August 25, 2022
APIs Bridge Payment Gap for Online Merchants Selling Into Africa

Across the African continent, cross-border payments are slow, costly and highly fragmented. As a result of that tripartite challenge, “there might be 16 to 18 hubs for a payment to...

August 25, 2022
UK Warning on Sanction Evasion Puts Crypto Firms at Risk

People subject to sanctions are reportedly using cryptocurrency services to evade the sanctions, and this could put crypto firms and those transacting in crypto at risk of fines or criminal...

August 24, 2022
SEC’s Gensler Changes Tactics; Stablecoin Regulations Around the World

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler and his predecessor have had a fair bit of luck getting companies in the crypto industry to pay on the dotted line...

August 24, 2022
A Primer on Asia-Pacific Stablecoin Regulations

Stablecoin regulations vary widely in the Asia-Pacific region, ranging from Japan’s requirement that they get issued by banks to Thailand’s outright ban on crypto payments of any kind. But they...

August 23, 2022
PayPal Joins Coinbase Crypto Compliance Initiative TRUST

Payments giant PayPal joined the Coinbase compliance initiative called the Travel Rule Universal Solution Technology (TRUST), launched in February as an industry-driven solution to comply with the requirement, while at...

August 22, 2022
FinTech Banks Fill SME Funding Gap Created by Russia-Ukraine Conflict

In the post-Brexit scramble to maintain their European footholds and take advantage of European passporting rules, a slew of U.K. businesses turned to FinTech-friendly Lithuania, catapulting the small Baltic state...

August 19, 2022
R3 Blockchain Finds a Foothold Beyond Banks

It’s fair to say that when it comes to turning the promise of blockchain into the reality of blockchain, catching up with the hype cycle is a long, slow process,...

August 19, 2022
EU Agrees New Rules To Rein In ‘Wild West’ Crypto...

By: Legal Insights (Herbert Smith Freehills) The European Parliament and Council reached a preliminary political agreement on the Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCA) on 6 June 2022. This latest development follows...

August 18, 2022
DeFi Platforms Tighten AML to Court Institutional Investors

Despite its potentially huge returns, institutional investors have steered clear of decentralized finance. In part, this is because DeFi is a risky business, but another big part of the equation...