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Covid-19 Forces Indians to Embrace Digital Payments but Country Still Lacks Crypto Regulation
13.7.2020
The global pandemic Covid-19 is forcing Indians to resort to digital payment platforms when settling bills as well as paying for groceries. Before the Covid-19 outbreak, Indian citizens largely ignored a 2016 government decree that attempted to achieve the same, reports The Economic Times of India....
G20 Lays Regulatory Groundwork for Accepting Digital Payments
13.7.2020
G20 officials announced on July 11 that they would begin laying the regulatory groundwork for the group to accept digital payments
American Gaming Association Urges Policy Change On Digital Payments
17.6.2020
The American Gaming Association laid out a proposal of new guidelines for gambling payments
Japan’s Biggest Banks Are Talking About Building a Digital Payments System
4.6.2020
The banks will be joined by representatives from big business and the government to lay out how to create shared digital payments system
Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange Leads National Digital Payments Study
4.6.2020
Crypto exchange DeCurret is leading Japan’s three megabanks in a study group to look into developing a national digital settlement infrastructure
Deutsche Bank Envisions Post Covid-19 Economy Accelerating Digital Payments
8.4.2020
Since the covid-19 outbreak wreaked havoc across the world’s economies, the global multinational investment bank Deutsche Bank has been encouraging the use of digital currencies. The firm’s Twitter account and macro strategist Marion Laboure have been tweeting regularly about...
BIS Researchers Say Coronavirus Could Spur Central Banks to Adopt Digital Payments
3.4.2020
BIS researchers think COVID-19 may accelerate the adoption of digital payments and sharpen the debate over central bank digital currencies
Santander Hires Former Apple Pay Exec to Lead P2P Payments
13.2.2020
The new hire formerly helped lead the launches of both Apple Card and Apple Pay
The National Bank of Cambodia Will Launch a Digital Payments Network This Quarter
31.1.2020
Leading the way for a practical CBDC is — Cambodia
Deutsche Bank Report: Digital Yuan Could Upset Global Power Balance, Plastic Will Die, Cash Survive
29.1.2020
A new report from Deutsche Bank Research, Digital Currencies: the Ultimate Hard Power Tool, predicts that cash payments will remain for decades, but the emergence of digital payments “will lead to the death of the plastic card.” The report, which is the third installment in a series...
China Announces New Regulatory Authority to Certify Digital Payments, Blockchain Products
29.10.2019
China’s central bank will certify a list of fintech products that are widely used for digital payment and blockchain services with its verification system
Facebook-owned WhatsApp Looks to Launch Digital Payments in Indonesia
21.8.2019
WhatsApp is reportedly looking to partner with local firms to launch digital payments in Indonesia
Japan’s LINE Pay and Visa Partner on New Blockchain, Digital Payments Solutions
6.6.2019
LINE Pay Corp., the operator of fintech services on major Japanese messaging app LINE, is partnering with Visa on new blockchain and digital payments solutions
How to Check Median BTC and BCH Transaction Fees
20.5.2019
Transaction fees are the cost that cryptocurrency users have to bear in order to keep the system going. Fees can vary significantly between networks and it is important to be able to check this before you decide which cryptocurrency to use for making your digital payments. Also Read: Bitcoin Cash...
Can Bitcoin Win the Digital Payments ‘Gauge War’?
16.5.2019
Bitcoin could learn a lesson from the railways, says Simon Johnson: For the customer, it’s just about getting from A to B fastest and cheapest