In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa news, Amazon U.K. is changing course and has decided to accept Visa after all, and the U.K.’s...
The Economic Affairs Committee at the U.K. House of Lords published a report on January 13 casting doubts about the benefits of creating a retail...
The biggest story of cryptocurrency this year is that it went mainstream. The best studies show that about 13% to 14% of Americans now own...
Looking back at just this week, it’s evident that the fight between stablecoins and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is alive and well. What makes...
Global banking network SWIFT is closing 2021 by highlighting its progress toward enabling cross-border frictionless transactions and looking ahead to 2022 as it sets the...
European Central Bank executive board member Fabio Panetta said during a lecture in Rome that cryptocurrencies and digital assets won’t benefit society or the wider...
Knowledge is power. Conventional wisdom holds that banks and traditional financial institutions (FIs) have much to fear from cryptocurrencies, that bitcoin and other digital offerings...
A battle seems to be brewing within the crypto arena – one that pits central banks against the bitcoins (and the other cryptocurrencies) of the...
Time is of the essence, as banks grapple with the looming threat of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). In other words, perhaps, the more time,...