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Regulation and Readiness Will Go Hand in Hand for European Banks in 2023

Regulation and Readiness Will Go Hand in Hand for European Banks in 2023
Regulation and Readiness Will Go Hand in Hand for European Banks in 2023
October 07, 2022  |  Bank Regulation

In its recently published work plan for 2023, the European Banking Authority (EBA) signals how the European Union’s banking sector intends to adapt to new...

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SWIFT Claims Cross-Border CBDC Success; ECB Wants Settlement Control
SWIFT Claims Cross-Border CBDC Success; ECB Wants Settlement Control
October 06, 2022  |  CBDC

Financial messaging system SWIFT said that it has solved one of the thorniest problems central bank digital currency (CBDC) developers have been wrestling with: How...

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ECB Advisor Defends Amazon’s Role in Digital Euro Project
ECB Advisor Defends Amazon’s Role in Digital Euro Project
September 28, 2022  |  CBDC

An advisor to the European Central Bank (ECB) is defending the decision to make Amazon one of the five companies to test a digital euro....

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Today in Crypto: California Targets 11 Firms for Alleged Securities Violations; FTX.US President Brett Harrison Steps Down to Advisory Role
Today in Crypto: California Targets 11 Firms for Alleged Securities Violations; FTX.US President Brett Harrison...
September 27, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

In a speech at a conference on finance tokenization, François Villeroy de Galhau, governor of the Banque de France, said the bank is working on...

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EMEA Daily: Mollie Launches Capital Division to Help SMBs Tap Funding
EMEA Daily: Mollie Launches Capital Division to Help SMBs Tap Funding
September 27, 2022  |  emea

Today in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Dutch FinTech Mollie has launched Mollie Capital, which will offer loans  of up to 250,000 euros...

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ECB’s Panetta: Wholesale CBDC Infrastructure Should Evolve to Meet Needs
ECB’s Panetta: Wholesale CBDC Infrastructure Should Evolve to Meet Needs
September 26, 2022  |  CBDC

Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB), has a speech in which he touts the opportunity for central bank...

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CBDC Weekly: Treasury Weighs In; ECB Payments Testers
CBDC Weekly: Treasury Weighs In; ECB Payments Testers
September 19, 2022  |  CBDC

While the Treasury Department report on “The Future of Money and Payments” was as carefully neutral as ever about the need for and desirability of...

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How the Digital Euro Can Help Address Disintermediation, Sovereignty Issues
How the Digital Euro Can Help Address Disintermediation, Sovereignty Issues
August 11, 2022  |  CBDC

In a recent European Central Bank (ECB) working paper, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) were discussed as being a potential “holy grail” for cross-border payments....

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CBDC Weekly: Public Leery of Digital Dollar, IMF Urges Protection for Kenya’s M-Pesa, Indonesia Eyes Wholesale Applications
CBDC Weekly: Public Leery of Digital Dollar, IMF Urges Protection for Kenya’s M-Pesa, Indonesia Eyes...
August 01, 2022  |  CBDC

The public comments on a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC) are running overwhelmingly against a digital dollar, according to a libertarian think tank analyst....

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