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Sweden, Norway and Israel Central Banks Test Cross-Border CBDC Payments
Sweden, Norway and Israel Central Banks Test Cross-Border CBDC Payments
September 28, 2022  |  CBDC

The central banks of Sweden and Israel announced Wednesday (Sept. 28) that they will start exploring how central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) can be used...

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Inside the Push to Draft Globally Consistent Stablecoin Regulation
Inside the Push to Draft Globally Consistent Stablecoin Regulation
August 25, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Whatever shape countries’ stablecoin regulations finally take will be heavily influenced by several influential international financial organizations that have been encouraging countries to do two...

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Treasury Department: Banks’ CBDC Fears Are Overblown
Treasury Department: Banks’ CBDC Fears Are Overblown
July 19, 2022  |  CBDC

Banks’ fears that a digital dollar would cost them depositors — and even make financial crises more severe — are overblown, according to a new...

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Crypto Regulation Weekly: BIS Says Crypto Must Fit Into Existing Regulatory Infrastructure
Crypto Regulation Weekly: BIS Says Crypto Must Fit Into Existing Regulatory Infrastructure
July 13, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

A pair of international regulatory organizations have formally recommended that stablecoins be required to follow all existing international payment, clearing and settlement standards. The Bank...

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Global Regulators Call for Interoperable Stablecoins, CBDCs
Global Regulators Call for Interoperable Stablecoins, CBDCs
July 13, 2022  |  Regulation

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published on Wednesday (July 13) their guidance on the application of...

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Today in TechREG: Global Regulators Calls for Interoperable Stablecoins, CBDC; FCA Urges Banks to Treat SMBs Better
Today in TechREG: Global Regulators Calls for Interoperable Stablecoins, CBDC; FCA Urges Banks to Treat...
July 13, 2022  |  Technology

Today in TechReg news, the Bank for International Settlements and the International Organization of Securities Commissions published recommendations for central banks to make stablecoins more...

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BIS Study Finds Lack of API Standards Is Cross-Border Payments’ Biggest Challenge
BIS Study Finds Lack of API Standards Is Cross-Border Payments’ Biggest Challenge
July 12, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) published on Friday (July 8) a report highlighting the benefits of interlinking arrangements and application programming interfaces (APIs) to...

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Masa Finance Founder Believes Crypto Credit Scores Are DeFi’s Great Equalizer
Masa Finance Founder Believes Crypto Credit Scores Are DeFi’s Great Equalizer
July 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

If you took the collateral out of decentralized lending, you’d have something not only potentially useful, but scalable into the real economy. So said the...

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CBDC Weekly: Report Says CBDCs Can Outdo Crypto; Fed’s Powell Sees Role in Strengthening Dollar
CBDC Weekly: Report Says CBDCs Can Outdo Crypto; Fed’s Powell Sees Role in Strengthening Dollar
June 21, 2022  |  CBDC

The Bank for International Settlement has its “2022 Annual Economic Report” coming out next week and wanted to highlight its opinion of cryptocurrencies, releasing that...

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