European Central Bank Executive Board member Benoit Coeure called for strict supervisory principles for digital currencies and stablecoins like Facebook’s Libra, Bloomberg reported on Thursday (Oct. 17)....
Retail sales in the U.S. decreased 0.3 percent September 2019, the first such decline in seven months, according to figures released Wednesday (Oct. 16) by...
Sabine Lautenschläger, Germany’s representative on the European Central Bank’s executive board, has resigned over the institution’s changes to its monetary policy. Get the Full Story...
Libra Association representatives are getting ready to face questioning by 26 central banks over the potential peril the proposed cryptocurrency poses to financial strength, the...
Gloomy economic clouds keep gathering, and the latest example comes from Europe, as retailers and payment services providers shift more of their focus to the...
The European Central Bank (ECB) is hoping to revitalize the eurozone economy with a stimulus package consisting of a lower main deposit rate and a...
In China, the central bank will debut a state-backed cryptocurrency that initially will be issued to seven institutions in that country, Forbes reported this week. Get...
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chair Christine Lagarde said financial supervisors and central banks should be more open to cryptocurrencies, even as they protect consumers, according...