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Today In Digital First Banking: LendingClub Gets OK To Buy Radius; European Banks Lend Less Amid Pandemic
Today In Digital First Banking: LendingClub Gets OK To Buy Radius; European Banks Lend Less...
January 19, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, LendingClub said it has attained all of the regulatory approvals to close its $185 million acquisition of Radius...

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European Banks Lend Less, Fearing Bad Loans During Pandemic
European Banks Lend Less, Fearing Bad Loans During Pandemic
January 19, 2021  |  Economy

Euro area banks have scaled back lending in order to shield against risk, a new European Central Bank (ECB) survey says. The banks’ continued reticence...

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ECB’s Lagarde: Bitcoin A Money Laundering Tool, Needs More Regulation
ECB’s Lagarde: Bitcoin A Money Laundering Tool, Needs More Regulation
January 14, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin is about to get even more scrutiny by regulators, on a global stage. At least it seems so, if recent comments by European Central...

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Today In Digital-First Banking: ECB President Warns Of Stablecoin Risks; Velo Labs Collaborates With Lightnet, Visa
Today In Digital-First Banking: ECB President Warns Of Stablecoin Risks; Velo Labs Collaborates With Lightnet,...
December 01, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde cautioned that stablecoins could be a risk to monetary sovereignty, while...

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ECB President Warns Stablecoins Could ‘Threaten’ Monetary Sovereignty
ECB President Warns Stablecoins Could ‘Threaten’ Monetary Sovereignty
November 30, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde wrote in an editorial that she thinks stablecoins could pose a risk to “financial stability and monetary sovereignty.” The...

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European Central Bank To Launch Probe Of 10-Hour Payments System Outage
European Central Bank To Launch Probe Of 10-Hour Payments System Outage
November 16, 2020  |  Europe

The European Central Bank (ECB) has plans to independently investigate an incident that affected its TARGET2 real-time gross settlement system on Oct. 23 this year,...

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Today In Digital-First Banking: FISPAN Signs Onto Mastercard’s Start Path; Wells Fargo Looks For Bidders On Private-Label Card Unit
Today In Digital-First Banking: FISPAN Signs Onto Mastercard’s Start Path; Wells Fargo Looks For Bidders...
November 13, 2020  |  Digital-First Banking

In today’s top digital-first banking news, FISPAN has joined Mastercard’s Start Path accelerator program, while Wells Fargo & Co is looking to sell its private-label...

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ECB’s Lagarde Says Digital Euro Could Launch In Two To Four Years
ECB’s Lagarde Says Digital Euro Could Launch In Two To Four Years
November 12, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Christine Lagarde, European Central Bank (ECB) president, said the ECB could make its own digital currency within a few years, which could change up the...

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European Central Bank’s Panetta Discusses Stablecoin Merits
European Central Bank’s Panetta Discusses Stablecoin Merits
November 04, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

European Central Bank (ECB) member Fabio Panetta discussed the pros and cons of the digital currency known as stablecoins in a Wednesday (Nov. 4) speech...

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