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Governments and banks once mocked Bitcoin. Now they want in on it
3 days, 13 hours ago

Governments and banks once mocked Bitcoin. Now they want in on it

Al Jazeera  

After topping $100,000, Bitcoin supporters see the cryptocurrency soaring even higher. Despite once labelling Bitcoin “a scam”, Trump has emerged as arguably the world’s most powerful advocate for the asset. “There’s now this growing feeling that the 21st century will be the century of Bitcoin.” Keiser spotted Bitcoin’s potential early on and advised people to buy it when its value …

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Platform mBridge: Connecting Global Economies Through CBDCs, Aims to Bridge Payment Gaps
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Platform mBridge: Connecting Global Economies Through CBDCs, Aims to Bridge Payment Gaps

China Daily  

Project mBridge is a platform for experimenting with central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) that aims to improve the efficiency and inclusiveness of global monetary and payment systems. The platform focuses on small-value transactions under the current account that have been underserved by banks, aiming at facilitating cross-border trade and investment, especially among Asia's emerging economies.

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Saudi Central Bank joins mBridge for better cross-border payments
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Saudi Central Bank joins mBridge for better cross-border payments

China Daily  

This undated file photo shows an exterior view of the People's Bank of China in Beijing, capital of China. Saudi Arabia has joined mBrideg - a central bank digital currency initiative for international trade - as a full participant, which experts said may set the stage for wider local currency payments for oil trade between China and Saudi Arabia. Aiming …

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The ‘Finternet’ Will Be Here Soon — Are You Ready?
8 months ago

The ‘Finternet’ Will Be Here Soon — Are You Ready?

Live Mint  

-- Finance in the 21st century is still too costly, and clubby. Agustín Carstens, the general manager of the Bank for International Settlements, and Nandan Nilekani, the Indian tech billionaire behind the world’s largest digital identity program, have proposed just such a financial system of the future. A third type may consist of central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, of …

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Former RBI deputy governor flags potential privacy issues for CBDCs
9 months, 1 week ago

Former RBI deputy governor flags potential privacy issues for CBDCs

The Hindu  

India’s Central Bank Digital Currency, known as the Digital Rupee, could entail resistance on civil rights grounds due to transactions being traceable, former Reserve Bank of India deputy governor Rama Subramaniam Gandhi said on Thursday at the Asia Pacific E-Commerce Policy Summit here. Current governor Shaktikanta Das dismissed these concerns, insisting that even though CBDCs would be used for digital …

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Central Bank Digital Currencies Are Redefining Digital Money
10 months, 1 week ago

Central Bank Digital Currencies Are Redefining Digital Money

The Quint  

The Reserve Bank of India, in a forward-looking move, decided to extend the pilot program for the digital rupee. This extension reflects the central bank’s commitment to exploring and harnessing the potential of central bank digital currencies. Private players who dominate the digital payments market have simplified life for the world population with innovations like e-money, online transactions, mobile banking, …

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Beyond OTP: RBI looking for other authentication methods
10 months, 1 week ago

Beyond OTP: RBI looking for other authentication methods

New Indian Express  

Also, the central bank’s strict measures for authentication make it easier for customers who are afraid of being defrauded during an internet use to conduct their businesses without fear. This has played an important role in financial inclusion by enabling customers to make digital payment transactions through service providers such as business correspondents. Mandatory due diligence for AePS service providers …

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US Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says no to CBDCs, here’s why
1 year ago

US Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says no to CBDCs, here’s why

Live Mint  

US Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, in a recent X post, expressed his strong views on Central Bank Digital Currencies, adding that it opens a clear path to social credit scoring. Central bank digital currencies open a clear path to social credit scoring. The presidential candidate has lately been vocal about his plans on stabilising the US Dollar by proposing …

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India's UPI system leading in cross-border payment, says US treasury official
1 year, 2 months ago

India's UPI system leading in cross-border payment, says US treasury official

Firstpost  

India’s Unified Payments Interface system stands out in advancing bilateral links with other countries, including Singapore and the United Arab Emirates, Jay Shambaugh, Under Secretary of US Treasury for International Affairs, said during his speech at Harvard Law School on Wednesday India’s Unified Payments Interface system stands out in advancing bilateral links with other countries, including Singapore and the United …

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G20 nations commit to promote faster, inclusive cross-border payments
1 year, 3 months ago

G20 nations commit to promote faster, inclusive cross-border payments

India Today  

The G20 nations on Saturday resolved to promote faster, cheaper, more transparent and inclusive cross-border payments as envisaged in the G20 Roadmap for Enhancing Cross-border Payments. The New Delhi Leaders' Declaration, adopted by the G20 leaders, also appreciated the successful conclusion of the G20 TechSprint 2023, a joint initiative with the BIS Innovation Hub, which will promote innovative solutions aimed …

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Virtual digital assets regulation in G20 countries: Towards a global governance framework
1 year, 3 months ago

Virtual digital assets regulation in G20 countries: Towards a global governance framework

Hindustan Times  

Statements made by public officials in certain G20 member-States as well commentaries by financial analysts suggest that emerging market economies stand on a different footing from developed counterparts in their regulation of virtual digital assets. This paper examines this notion by presenting a quantitative analysis of the positions taken by G20 member-countries on different facets of virtual digital assets regulation. …

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RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das Urges Fintech Players To Set Up Self Regulatory Organisation At GFF
1 year, 3 months ago

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das Urges Fintech Players To Set Up Self Regulatory Organisation At GFF

ABP News  

Shaktikanta Das, governor of the Reserve Bank of India, on Wednesday urged fintech players to set up a Self Regulatory Organisation at the earliest for an orderly growth of the industry. "Fintech players need to evolve industry best practices, privacy, and data protection norms in sync with the law of the land," he said, adding that they can also set …

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Digital Rupee CBDC RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das Can Prove To Be Game Changer For Cross-Border Payments:
1 year, 3 months ago

Digital Rupee CBDC RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das Can Prove To Be Game Changer For Cross-Border Payments:

ABP News  

In a recent keynote address at the G20 TechSprint Finale, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das drew attention to the challenges surrounding cross-border payments, emphasising the issues of high costs and slow transaction speeds. Das indicated that the central bank digital currency — dubbed Digital Rupee — instant-settlement feature could offer a viable solution to these challenges. Despite advancements …

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Limited Support, Lack Of Understanding Around CBDCs, CFA Survey Finds
1 year, 4 months ago

Limited Support, Lack Of Understanding Around CBDCs, CFA Survey Finds

ABP News  

The CFA Institute, a global association for bankers, investors, and finance professionals, recently conducted an extensive survey on central bank digital currencies, revealing limited support and a lack of understanding surrounding digital currencies like the digital dollar, euro, yen, or pound. While countries like the Bahamas and Nigeria have already introduced CBDCs, approximately 130 other nations, representing 98 per cent …

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Central-bank digital currencies are talked about more than coming to fruition
1 year, 5 months ago

Central-bank digital currencies are talked about more than coming to fruition

Live Mint  

In 1992 the Bank of Finland, the country’s central bank, launched a curious card called Avant. The money stored on an Avant card was backed by the Bank of Finland rather than a commercial bank, which made it, the bank claims, the world’s first central-bank digital currency. Declining cash usage, the rise of cryptocurrencies and Facebook’s possible launch of a …

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Explained | IMF’s view on cryptocurrency in Latin America
1 year, 5 months ago

Explained | IMF’s view on cryptocurrency in Latin America

The Hindu  

The story so far: On June 22, the International Monetary Fund issued a statement on the use of cryptocurrency in the Latin America and Caribbean market, and about the rising interest in blockchain-based central bank digital currencies. — Nayib Bukele November 17, 2022 El Salvador uses a digital wallet known as Chivo to regulate users’ crypto transactions. And as on …

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Huw van Steenis suggests how digital bank runs can be prevented
1 year, 6 months ago

Huw van Steenis suggests how digital bank runs can be prevented

Live Mint  

In his book “The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One” Bill Black argues that the 1980s savings-and-loan crisis in America was exacerbated by three Ds: “deregulation, de-supervision and de facto decriminalisation”. The facility, introduced in 2013 as a temporary policy tool to help control the federal funds rate, may instead have destabilised finance–by easing nervy bank …

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CBDC is the UPI Moment for Fintechs: Rise of CBDC and Death of Crypto - News18
2 years ago

CBDC is the UPI Moment for Fintechs: Rise of CBDC and Death of Crypto - News18

News 18  

The fall of fraudulent and failing crypto exchanges is coinciding with the rise of CBDC across the world. CBDC, when programmed to be part of a smart contract, will reduce these layers of paper contracts and checks thus reducing the cost of trade or transactions both local and international. The promise of lower cost and reducing the global banks hegemony …

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How the RBI's digital currency can help economy
2 years ago

How the RBI's digital currency can help economy

Live Mint  

Readers of a certain age group might remember Ramon Bonus Stamps. What's driving FIIs’ bullish bets on Nifty IIT-K student hits record ₹4 cr placement jackpot Story takes a turn for PVR, Inox Leisure after a flop Q2 How young Indian couples budget for their weddings Imagine different currencies competing for dominance in usage without any sovereign backing. That is …

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Spare a thought for the trilemma of central bank digital currencies
2 years, 1 month ago

Spare a thought for the trilemma of central bank digital currencies

Live Mint  

Central banks around the world continue to contemplate issuing their own digital currencies. Yet another motivation for the stampede to CBDCs is the inchoate belief that financial and even geopolitical primacy will turn on which central banks are quickest to issue one. Ultimately, central banks face a ‘trilemma’ when contemplating CBDC issuance. Central banks can have only two of three …

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Digital Rupee: RBI To Begin First Pilot In Wholesale Segment on Tuesday
2 years, 1 month ago

Digital Rupee: RBI To Begin First Pilot In Wholesale Segment on Tuesday

News 18  

India’s First Central Bank Digital Currency: The Reserve Bank of India on Monday said the first pilot in the digital rupee– wholesale segment will commence on Tuesday. The announcement comes after the central bank earlier this month said that it will soon commence pilot launch of the digital rupee for specific use cases. The RBI also said, “The first pilot …

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Explained | RBI’s concept note on introducing CBDCs
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained | RBI’s concept note on introducing CBDCs

The Hindu  

October 15, 2022 06:13 pm | Updated 06:13 pm IST The story so far: Earlier in October, the Reserve Bank of India floated a concept note enumerating the objectives, choices, benefits and risks of issuing Central Bank Digital Currencies, or e₹ in India. Broadly, other than fostering financial inclusion and reducing operational costs associated with physical cash management, the e₹ …

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How CBDC can help banks and fintech firms to reinvent
2 years, 2 months ago

How CBDC can help banks and fintech firms to reinvent

Live Mint  

In October 2020, the Reserve Bank of India had set up an Internal Working Group to undertake a study on the appropriate design and implementation architecture for introducing a ‘Central Bank Digital Currency’ in India. The promise and perils of flex fuel vehicles Railways might ban Oracle if bribe charge is proved Why this Bengaluru techie shifted 5 homes in …

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Emergence Of Digital Assets In Wealth-Tech Space And Why This Is The Future Of Investment
2 years, 3 months ago

Emergence Of Digital Assets In Wealth-Tech Space And Why This Is The Future Of Investment

ABP News  

The past few years have seen the emergence of digital assets within the global financial markets. Furthermore, to gain more value on their investments, investors and traders are gradually moving from traditional markets to multi-use digital assets. As a result, they must take consistent steps to enter these markets sooner and prioritise digital assets as they would any other wealth-generating …

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