Tag: digital currencies

Conduit, a FinTech company specialising in stablecoin-powered cross-border payments, has raised $36m in a Series A funding round.

Since its launch in 2014, the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) has been a pivotal framework for the automatic exchange of financial account information globally, established by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Zone, an emerging powerhouse in Africa's financial technology landscape, announced a significant milestone in its growth trajectory with the completion of an $8.5m oversubscribed seed funding round.

Bank Indonesia, Indonesia’s central bank, has released a whitepaper that underlines plans for its central bank digital currency (CBDC).

The military junta leading Myanmar has drafted a cybersecurity law that would ban the use of VPNs and digital currencies.

A report by McKinsey has outlined the key challenges financial companies facing from the rise of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) of Bhutan has teamed with cross-border crypto payment firm Ripple to pilot a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the region.

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has revealed it aims to fully launch the e-CNY digital currency by February 2022.

The European Central Bank (ECB) has revealed it is set to begin a two-year long investigation into the possibility of launching a digital euro.

European Central Bank (ECB) executive board member Fabio Panetta has claimed that despite the growth in digital currency, there is still a huge demand for physical cash.