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Will CBDCs Pave Path to Better Liquidity Management and X-Border Trade?
Will CBDCs Pave Path to Better Liquidity Management and X-Border Trade?
October 03, 2023  |  CBDC

For companies large and small and their financial institutions (FIs) navigating operations and trade across borders, foreign exchange (FX) represents a key cost of doing...

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BIS and Central Banks Complete Test of Cross-Border Trading of CBDCs
BIS and Central Banks Complete Test of Cross-Border Trading of CBDCs
September 28, 2023  |  CBDC

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and three central banks concluded a central bank digital currency (CBDC) project. Project Mariana was developed by three BIS...

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BIS Head: ‘Outdated’ Laws Holding Up CBDC Development
BIS Head: ‘Outdated’ Laws Holding Up CBDC Development
September 27, 2023  |  CBDC

Nearly every country on Earth has a central bank digital currency (CBDC) project in play. However, nearly 80% of the world’s central banks are either...

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BIS Finds Risks and Rewards in Insurance Industry as Big Tech Makes Digital Inroads
BIS Finds Risks and Rewards in Insurance Industry as Big Tech Makes Digital Inroads
September 06, 2023  |  Insurance

Big Tech and big data have the opportunity to remake entire industries. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) noted in its Aug. 31 paper, “From Clicks to...

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BIS: Crypto’s ‘Illusory’ Appeal Puts Emerging Economies at Risk
BIS: Crypto’s ‘Illusory’ Appeal Puts Emerging Economies at Risk
August 23, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Have cryptocurrencies achieved their promise? A new Bank for International Settlements (BIS) report argued they haven’t. Cryptocurrency has put emerging market economies (EMEs) at risk, BIS said in...

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Ripple Joins BIS Task Force for Cross-Border Payments
Ripple Joins BIS Task Force for Cross-Border Payments
August 11, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions provider Ripple is among the members of a cross-border payments task force recently formed by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). As part of the cross-border...

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BritCoin Insider Says Innovations Built on CBDCs Will Change Nature of Finance 
BritCoin Insider Says Innovations Built on CBDCs Will Change Nature of Finance 
July 18, 2023  |  CBDC

As you read this, the very nature of money is being interrogated and experimentally reshaped. “There’s a huge global trend going on right now into...

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BIS: Crypto’s ‘Inherent’ Flaws a Threat to Monetary System 
BIS: Crypto’s ‘Inherent’ Flaws a Threat to Monetary System 
July 11, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

There may be no room for crypto within banking or traditional financial services at all. And in fact, the Bank of International Settlements said in...

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Swiss National Bank Preps Test of Wholesale CBDC
Swiss National Bank Preps Test of Wholesale CBDC
June 26, 2023  |  CBDC

Switzerland’s central bank is reportedly planning to issue a wholesale digital currency. The project will happen on the country’s SIX digital exchange, Swiss National Bank...

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