers shifted their spending habits to embrace contactless and digital payments and online shopping. As stores closed and... read more