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Preparing SMBs For Cryptocurrency To Jump On The Books
April 07, 2021

Just about every small business will face at least one moment in its lifespan in which working capital is running low. A mom-and-pop shop on Main Street has plenty of options to access funds, from alternative lenders to banks. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Bank Of Japan Begins CBDC Testing
April 05, 2021

The Bank of Japan is the latest to look into creating a central bank digital currency (CBDC), according to a news release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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CBDCs Start Small Before Economic Heavyweights Step In  
April 05, 2021

In the brave new world of the central bank digital currency (CBDC), smaller nations are taking the plunge, it seems, before the world’s largest economies are quite ready to do so. Late last week, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) debuted DCash — which makes...

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Boston Fed’s Cunha On Building A Payments Network For The ‘Next 100 Years’
April 05, 2021

To put it mildly, these are heady times for the Federal Reserve. It’s managing the specter of inflation hovering over unprecedented government spending to manage an economy that has been disrupted by a global pandemic. Then there’s a stock market that now includes a whole...

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Bitcoin Fever May Be Stoking Interest In CBDCs
April 02, 2021

It seems a rising bitcoin tide lifts all digital currency boats. As CNBC reported Friday morning (April 2) as bitcoin prices gain ground — and are now recently above $59,000 — interest is growing, too, in China’s digital yuan. It has yet to be launched, but...

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VCs Pour Money Into Crypto; Q1 Outpaces All Of 2020
April 01, 2021

Cryptocurrency got more funding from venture capitalists in this quarter than in all of 2020, Bloomberg reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...

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Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Takes CBDC Live
April 01, 2021

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has unveiled its central bank digital currency DCash, making it the second central bank officially entering the CBDC realm. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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Major Players May Have To Wait Years For CBDCs
March 31, 2021

For central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), in Europe, at least, it’s a case of hurry up and wait. As reported this week, the European Central Bank (ECB) – through comments made by Christine Lagarde, its president – seems to be taking a longer-term view of...

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Britain To Look Harder At Stablecoins Than Other Cryptocurrency
March 30, 2021

Britain plans to regulate stablecoins first rather than the whole of the cryptocurrency market, Reuters writes. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...