13 Oct 22 @ 11:04

The European Council’s Permanent Representatives Committee has approved MiCA, the Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation text, and sent it to the chair of the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary... read more

06 Oct 22 @ 09:37

More than 340 million Europeans carry euro banknotes and coins around as cash and pay in euro when they shop online. One of the key ECB responsibilities, alongside its main... read more

01 Sep 22 @ 10:41

It seems that the direction of travel for the regulation of cryotocurrency and crypto assets in the EU and UK are taking strongly divergent paths. In Europe there is the... read more

12 Aug 22 @ 12:04

Global use of cryptocurrencies has increased exponentially during the COVID-19 pandemic, including in developing countries. While these private digital currencies have rewarded some, and facilitate remittances, they are an unstable... read more

08 Aug 22 @ 16:26

On 20 July 2022, HM Treasury published a consultation and call for evidence on the government’s approach to reforms to the payments regulation landscape, including the systemic payments perimeter of the... read more

13 Jul 22 @ 10:25

This week sees the 36th Annual General Meeting of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, held in Madrid. As part of his Keynote speech Pablo Hernández de Cos, Chair of the... read more

20 Jun 22 @ 19:52

Facebook is so convinced the metaverse is the future, it’s changed its name. But is a fully-digital life possible, or even desirable? James Wood, Payments Cards & Mobile Managing Editor... read more

17 Jun 22 @ 08:43

At Checkout, we’re committed to enabling businesses like Binance, Blockchain.com, Crypto.com, Farfetch and Sony to thrive in the digital economy. That’s why, for the past few years, we have been... read more

27 May 22 @ 09:45

Things are looking broadly positive in the Fintech space, according to Robert Walters’ Global Fintech Talent Report. In the first quarter of 2022, the global Fintech industry saw more than... read more

26 May 22 @ 16:07

Wall Street and its bankers have come out all guns blazing in an argument with the Federal Reserve saying that launching its own digital dollar could crack the foundations of... read more

25 May 22 @ 10:22

As blockchain-enabled systems and crypto (mainly) flourish, pundits claim there’s a non-bank future before us with lower fees, faster transactions and instant exchanges of value from person to person. Payments... read more

23 May 22 @ 16:34

The Bank Policy Institute has responded to a Federal Reserve discussion paper evaluating the costs and benefits of a central bank digital currency. The response supports the Fed’s position that... read more

19 May 22 @ 12:55

The cryptocurrency and assets market has grown significantly and is now worth £1.6 trillion globally. In the UK, over 2.3 million consumers now hold some form of cryptoasset. With such... read more

09 May 22 @ 12:52

Nine out of 10 central banks are exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and more than half are now developing them or running concrete experiments. In particular, work on retail... read more

20 Apr 22 @ 17:10

In what will almost certainly turn out to be an ill informed attempt to influence policy, more than 40 crypto business leaders have written to the European Union asking not... read more

08 Apr 22 @ 06:30

Worldpay has become the first global merchant acquirer to offer merchants the ability to receive settlement directly in USD Coin (USDC), a fully reserved dollar digital currency. Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies... read more

06 Apr 22 @ 11:08

Demystifying Crypto – Shedding light on the adoption of digital currencies for payments in 2022 is a new report, pointing to increasingly positive trends in the adoption of cryptocurrencies for... read more

15 Mar 22 @ 13:19

Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, was recently involved in a panel to discus central bank digital currencies at the US Monetary Policy Forum in New... read more

25 Feb 22 @ 09:35

MUFG, Japan’s biggest bank, has announced it will shut GO-NET, the IoT payments solution it set up in 2019 as a joint venture with Akamai in which MUFG held an 80% stake. GO-NET... read more

21 Feb 22 @ 13:33

The Federal Reserve recently requested comment on a discussion paper describing the potential benefits and costs of issuing a CBDC. The paper is not the ringing endorsement of the concept... read more