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Innovation in payments: what role do policy and regulation play?

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 09 Apr 2024

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

Blockchain, crypto, tokens, NFTs, stablecoins, digital assets, DeFi, web 3, the metaverse - are they all the same?

Voice of the Industry | Cryptocurrencies | 31 Jan 2023

CRYPTO is the umbrella term for the industry and cryptocurrency is the digital asset native to the public blockchain. In today’s instalment, we aim to distinguish between some forms of digital money.

crypto, blockchain, tokenization, NFT, stablecoin, digital assets, DeFi, Web 3.0, metaverse, cryptocurrency

EU Commission considers ban on large-scale stablecoins

News | Cryptocurrencies | 13 May 2022

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 Facebook stablecoin dream has shut down

News | Cryptocurrencies | 02 Feb 2022

The Diem project, launched by Facebook as Libra in 2019, has shut down following scrutiny from financial regulators.

Diem, Meta, blockchain, stablecoin, crypto

Diem to sell assets to Silvergate Bank for USD 200 mln

News | Cryptocurrencies | 27 Jan 2022

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 launches digital wallet Novi

News | Cryptocurrencies | 22 Oct 2021

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

Interview with Ran Goldi from First Digital on Diem, stablecoins, CBDCs

Interviews | Cryptocurrencies | 28 May 2021

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

Facebook-backed crypto project Diem moves to US, abandoning Swiss licence plans

News | Cryptocurrencies | 13 May 2021

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 untapped potential of digital money in cross-border payments and trading

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 27 Jan 2021

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

Cryptocurrencies rally on in 2020, and 2021 could be even bigger

Voice of the Industry | Cryptocurrencies | 07 Jan 2021

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

Libra Association to rebrand to Diem

News | Cryptocurrencies | 03 Dec 2020

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 Libra to launch in January 2021: CoinDesk Report

News | Cryptocurrencies | 27 Nov 2020

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

Facebook's Libra team conducts research on payment protocol 7x faster than Visa

News | Cryptocurrencies | 11 Nov 2020

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

Libra's imminent launch is in the rumour mill

News | Cryptocurrencies | 30 Oct 2020

Libra, the Facebook-backed project, has reportedly been poised to launch in 2020, gathering a roster of big names from banking as well as enforcement, while scaling back on initial ambitions.

Libra, launch, Facebook, banking, regulated payments, cryptocurrency, HSBC, Credit Suisse, FINMA, Switzerland, stable coins, single currency, multi-currency, payment tokens

ECB should plan digital euro issuance, board member says

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 02 Oct 2020

A board member of the European Central Bank has declared that the bank should prepare to issue a digital euro to complement banknotes, according to Reuters.

ECB, European Central Bank, Europe, digital euro, banknotes, banks, Central banks, digital currencies, electronic payments, private tokens, Bitcoin, Facebook, Libra, electronic money, Commercial Bank, Bluetooth, pre-paid cards, banking system

The American Central Bank Digital Currency plan – quiet, powerful, imminent

Voice of the Industry | Cryptocurrencies | 02 Sep 2020

Douwe Lycklama, Innopay: After years of cash reduction in favour of commercial banks debt money, now central banks can regain some of their position once held in a cash society

Douwe Lycklama, INNOPAY, CBDC, central bank digital currency, programmable money, digital wallet, tokens, decentralised finance, DeFi, US, Central banks

Interview with Cypherium about blockchains and Central Bank Digital Currencies trials

Interviews | Cryptocurrencies | 24 Aug 2020

Blockchain, or ‘distributed ledger’ technology that underpins Bitcoin, has emerged as an object of intense interest in the financial services industry and beyond

financial services, blockchain, central bank digital currency, CBDC, Central banks, Sky Guo, Cypherium, digital currencies, DLT, China

Central Bank Digital Currencies for dummies – a quick guide into CBDCs from the Dutch Central Bank

Interviews | Cryptocurrencies | 24 Jul 2020

Harro Boven, Policy Advisor at the Dutch Central Bank: ‘The introduction of CBDC would involve a structural reform of the monetary system

central bank digital currency, CBDCs, COVID-19, digitalisation, cenytral banks, crypto, cash decline, bank account, financial stability, Harro Boven, DNB

Temasek joins Facebook-backed Libra currency

News | Cryptocurrencies | 15 May 2020

Temasek Holdings, a Singapore-based state investment company, has joined Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency project.

blockchain, artificial intelligence, Facebook Libra, cryptocurrency, Libra Association, Asia

Celo, Facebook Libra's competitor, brings total number of companies supporting to 75

News | Cryptocurrencies | 08 May 2020

Celo, a competing project to Facebook’s Libra project, has added 50% more new members to its alliance, bringing the total number of supporting organisations to 75.

Celo, cryptocurrency, Libra, Facebook, descentralisation, financial inclusion, tokens, monetary system