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Paul Worthington, Head of Regulatory Affairs at Innovate Finance, speaks about the role policy and regulation play when it comes to payment innovation.
stablecoin, central bank, policy, regulators, CBDC, Open Banking, payments
Dr. Michael Salmony, CEO of Payments Innovation Consulting, launches The Paypers' Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) series, exploring the evolution of money from traditional banknotes to digital CBDC.
CBDC, banks, mobile payments, cash, DLT, network tokenisation, financial crime, financial inclusion
PayPal has announced that it will expand its crypto service to Luxembourg, which could pave the way for a wider adoption of the service in the EU.
cryptocurrency, product upgrade, regulation, MiCA
The president of the European Central Bank has called for the regulation and supervision of the crypto sector in the EU in the wake of FTX’s downfall.
regulation, cryptocurrency, MiCA, report
The European Commission has considered curbs on the ability of stablecoins to become widely used in place of fiat currency, according to CoinDesk.
stablecoin, regulation, cryptocurrency, compliance, Issuer
The Diem project, launched by Facebook as Libra in 2019, has shut down following scrutiny from financial regulators.
Diem, Meta, blockchain, stablecoin, crypto
Meta Platforms-led enterprise Diem Association has decided to sell its technology to Silvergate Capital for USD 200 million, according to CoinDesk, citing The Wall Street Journal.
Diem, Diem Association, Facebook, acquisition
Facebook has started to roll out a “small pilot” of its Novi digital wallet in the US and Guatemala, more than two years after it was first announced, according to The Verge.
cryptocurrency, Paxos, stablecoin
Facebook has announced it will launch the Novi digital wallet tied to the Diem blockchain-based payment system, having received the necessary regulatory clearances.
Facebook, Diem, Diem Association, mobile payments, e-wallet
Ran Goldi founder of First Digital delves into one of the hottest topics – Diem, stablecoins, CBDCs
Diem, PSP, merchant, stablecoin, CBDC, cryptocurrency, cross-border ecommerce, digital assets, banks
Digital currency group Diem Association, formally known as Facebook’s Libra project, has announced plans to launch a US dollar stablecoin.
Diem Association, stablecoin, payment processing, blockchain, cross-border payments
The Paypers' Mirela Ciobanu dives deeper into how digital money can affect cross-border payments, and the challenges merchants have to face when trading internationally
The Paypers, digital money, cross-border payments, trading, COVID-19, ecommerce, currencies, supply, payment methods, regulations, global merchants, payment ecosystem, PSP, CBDC, crypto, stablecoin
Jo Ann Barefoot, Alliance for Innovative Regulation, interview, digitisation, fintech, regtech, digital identity, financial inclusion, financial regulation, fair finance, innovation, technology, financial crime
Gonzalo Santamaria and Jens Seidl from Currency Research discuss the potential CBDCs hold to create new opportunities to individuals that had previously declined financial access
Currency Research, Jens Seidl, Gonzalo Santamaria, commercial banks, Central banks, CBDC, financial inclusion, payments , cashless, stablecoins, Bitcoin, cryptocurrency
As crypto is gaining momentum, Marie Tatibouet, CMO at Gate.io, a global digital asset exchange, shares with The Paypers crypto 2020 trends and what’s next in 2021
decentralised trading, trends, cryptocurrency, crypto trends, digital assets, DeFi, Marie Tatibouet, CBDC, Square, PayPal, Bitcoin, Diem
The Paypers releases the Central Bank Digital Currencies for Dummies, an ebook which is a quick reference guide into CBDCs that aims to inform readers about what CBDCs are, the innovation they promise, the implications, and risks they pose.
central bank digital currencies, CBDC, digital dollar, digital euro, Chinese yuan, Facebook Libra, stablecoins, Central banks, commercial banks, fintech, technology providers, monetary policies, Financial systems, COVID-19, payments digitalisation, mobile wallets, smartphones, financial inclusion, customer data, digital identity, data privacy, security
Central Bank Digital Currencies for Beginners is a quick reference guide into CBDCs that aims to inform readers about what CBDCs are, the innovation they promise, and the implications and risks they pose
The Libra Association has announced rebranding plans to distance itself from the original Facebook-led vision rolled out in 2019, according to CoinDesk.
Novi, Facebook, Libra, blockchain, remittances, Diem, Stuart Levey, payments
Facebook’s stablecoin, Libra might get off the ground as early as January 2021, albeit in a more limited format than the original multi-currency basket envisioned, according to CoinDesk.
LibraUSD, LibraEUR, LibraGBP, LibraSGD, Libra, Facebook, stablecoins, regulators
The team behind Facebook’s Libra have done an experimental research into a payments protocol called FastPay that is seven times faster than the Visa system.
Facebook, Libra, permissioned blockchain, payment system, FastPay, Novi, stablecoins