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Fintech in the Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan & Georgia

The Fintech Times

Armenia is also exploring blockchain and cryptocurrency, with substantial investments in crypto mining and ongoing discussions about developing a central bank digital currency ( CBDC ). Despite these advancements, challenges such as financial inclusion remain. By 2027, analysts expect the figure to nearly double to $2.2billion.

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India’s Rise in Fintech: How Digital Payment Infrastructure is Shaping Economic Growth

The Fintech Times

Digital payment transactions have also surged, growing by 76 per cent in volume and 91 per cent in value by 2022. For instance, the RBI has set up the National Centre for Financial Education and is expanding Centres for Financial Literacy (CFLs) nationwide to promote financial awareness across demographics.

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Fintech in Singapore: 2023 in Review

Fintech News

Efforts were also made to advance digital assets, tokenization and central bank digital currency (CBDC) experimentation with initiatives such as Project Guardian and Project Orchid expanding to include more use cases and moving towards “live” pilots. billion raised during the same period the prior year, the data show.

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SFF 2024 Awards Highlights Fintech Innovation with Updated Categories, New AI Focus

Fintech News

The APIs has not only helped platform partners unlock new revenue opportunities, more importantly, it has allowed ANEXT Bank to engage and enable the ecosystem of partners to accelerate and scale financial inclusion for unserved and underserved MSMEs.

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Why hasn’t the US fully embraced the digital dollar? 

Tearsheet

While many countries worldwide are exploring the potential of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), China continues to expand its e-CNY in the market. China introduced its CBDC to the world at the Olympic Games in February 2022. In the US, the CBDC would be a third form of the US Dollar after paper and coins.

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