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Pay attention to payments

We should all pay attention to what’s going on in payments, because changes in the technology of money transfers are going to affect all our lives. In the latest New […]

All eyes on the digital euro

The race to develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is often portrayed as one of polar opposites: the Chinese hare against the US tortoise. But we should keep a […]

Diem could slash dollar payment costs

Diem, the Facebook-sponsored digital currency, could be highly disruptive to the US dollar payments infrastructure, say analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML). Earlier this week Diem said it […]

Tether doubles assets since year-end, reaching $45bn

The volume of tethers in issue has doubled since the end of 2020 to over $45bn, despite continuing uncertainty over the largest stablecoin’s asset backing. Tether is a cryptocurrency version […]