Regulation

31 Jan 23 @ 18:18

Moody’s is reported to be working on the early implementation of a scoring system for stablecoins, the crypto sector’s most traded tokens, as the asset class grows and faces increased... read more

31 Jan 23 @ 13:11

Jana Mackintosh is Managing Director for Payments and Innovation at UK Finance. She is experienced in competition and regulatory policy, having worked across a number of public and private sector... read more

25 Jan 23 @ 09:51

The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, part of the European Parliament, has voted to impose strict restrictions on banks seeking to hold crypto. Banks will have to treat crypto as... read more

24 Jan 23 @ 17:14

PayPal has fallen foul of antitrust investigators in Germany – where the Federal Cartel Office (FCO) has announced it’s looking into its rules on surcharges. Germany’s cartel office said it had initiated... read more

23 Jan 23 @ 17:09

Sopra Steria has revealed the results of its Digital Banking Experience Report (DBX) For the second year running, IPSOS and Forrester assessed banks’ digital maturity and ability to keep pace... read more

20 Jan 23 @ 16:44

This week has, as usual, been rich in cryptocurrency news. FTX is way down the rankings but the mood out there is still on a knife edge. As per an... read more

20 Jan 23 @ 11:22

Money laundering and other financial crime fines handed out to banks and FI’s have peaked at more than 50% of last years total, demonstrating that the penalties are simply failing... read more

17 Jan 23 @ 11:00

Since the launch of the investigation into the possible issuance of a digital euro in October 20211 in response to the invitation by Leaders at the Eurosummit, the Eurogroup has held... read more

12 Jan 23 @ 14:05

The EU has set out the world’s first comprehensive set of rules for regulating crypto markets in its MiCA regulation. They are due to receive final approval in the coming... read more

11 Jan 23 @ 13:22

The market cap of all digital assets reached $3 trillion in November 2021, a 21,000% increase since 2016. But that growth has been far from smooth and more recently the... read more

05 Jan 23 @ 15:59

Coinbase has settled on a $100 million fine and improvements package with regulators for anti money laundering failures. The package includes a backlog of more than 100,000 unreviewed transactions and... read more

04 Jan 23 @ 10:00

New work from the UN’s UNCTAD, a body set up to promote the interests of developing states in world trade, says that while the advent of cryptocurrencies has helped many... read more