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Some major central banks, including that of Britain, Japan, and Sweden, have reportedly come together on cooperation towards cryptocurrencies. The organizations will share their experience in a dedicated group.Major Banks Come Together To Work On CryptocurrenciesMajor central banks are stepping up on the matter of cryptocurrencies. According to a Reuters report, the banks of Britain, the Eurozone, Japan, Sweden, and Switzerland, will be entering a dedicated group to discuss potential cases...

SEBA, the Swiss start-up bank selling cryptocurrency services to clients, is planning to initiate its second-stage fundraising. Less than two years after the first one that raised 100m Swiss francs ($103 M), the bank will seek the same amount to expand its services and develop additional products.Seba Bank To Raise 100MLast year, the Swiss Financial Market Authority (FINMA) granted SEBA with a banking license to operate as a financial services provider that focuses mainly on digital assets....

The situation in Lebanon just got intense as the Western Asian country is currently facing what appears to be its worst economic crisis since the end of its civil war in 1990.Reports from international news media, France 24, today revealed that angry protesters launched a night-time attack on several banks in the Beirut, the capital city and commercial hub of Lebanon, after a brief lull in the past weeks.The demonstrators were fiercer in their renewed rallies as they attacked the district of...

Blockchain has been a buzzword for some time, evoking a sense of mystery and magic for tech enthusiasts – or just plain confusion for the average Joe.Despite the hype, it’s also received a fair amount of criticism – largely from those in the mainstream financial world who, due to their skepticism of cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin, have gone to bash its underlying technology.Blockchain technology has also received flak from those who say it is too complicated to implement. And then there are...

While several countries and entities are starting to consider launching their own central bank digital currencies (CBDC), Australia might be on the opposite side. The nation’s Reserve bank seems to think that there’s no current need for such a product among customers, as the payment system now is stable enough.No CBDC in AustraliaThe Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has been exploring the potential need of a “digital Australian dollar,” but it has concluded that there’s currently no need for...

Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) wants to develop a mobile application that runs on Ripple. The 112-year-old bank has around 16 million customers and they want to deliver “happiness and smiles” to their customers. Not really sure how a banking app can cause smiling and happiness, but SCB’s SVP of Commercial Banking, Arthit Sriumporn believes that it can be achieved by partnering with Ripple.Alright, putting jokes aside, let’s look at the results of a recent survey by PwC. They have found out that...

The European Central Bank is considering the launch of its own CBDC, according to the bank’s President – Christine Lagarde. She indicates in a recent interview that they need to adjust to this changing world and that the bank will not interfere with any private companies in coming up with a similar digital form of payment.ECB’s Plans For Its Own CBDCThe President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, recently had an interview where she spoke about numerous financial topics,...

The Bank of Korea (BOK) is taking another important step towards adopting the trend for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The bank will reportedly organize a dedicated task force to build on top of the existing CBDC research and to improve it further.Bank Of Korea’s CBDC Task ForceA local report from today shows BOK’s intentions for developing more CBDC-orientated research groups. As included in the bank’s “Monetary Policy for 2020,” the research will target innovations, such as...

State-backed stablecoins appear to be on the rise in the last several months, and Russia is taking the next step into launching its own. The country’s central bank has reportedly started testing digital currencies backed by real assets in a regulatory sandbox.Russia Tests Digital AssetsThe head of the Central Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, recently spoke about the bank’s plans and actions towards digital assets. She indicates that they have started testing a digital currency in a...

Cryptocurrency anarchists want to drag the cash to the Internet by saving the user’s ability to transact anonymously. The anarchists use cryptography for such purpose. Contrary to that, the governments and banks want all the payments to be traceable. This is what happens when people use bank cards, deposits, personal accounts, etc.From what we’ve seen in the mainstream financial media in recent months, global players like the European Central Bank, the People’s Bank of China, want to invent...