MasterCard joins Kraken in accelerating crypto democratisation in Europe
The American payment giant Mastercard has formalized its new association with one of the world's most renowned cryptocurrency platforms, Kraken. ...
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The acquisition of Bridge by Stripe confirmed
The American payment specialist Stripe Most recently confirmed the implementation of its last major strategic operation, taking the form of the a...
Revolut prepares its positioning in the private bank
This is a new step in Revolut's strategy. The British neo-bank has published new job offers on its recruitment page. These offers concern posts d...
India: WhatsApp Pay Opens Doors to 500 Million Users · Global Voices
The lifting of restrictions on WhatsApp Pay marks a turning point in India's digital payments landscape, with implications for competition, finan...
The ECB presents the progress of the digital euro
The ECB has just published its second progress report on the preparation phase of the digital euro. This publication covers the updating of its r...
BIS launches project on tokenization of cross-border payments
The BIS is embarking on a new project with the primary aim of digitizing cross-border payments. Currently supported by several central banks, the...
Swift unveils progress on MNBC integration
Swift, the world's leading provider of secure financial messaging services, has announced the progress of tests to integrate MNBCs into cross-bor...
Payment insight December 2023
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e-CNY payment becomes available offline
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) has added a feature to its yuan digital payment app that allows users to continue making offline payments u...
Turkey uses blockchain to launch digital identity project
Turkey announces the launch of a blockchain-based digital identity application project, shortly after its central bank completed its first CBDC t...
Spanish banks test the digital euro
30 Spanish banks including BBVA, Sabadell, Santander, ING and Deutsche Bank, joined by payment services organisations Iberpay, Bizum and Redsys, ...
South Korea to store ID cards on blockchain
South Korea has a reputation for being a country that is always at the forefront of innovation. It is proving this once again with the announceme...
JCB tests MDBC payment at the point of sale
JCB has announced the launch of a pilot project to enable the use of Japan's central bank digital currency at the point of sale. For this, th...
In brief: Digital yuan to pay on the metro
China is definitely ahead of the game in deploying its MNBC. Its digital yuan (e-CNY) is now accepted as a means of payment to access the public ...
Payment insight August 2021
Payments Insight July 2021 Headlines Crypto – MDBC and crypto are more and more attractive Fintech – A new wave of conso...
Cambodia sets up a payment infrastructure on Blockchain
The National Bank of Cambodia has announced the creation of a blockchain-based MNBC digital currency platform. The infrastructure, dubbed Bakong,...
In brief: The Banque de France increases its pilots on MDBCs
The Banque de France has just announced that it has successfully carried out another central bank digital money (CBDM) experiment. This initia...
Europe: a central bank digital currency is being tested
FACTS The Banque de France, the Swiss National Bank and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) have just joined forces to experiment ...
The Digital Dollar enters an experimental phase
FACTS The Digital Dollar Project has committed to launching "at least" five pilot programs in the next year to test possible frameworks for...
