Russia’s central bank, the Bank of Russia, has called for a ban on cryptocurrency, including the issuance, trading, investment in and mining of these digital assets. In a 37-page consultation […]
For anyone working in the financial markets of G20 countries, ‘compliance’ means adherence to a set of laws and regulations governing who can have access to the financial system. Compliance […]
A three-decade global push to tighten anti-money-laundering (AML) rules appears to be running out of road. That’s one conclusion to be drawn from the latest Bank for International Settlements (BIS) […]
In our latest podcast, Neil Walsh, the Vienna-based head of the Cybercrime, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Financing of Terrorism (CFT) Department at the United Nations, gives an exclusive interview to […]
Our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast is Andreas Antonopoulos, a computer scientist, author and public speaker. He made a flying visit to London last week and New […]
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has been described as ‘the world’s most exclusive club’. Its bimonthly policy meetings, held in Basel, Switzerland, bring together the heads of all the […]
Money in the traditional financial system is highly segmented, depending on its form and user. Can new digital currencies avoid going down the same road? Coins and banknotes, deposits at […]
Like a current, money flows, it circulates, it’s liquid. In fact, English law regards currency as one of the key attributes of money. But should new, virtual forms of money […]
European policymakers have created an unfair playing field through open banking reforms, says Simon Lelieveldt, whose background gives him a unique perspective on payments regulation. Lelieveldt has worked in the […]
As developments in computer science promise huge advances in processing power, some cryptocurrency designers are aiming to ensure their digital moneys’ underlying code does not become obsolete. Cryptocurrencies—and all the […]