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CBDC Weekly: EU Says Stablecoin Bill Coming in March, Digital Euro as Soon as 2025
CBDC Weekly: EU Says Stablecoin Bill Coming in March, Digital Euro as Soon as 2025
February 11, 2022  |  CBDC

China’s digital yuan may be the largest central bank digital currency (CBDC), but a digital euro is coming. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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EMEA Daily: UAE Approves New Digital Bank Wio; EU Media Regulators Seek Rules to End Misinformation on Spotify
EMEA Daily: UAE Approves New Digital Bank Wio; EU Media Regulators Seek Rules to End...
February 11, 2022  |  International

In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa news, the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates has approved a new digital banking platform supported...

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eCommerce in Latin America Showing Hypergrowth
eCommerce in Latin America Showing Hypergrowth
February 11, 2022  |  eCommerce

Interest in digital services such as video streaming is on the rise among Latin American consumers as online shopping quickly gains in popularity in the...

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FDIC Study: Banks With Advanced Tech Made More PPP Loans
FDIC Study: Banks With Advanced Tech Made More PPP Loans
February 11, 2022  |  Digital Banking

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COVID-19 Didn’t Cramp Americans’ January Travel Plans
COVID-19 Didn’t Cramp Americans’ January Travel Plans
February 11, 2022  |  Travel Payments

COVID-19’s omicron variant didn’t seem to have made much of an impact on Americans’ winter travel plans. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Neobank Weekly: Help Wanted at Revolut
Neobank Weekly: Help Wanted at Revolut
February 11, 2022  |  Digital Banking

FinTech startup Revolut isn’t wasting any time getting aboard the cryptocurrency train, BlockCrypto.com reported. The London-based company has issued a call for engineers to lead the development...

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Uber CEO: Crypto Payments Are Coming…Someday
Uber CEO: Crypto Payments Are Coming…Someday
February 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Uber Technologies Inc.’s CEO said Friday (Feb. 11) that the company will someday accept Bitcoin as a payment option on its app, but he left...

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Hungary’s Central Bank Backs EU Crypto Ban
Hungary’s Central Bank Backs EU Crypto Ban
February 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The head of Hungary’s central bank says he supports a ban of cryptocurrency mining and trading in the European Union as the digital tokens could...

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MetaCX Launches Metaverse-Based Business Value Network
MetaCX Launches Metaverse-Based Business Value Network
February 11, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Software firm MetaCX has launched the Business Value Network, a metaverse-based platform that lets businesses form “persistent digital connections” with other businesses in their ecosystem,...

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