13 Mar 20 @ 12:46

The Celo Foundation, which not only appears to be similar to Facebooks Libra project but in direct competition, has unveiled 50 members for its ‘Alliance for Prosperity’. Celo has a... read more

03 Mar 20 @ 12:24

A love affair between consumers and their mobile phones is leading to explosive growth in new digital payments across Europe. More and more consumers are shopping across borders online and... read more

26 Feb 20 @ 17:36

The Swedish central bank has announced a trial for an e-krona targeted at the general public. The solution is developed by Accenture using the Corda enterprise blockchain. The central bank... read more

12 Feb 20 @ 10:33

CipherTrace released its Q4 2019 Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering Report. Among key research findings in this fascinating report, it was discovered that cryptocurrency users, exchanges and investors suffered $4.5 billion in crypto-related... read more

11 Feb 20 @ 19:49

Technology and data advances will enable banks to provide customers with a hyper-personalised largely automated service within the next decade, replacing the traditional retail products-based approach. But the extent of... read more

24 Jan 20 @ 12:53

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Bank of Thailand (BOT) have announce the outcomes of and a report on a joint Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) research project... read more

21 Jan 20 @ 14:06

The Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Sveriges Riksbank and the Swiss National Bank, together with the Bank for International... read more

17 Jan 20 @ 10:05

The Digital Dollar Project is a not for profit effort, in collaboration with Accenture, to advance exploration of a United States Central Bank Digital Currency in order to advance the... read more

06 Jan 20 @ 09:56

According to Bloomberg’s analysis of United Nations’ data, Generation Z this year comprises 32% of the global population. By 2020, Gen Z consumers will have a greater impact on global... read more

14 Nov 19 @ 13:49

The European Central Bank (ECB) is considering the infrastructure to deploy its own digital Euro currency as a rival to, as an example, Facebook’s Libra, a draft document from the... read more

11 Nov 19 @ 14:44

Worldline and Bitcoin Suisse, the oldest and largest crypto financial-services company in Switzerland, have signed a letter of intent for a partnership to offer cryptocurrency payment services to Swiss merchants... read more

28 Oct 19 @ 17:06

Senior executives, commentators and analysts all agree – a workable digital identity is key to next-generation payments. Without functioning digital ID, the payments revolution will stall. But as state-sponsored national... read more

16 Oct 19 @ 01:04

Just as the Telegram Open Network (TON) platform was about to launch, the powerful and influential US SEC (Securities Exchange Commission) stated that the ICO that took place in 2018 and... read more

13 Oct 19 @ 13:23

Mastercard, Visa, Stripe and eBay have all followed PayPal by pulling out of Libra, Facebook’s digital currency, following sustained political pressure and just days before the project’s backers are due... read more

18 Sep 19 @ 08:27

Wells Fargo says it will pilot an internal settlement service, Wells Fargo Digital Cash, which will run on its first distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform. Wells Fargo Digital Cash will... read more

09 Sep 19 @ 08:28

As was recently reported from the China Finance 40 Group, a senior official at China’s central bank announced  that the country will soon roll out its central bank digital currency (CBDC.)... read more

21 Aug 19 @ 12:27

Libra Coin, Facebook’s cryptocurrency project is reported to be being investigated by European Union antitrust regulators. The European Commission said it is “currently investigating potential anti-competitive behaviour,” related to the... read more

29 Jul 19 @ 12:30

Its neither a cryptocurrency nor does it run on blockchain, aside from these minor points, US and European banks are also steering clear of Libra, Facebook’s project for a new... read more

10 Jul 19 @ 10:34

Facebook has officially revealed plans for its much anticipated global cryptocurrency LibraCoin, with the backing of a number of major companies. Facebook’s ambitions for the new currency, called LibraCoin, were made... read more

19 Jun 19 @ 17:04

Their has been immediate regulatory scrutiny on Facebook’s plans to launch Libra Coin a new global digital currency as the announcement drew an immediate response from regulators from the Group... read more