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3.8KSecurity & FraudAvast Cybersecurity Firm Targeted By China Hack
Czech cybersecurity company Avast was hacked by an outside actor suspected to have ties to China. Reuters is reporting that both Czech...
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2.2KCryptocurrencyThe Central Bank Conundrum On Cryptos
For central banks, when it comes to cryptocurrencies, there’s no central theme. Whether the advent of digital coins signifies an existential threat...
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2.3KEconomyBIS: Big Banks Lower-Risk, More Resilient Than Pre-Crisis
The Bank for International Settlements said the world’s biggest banks are actually more resilient and pose less of a risk to the...
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6.5KRegulationBIS Advocates Bank Oversight Of Blockchain
In finance, now comes automated, embedded supervision. Maybe. To that end, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said in a paper titled...
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3.8KB2B PaymentsAPIs For FinTech Firms And Installment Plans
Programming innovations are making inroads, and are used by FinTech firms and banks to offer financial services to corporations and consumers. This week’s...
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1.8KB2B PaymentsBIS Warns About Corporate Borrowing
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has sent out a warning about the rise in corporate borrowing, saying it could be a...
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3.1KBankingBIS Debuts Innovation Hub To Help Central Banks Collaborate
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has announced the launch of a BIS Innovation Hub to enable central banks around the world...
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2.9KRegulationG20 Finance Board: Libra Will Need To Be Watched Closely
Randal Quarles, chair of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), said there won’t be a specific item on the agenda about Facebook’s Libra...
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3.6KSecurity & FraudCrypto Regulation To Tighten Scrutiny On Money Laundering
Amid the announcement of a new cryptocurrency – that would be Libra – the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which operates as...
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BIS Report Highlights Regulator ‘Unease’ Over Libra
As tech firms such as Facebook move into the world of finance, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said on Sunday (June...
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4.2KPayment MethodsReport: Richest People In America Have Record-Level Cash Stashes
The wealthiest households in America are stashing cash at record levels, according to a report by Bloomberg. The top 1 percent have...
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4.9KB2B PaymentsBIS Sees Boons, Risks As Alt Credit Gains Traction
Lending from FinTech firms — driven by tech, data and all sorts of innovations — has grown by leaps and bounds. However,...
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8.9KBitcoinAmid Hacks, Bitcoin Is Still Not Ready For Primetime
What’s a currency to do when it can take down the internet? Gain in price, amid growing clamor for it, of course....
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7.2KDigital PaymentsBIS Says Too Early To Gauge Benefits Of Bank-Issued Cryptocurrencies
Central banks that are mulling over issuing their own cryptocurrencies would be better off waiting, said the Bank for International Settlements. According...
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5.1KInternationalBIS Warnings Auger Ill for Payments
News that the Bank for International Settlements has cautioned that financial markets are presently in a state of “uneasy calm” begs the...
