Local currencies can help restore balance in society and it’s time to move away from an economy based on the exploitation of individuals’ personal data. So says Diana Finch, managing […]
The appearance of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin is part of a much bigger trend—the re-emergence of private money as a competitor to state-issued currencies like the dollar, euro, yen or pound. […]
Last year’s high-profile insolvency of German fintech giant Wirecard may be followed by more failures among payment firms and electronic money (e-money) institutions (EMIs), the UK financial markets regulator, the […]
Financial ‘super-app’ Revolut has announced it is applying to become a UK bank. But the fintech firm, which boasts over 12m customers and has a private market valuation of over […]
Many observers argue that the imminent arrival of central bank digital currency (CBDC) could herald the biggest shake-up to the world’s monetary system for nearly a century. But, say the […]
Dan Hyde, a partner at UK-based law firm Harrison Clark Rickerbys, specialises in emerging technology. His beat includes artificial intelligence, robotics, the internet of things, quantum computing, cryptocurrency and distributed […]
The US government is turning to stablecoins—transferable digital tokens backed by fiat currency—as a way of speeding up its notoriously slow domestic payments system. Earlier this week the Office of […]
For its promoters, it overcomes unfair restrictions on access to the world’s banking system. For critics, it’s the engine of a massive, system-wide fraud. All eyes are on tether, the […]
The founder of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange says crypto adoption may stall if consumers can’t find safer, more convenient ways to store their digital money. Outpacing stock exchanges Founded […]
Humans have an innate ability to deceive, both each other and themselves. And nowhere is this skill put to more powerful effect than in the world of money. Financial fraud […]