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Swiss National Bank (SNB) Vice Chairman Martin Schlegel said Friday (Feb. 23) that physical cash will never disappear from use in Switzerland, despite the popularity...
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and three central banks concluded a central bank digital currency (CBDC) project. Project Mariana was developed by three BIS...
The value proposition of real-time payments is undeniable: payments initiated, cleared and completed in just seconds — at any time. In other words, payees get...
Switzerland is set to introduce new rules to tackle money laundering. The regulations — set to be presented to the Swiss parliament next year — would make...
Switzerland’s central bank is reportedly planning to issue a wholesale digital currency. The project will happen on the country’s SIX digital exchange, Swiss National Bank...
Enterprise crypto company Ripple has acquired Swiss digital asset custody provider Metaco for $250 million. The deal, announced Wednesday (May 17), will help Ripple tap into an institutional crypto custody market...
Societe Generale has teamed with payments firm Lemonway to help European companies launch B2B marketplaces. “Large corporates are accelerating their digital transformation, which has become vital for their...
Swiss government-owned bank PostFinance is getting into the cryptocurrency business. The company has joined forces with Swiss digital bank Syngum to offer customers “a range...
European real-time payments have seen historic growth in recent years. In fact, some European countries like the U.K., Sweden and Finland have even gone a...