Central Bank

Blackrock, Pimco Tapped By Fed To Help Invest Relief Funds
Blackrock, Pimco Tapped By Fed To Help Invest Relief Funds
May 10, 2020  |  Economy

The Federal Reserve is turning to money managers BlackRock and Pacific Investment Management Co. (Pimco) to help it handle bond investments and the purchase of...

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Aruba’s Banks Move To Real Time Payments
Aruba’s Banks Move To Real Time Payments
March 05, 2020  |  Faster Payments

All of the banks in Aruba have switched to instant payments (IP) through the use of the Clearing and Settlement Mechanism (IP CSM) of the...

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Mastercard Gets Nod To Join China’s $27T Payments Market
Mastercard Gets Nod To Join China’s $27T Payments Market
February 11, 2020  |  Mastercard

China’s central bank gave Mastercard the go-ahead on Tuesday (Feb. 11) to set up a bank card clearing business, granting access to a $27 trillion...

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Today In Payments: Chinese Tech Investments In US Plummet; Ransomware Attacks Up 41 Pct In 2019
Today In Payments: Chinese Tech Investments In US Plummet; Ransomware Attacks Up 41 Pct In...
February 10, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Chinese tech investments in the U.S. have plummeted in recent years, and ransomware cyberattacks have skyrocketed. Also, Karen Webster compares Uber’s...

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Top News in Payments: Uber Halts Upfront Pricing in CA; Amex Cleared To Operate In China
Top News in Payments: Uber Halts Upfront Pricing in CA; Amex Cleared To Operate In...
January 09, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Uber drops upfront pricing in California in response to the state’s new gig economy law, and the central bank in China...

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ECB Proposes Tiered Interest Rates To Control Digital Currency Volumes
ECB Proposes Tiered Interest Rates To Control Digital Currency Volumes
January 03, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Digital currencies, yes – but with limits. According to a paper that debuted this week from the European Central Bank (ECB), central bank currencies in...

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Russian Central Bank Developing Business Debt-Risk Prevention Strategy
Russian Central Bank Developing Business Debt-Risk Prevention Strategy
December 30, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The Russian central bank is in the process of introducing debt guidelines to help companies stave off widespread risk as early as possible, Elizaveta Danilova,...

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Switzerland Skeptical Of Central Bank Digital Currency
Switzerland Skeptical Of Central Bank Digital Currency
December 13, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

With the belief that it could cause instability within the country’s financial system, the government of Switzerland spoke against making a central bank digital currency...

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People’s Bank Of China: Hundreds Of Country’s Banks At Risk
People’s Bank Of China: Hundreds Of Country’s Banks At Risk
November 25, 2019  |  Banking

This past year has been difficult for Chinese banks, and the country’s central bank, People’s Bank Of China, said that about 13 percent of the...

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