15 Oct 21 @ 08:51

Cypherium and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have released a joint white paper finding that banks should potentially embrace crypto payments amid the emergence of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and... read more

30 Sep 21 @ 07:41

BitPay and Verifone, have announced the extension of BitPay’s blockchain payment technology to enable consumer cryptocurrency acceptance of payments on Verifone’s in-store and e-commerce platforms in the US. This enables merchants to... read more

28 Sep 21 @ 14:39

To say that the cryptocurrency market in China has been volatile would be an understatement, there has been a consistent threat, but now it looks like it will be fully... read more

28 Sep 21 @ 12:39

A prototype of multiple Central Bank Digital Currencies (mCBDCs) developed by the Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub and four central banks has demonstrated the potential of using digital currencies... read more

23 Aug 21 @ 12:11

PayPal has announced that UK users can now buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies through the payment platform for the first time, the service launched in the US in 2020. The... read more

13 Aug 21 @ 11:42

In the last eighteen months, even formerly “anti” gurus such as JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon and Goldman Sachs’ Lloyd Blankfein have changed their tune on cryptocurrency. Having previously described the... read more

03 Aug 21 @ 13:40

A new study has found that 53% of the world’s population will access digital banking services in 2026; reaching over 4.2 billion digital banking users, from 2.5 billion in 2021.... read more

11 May 21 @ 15:17

The emergence of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) is gathering speed, with more than half of the world’s central banks actively considering their introduction. The reasons are varied: to compensate... read more

29 Apr 21 @ 16:22

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Bank of Thailand (BOT) have announced that they will integrate their individual countries real-time payments rails to facilitate faster cross-border transfers. The... read more

29 Mar 21 @ 15:02

Visa says it has nailed a major industry first in bridging the worlds of digital and traditional fiat currencies: the use of USD Coin (USDC), a stablecoin backed by the US... read more

11 Mar 21 @ 12:51

Ripple says its partnership with MoneyGram is to end by mutual agreement. Several weeks ago MoneyGram said it had stopped using Ripple’s On Demand Liquidity (ODL) solution for the four currencies where it was... read more

10 Mar 21 @ 13:20

Axel Voss, one of the original authors of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), told the FT that Europe’s data protection laws are already out of date and must be... read more

22 Feb 21 @ 15:19

Almost all countries increased regulation of the crypto finance industry in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic provoked a significant boost of digital crimes, including money laundering, terrorist financing, online black marketing... read more

11 Feb 21 @ 16:32

Hot on the heels of Visa and its recent announcement, Mastercard says it will begin allowing cardholders to transact in certain cryptocurrencies on its network, the latest company to embrace digital... read more

14 Dec 20 @ 12:30

A little more than a year ago Mu Changchun, Deputy Chief in the Payment and Settlement Division of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC,) stated that the digital yuan CBDC... read more

05 Oct 20 @ 18:58

A new survey by RUSI and ACAMS has revealed how professionals in the cryptocurrency industry believe that governments are behind the curve on the perceived risks, opportunities, and regulation of... read more

21 Sep 20 @ 09:01

The ECB says it is still assessing whether to introduce a digital euro and that it will soon share findings of a task force before launching a final public consultation.... read more

10 Sep 20 @ 16:07

The world is moving ever closer to digital currency for all. Although investors have watched cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Zcash grow for years, national digital currencies are now starting... read more

09 Sep 20 @ 14:26

With the global economy racing to embrace digital payments, central banks also are looking to the future and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), investigating how to support innovation while maintaining... read more

04 Aug 20 @ 12:33

A new study has found that the total value of B2B cross-border payments will reach $35 trillion in 2022 from a COVID-related low of $27 trillion in 2020; representing 30%... read more