PAYMENT

Payments are about politics

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The ongoing revolution in payments merits everyone’s attention. That’s because it’s not just a question of winners and losers in the battle over payment technology or the societal impact of […]

Facebook scales back global currency plans

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In an updated version of its white paper, released today, the Libra Association says it is scaling back its initial plans for a global payments medium and instead focusing on […]

The users are in charge

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Bitcoin poses a revolutionary challenge to conventional models of financial governance, says a University of Luxembourg researcher. Financial market infrastructures—or ‘FMIs’, for short—are the most heavily regulated part of the […]

#Coronacrisis accelerates state digital currency plans

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Although they haven’t yet reached fruition, plans to issue government-backed digital currencies in the world’s two largest economies appear to be moving forward in the wake of the economic disruption […]

The cross-border payment challenge

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Domestic payments—those within a single currency area—are becoming faster, easier and safer. But the opposite is true when payments go global. There are six deep-rooted reasons for the opacity, high […]

BitGo enters crypto-asset lending market

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Crypto-asset custodian BitGo is launching a new service for institutional clients, enabling them to lend out their bitcoin or obtain cash loans for cryptocurrency collateral, the firm announced today. “BitGo […]

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