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Ukraine Economy Beats Expectations During Wartime
Ukraine Economy Beats Expectations During Wartime
December 27, 2022  |  Europe

The Ukraine economy is beating expectations nearly a year into the war. The country’s economic growth is expected to level off or even grow as...

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Ukraine Awards Peace Prize to Incoming Visa CEO
Ukraine Awards Peace Prize to Incoming Visa CEO
November 30, 2022  |  VISA

Ukraine has awarded its Peace Prize to Visa president and future CEO Ryan McInerney. “Visa is one of the first companies [that] suspended operations in...

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Ukraine’s Central Bank Details CBDC Project
Ukraine’s Central Bank Details CBDC Project
November 29, 2022  |  CBDC

Ukraine’s central bank is considering a central bank digital currency to let users trade cryptocurrency. According to a Monday (Nov. 28) news release from the...

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Russian Central Bank Eyes Digital Asset Rules
Russian Central Bank Eyes Digital Asset Rules
November 08, 2022  |  Regulation

Russia’s central bank is reportedly considering new regulations and rules for taxing non-fungible tokens (NFTs), smart contracts and trading digital assets.  The Bank of Russia...

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JPMorgan, Citi and Others Keep Russia Ties Open at US Request
JPMorgan, Citi and Others Keep Russia Ties Open at US Request
November 07, 2022  |  Banking

Aiming to keep money flowing in the global economy even as it enforces sanctions against some Russian targets, the United States federal government has reportedly...

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IMF Warns Global Growth Weighed Down by Economic Trifecta 
IMF Warns Global Growth Weighed Down by Economic Trifecta 
October 11, 2022  |  Economy

An economic trifecta of runaway inflation, Russia’s war on Ukraine and pandemic after-effects lingering from China are leading to gloomy projections of slow global growth...

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Payoneer: Ukrainian SMBs Roll Out the Global Welcome Mat
Payoneer: Ukrainian SMBs Roll Out the Global Welcome Mat
October 07, 2022  |  SMBs

Companies of all sizes in Ukraine are still going strong and eager to expand global operations as they continue to remain resilient and build out...

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Report: Uzbek Firm Says Tech Issues Halted Processing Russian Mir Cards
Report: Uzbek Firm Says Tech Issues Halted Processing Russian Mir Cards
September 23, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Uzbekistan’s inter-bank processing center UZCARD has reportedly paused its processing of payments via the Bank of Russia’s National Card Payment System (NSPK)-issued Mir payment cards. ...

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Sanctions-Busting Russian Stablecoin Would Test US Regulations
Sanctions-Busting Russian Stablecoin Would Test US Regulations
September 07, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Get ready to see the stablecoin regulation wars heat up. Tuesday (Sept. 6), Russia’s official government news agency, Tass, reported that the government was turning...

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