The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) plans to guide local banks towards full adoption of fintech technologies, a new strategy reveals. The region’s central banking
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Hong Kong to Connect Digital Yuan With Domestic Payments System in Cross-Border Trials
Financial authorities in Hong Kong have announced a second phase of trials for mainland China’s digital currency. As part of the upcoming tests, the city
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BoE tackles ‘difficult and pertinent’ questions about digital money
The Bank of England has published a new discussion paper that tries to gauge the systemic implications of both private stablecoins and a central bank
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Kalashnikov Eyes Digital Ruble Settlements as Russia Aims to Replace ‘Dirty Money’
Kalashnikov Group, the Russian firearms manufacturer, is ready to transition to settlements in digital currency. The announcement came from the international economic forum in Saint
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Ghana gearing for central bank digital currency pilot
Ghana is striving to become the first African nation to float a central bank digital currency.
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Indian central bank remains anti-crypto, affirming ‘no change’ in its stance
The Reserve Bank of India’s ban on banks’ dealings with crypto may be defunct but the institution remains apprehensive of — if not outright hostile
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