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DBS Tests Blockchain-Based Government Grant Disbursements

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This initiative aims to streamline government disbursements to businesses, enhancing governance and efficiency while offering a better user experience. It also provides businesses faster access to government cash payouts.

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Thai Government Adjusts Digital Wallet Handout Plan to Include Cash Payments

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Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra announced that a portion of the government’s 450 billion baht (US$13.1 The government has delayed the programme due to funding concerns but insists it will adhere to fiscal discipline when implemented in the final quarter of the year.

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Feds crack down on improper payments

Payments Dive

A federal government report released this week takes aim at the problem of fraudulent public benefit payments, which mushroomed to $281 billion for fiscal year 2021.

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FedNow to launch by mid-2023, Fed official says

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The federal government’s new real-time payments system should be ready for use by the middle of next year, Fed Governor Michelle Bowman said in a speech this week.

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How Trump’s administration may rework payments policies

Payments Dive

The president-elect and his new administration will have the opportunity to revamp federal government approaches for everything from earned wage access to digital currencies to open banking.

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BIS advances oversight structure for broader faster payments ecosystem

Payments Dive

In the interest of faster, cheaper and more transparent cross-border payments, the Bank of International Settlements last week produced an interim report aimed at developing a governance structure for an interlinked faster payments system.

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Private plaintiffs follow DOJ’s Apple antitrust case

Payments Dive

The follow-on class actions are substantively similar to the federal government’s case, making them dependent on the agency’s lead in breaking the company’s smartphone stranglehold.