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Mastercard Outlines Plans for Cryptocurrencies, Stablecoins, Central Bank Digital Currencies
2.8.2021
Mastercard’s CEO has outlined the company’s plans to develop products and services around cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). “We want to be playing a role across all of them … It’s obviously a vibrant space around digital...
Nigerian Crypto Exchange Boss: CBN Directive Led Shift of Trades From Centralized Exchanges to Black Market Exchanges
1.8.2021
It has been more than six months since the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directed banks to stop serving customers from the cryptocurrency industry. While the measure appears to have succeeded in removing crypto entities from the banking ecosystem, the policy has however led to the growth...
Central Bank Governor: South Africa’s Digital Currency Study Ongoing
31.7.2021
South African Reserve Bank (SARB) governor, Lesetja Kganyago, has once again confirmed that the central bank is presently studying the feasibility of issuing a digital currency. In his remarks at the SARB’s annual general meeting, governor Kganyago suggested his organization has embarked...
A trade war misstep? China is vacating crypto battlefield to US banks
30.7.2021
Why is China forsaking cryptocurrencies at the same time that legacy U.S. banks, long wary of crypto, appear to be discovering its virtues?
State Street to launch crypto services for private funds clients
30.7.2021
After leading Lukka’s Series C funding round in late 2020, State Street partners with the firm to offer new digital asset services
Ghana Vice President Praises Central Bank’s CBDC Initiative, Says Digital Currencies Can Boost Intra-African Trade
30.7.2021
The Ghanaian Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia, has implored African governments to start exploring digital currencies as such alternatives have the potential to enhance intra-African trade. In addition, such digital currencies allow African countries to carry out all cross-border payments smoothly...
Anchorage Digital will custody crypto seized by US Marshals
29.7.2021
Co-founders Diogo Mónica and Nathan McCauley cited the Anchorage's "stringent processes and procedures" as likely factors in the decision from the federal agency
Digital currency may be an answer to help the unbanked, Sen. Warren says
28.7.2021
Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren appeared to have softened her stance on the crypto industry in recent remarks
Digital Euro to Handle ‘Almost Unlimited’ Payments, Estonian Central Bank Says After Test
28.7.2021
A blockchain-based digital euro would be highly scalable allowing it to process an almost unlimited number of payments, the central bank of Estonia has concluded following a recent experiment. Central banks from several euro area countries and the ECB participated in the test, which also professed...
Banks in Kazakhstan to Open Accounts for Registered Crypto Exchanges
27.7.2021
Companies providing trading services for digital assets will be able to open accounts with banks in Kazakhstan, local media reported, quoting the country’s crypto industry association. The service should allow Kazakhs to legally invest in cryptocurrencies and cash out their profits. Crypto...
Kazakhstan to reportedly allow banks to process crypto purchases
27.7.2021
A new project in Kazakhstan aims to enable local crypto businesses to provide crypto investment services legally
81 Countries Are Now Exploring Central Bank Digital Currencies — 5 CBDCs Fully Launched
25.7.2021
Eighty-one countries are now exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), according to a new tracker. This number is 46 more countries than the number in May last year. In addition, five countries have fully launched their own digital currencies. 81 Central Banks Explore Launching Own Digital...
Irish Banks Hail EU’s ‘Radical’ Anti-Money Laundering Push
25.7.2021
Banks in Ireland have welcomed an upcoming reform of the European Union’s anti-money laundering regulations that will affect the crypto space. The Irish banking industry organization voiced support for the changes aimed at disrupting illicit transactions at the union level while calling them...
After Barclays and Santander, UK Bank Natwest Blocks Payments to Binance
24.7.2021
A major high street bank in the U.K., Natwest, has blocked payments to crypto exchange Binance. Natwest’s decision came after two other major British banks — Barclays and Santander — made a similar move to block fund transfers to Binance. The banks acted in response to a warning...
DeFi industry draws in commercial banks? Siam bets with $110M fund
24.7.2021
Thailand’s oldest bank sees blockchain and DeFi as the future of global finance and is seeking to invest in the emerging digital landscape
French Central Bank Conducts Fifth Experiment on Tunisia CBDC
23.7.2021
The French central bank, Banque de France (BOF), recently carried out its fifth experiment on the Central Bank of Tunisia (CBT)’s central bank digital currency (CBDC). According to a statement from BOF, the latest experiment is part of the banks’ joint effort to create conditions that...
Reserve Bank of India mulls first steps toward an eventual CBDC
22.7.2021
RBI is looking for ways to test a CBDC while causing little to no disruption for the bank’s status quo
BNY Mellon joins State Street to service new crypto exchange
21.7.2021
Traditional financial institutions like State Street and BNY Mellon continue to get involved in the fast evolving cryptocurrency space
Mastercard Enhancing Program for Cryptocurrency Wallets and Exchanges
21.7.2021
Payments giant Mastercard has announced that its crypto card program is being enhanced for cryptocurrency wallets and exchanges. The company said, “Making the process simpler will allow more banks and crypto partners the opportunity to offer their consumers the choice of paying with...
Mastercard’s latest partnership to help banks distribute crypto cards
20.7.2021
The partnership is aimed towards simplifying cryptocurrency-to-fiat conversions within Mastercard's existing payment network