Blockchain

29 Mar 23 @ 16:04

Launched by former Chancellor and now Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the Kalifa Review into the future of the UK fintech sector outlined five core recommendations: policy and regulation; skills and... read more

20 Mar 23 @ 17:35

National Australia Bank (NAB) appears to be going head to head with its own Central Bank in a race to launch its own stablecoin AUDN. Earlier this month, Payments Cards... read more

13 Mar 23 @ 13:17

Swift says it will continue to progress on its experimental solution for interlinking Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), reporting that 18 central and commercial banks found “clear potential and value”... read more

10 Mar 23 @ 10:28

Worldline has launched a Metaverse shopping mall that enables merchants, banks and service providers to easily enter the Metaverse. In the future, it is currently assumed that the Metaverse will... read more

09 Mar 23 @ 11:56

On the 3rd of March Payments Cards & Mobile reported on the dangers of banks betting big on the cryto boom and the possible fall out from that bet. Today,... read more

07 Mar 23 @ 17:28

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the central banks of Israel, Norway and Sweden have concluded Project Icebreaker, which studied the potential benefits and challenges of using retail central... read more

06 Mar 23 @ 16:43

10 major Japanese Tech and Finance powerhouse have joined together to launch the Japan Metaverse Economic Zone. The companies have signed a basic agreement for the building of an Open... read more

03 Mar 23 @ 17:54

As previously announced, the Reserve Bank of Australia is collaborating with the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) on a research project to explore potential use cases and economic benefits of... read more

27 Feb 23 @ 17:43

P2P payments, Online and Offline POS payments and then e-commerce payments should be the order of priorities for the digital euro, the European Central Bank has said in documents published on... read more

27 Feb 23 @ 15:07

In early February, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) discussed a board paper on Elements of Effective Policies for Crypto Assets that provides guidance to IMF member... read more

21 Feb 23 @ 18:25

For much of the past few years, if there was a focus on a Web 3.0 technology, it was probably blockchain, with cryptocurrency investments booming and technologies like NFTs promising... read more

20 Feb 23 @ 13:49

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has announced that it will begin a pilot for its digital yen with commercial financial institutions commencing in April, the trials are expected to last... read more