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Fabio Panetta on central bank digital currencies and digital euro
Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, was recently involved in a panel to discus central bank...
Coinbase and Binance adhere to US sanctions by blocking crypto wallets
Coinbase says it has blocked over 25,000 wallet addresses related to Russian individuals or entities that it believes to be...
80% of US consumers now use digital payments
More than 80% of Americans used some form of digital payments in 2021, continuing a long-standing trend. The findings of...
Riksbank weighs moving forward with e-krone CBDC
The Riksbank is investigating whether it is possible to issue a digital complement to cash, a so-called e-krona. Just like...
Long Read: Are central banks going off the idea of CBDC?
The Federal Reserve recently requested comment on a discussion paper describing the potential benefits and costs of issuing a CBDC....
What will the metaverse mean for digital commerce?
Following the 28 October 2021 announcement that Facebook will be renamed ‘Meta’, the term ‘metaverse’ has truly come out from the...
Digital ID infrastructure is key as payments become transparent
Remote and contactless payments popularity with consumers grew during the pandemic, which is prompting the need for a robust digital...
Digital & Card Payment Yearbooks: Cards – past their peak?
The 2021-2022 Digital and Card Payment Yearbooks from Payments Cards & Mobile suggest payment card use may be starting to...