PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The age of digital currencies might be fully upon us, but key questions swirl about how to issue and regulate cryptos – especially stablecoins. Bitcoin and other offerings have not yet evolved into real alternatives to sovereign monetary activities, but stablecoins present challenges. In a paper that debuted Tuesday (Nov.

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

SC Ventures, the innovation, fintech investment, and ventures arm of Standard Chartered, and Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) successfully completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) on the Universal Digital Payments Network (UDPN). Central Bank Digital Currencies must therefore be able to work together quickly, easily and securely across national borders.

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Fintech News

JANUARY 30, 2024

Other payment trends in Asia preceding 2024 including the rise of B2B buy now pay later (BNPL), growing prominence of central bank digital currency (CBDC), and prevalence of composable, cloud-based ‘as-a-Service’ IT architecture models have helped shape much of what we anticipate for 2024.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Mastercard Leads Central Bank Digital Currency Test. With distributed ledger technology (DLT) an increasingly attractive payment rail alternative, some payments conglomerates operating in the world of traditional rails have expanded in recent years to consider blockchain.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The SBI Group plans to license Sepior ApS ’ wallet technology to use in its own wallet, which will become a part of its digital currency exchange platform, the company said in an announcement. With the company’s Earn product, consumers will be able to get interest on stablecoin holdings. ”

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

As of August 2021, 5 different companies in this category raised funding rounds of at least $300M this year: Paxos, BlockFi, Blockchain.com , Fireblocks , and Ledger. The biggest deal was Ledger’s $380M Series C in June, backed in part by Digital Currency Group — the top blockchain investor by deal count since 2017.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Distributed ledger technology (DLT) — which uses tech like blockchain to verify transactions without the need for a centralized authority — is gaining traction as a way to revamp capital markets infrastructure by making it more streamlined, improving transparency, and reducing associated fees.

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