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Global Regulators Call for Interoperable Stablecoins, CBDCs
Global Regulators Call for Interoperable Stablecoins, CBDCs
July 13, 2022  |  Regulation

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published on Wednesday (July 13) their guidance on the application of...

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Today in TechREG: Global Regulators Calls for Interoperable Stablecoins, CBDC; FCA Urges Banks to Treat SMBs Better
Today in TechREG: Global Regulators Calls for Interoperable Stablecoins, CBDC; FCA Urges Banks to Treat...
July 13, 2022  |  Technology

Today in TechReg news, the Bank for International Settlements and the International Organization of Securities Commissions published recommendations for central banks to make stablecoins more...

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BIS Study Finds Lack of API Standards Is Cross-Border Payments’ Biggest Challenge
BIS Study Finds Lack of API Standards Is Cross-Border Payments’ Biggest Challenge
July 12, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) published on Friday (July 8) a report highlighting the benefits of interlinking arrangements and application programming interfaces (APIs) to...

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Masa Finance Founder Believes Crypto Credit Scores Are DeFi’s Great Equalizer
Masa Finance Founder Believes Crypto Credit Scores Are DeFi’s Great Equalizer
July 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

If you took the collateral out of decentralized lending, you’d have something not only potentially useful, but scalable into the real economy. So said the...

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CBDC Weekly: Report Says CBDCs Can Outdo Crypto; Fed’s Powell Sees Role in Strengthening Dollar
CBDC Weekly: Report Says CBDCs Can Outdo Crypto; Fed’s Powell Sees Role in Strengthening Dollar
June 21, 2022  |  CBDC

The Bank for International Settlement has its “2022 Annual Economic Report” coming out next week and wanted to highlight its opinion of cryptocurrencies, releasing that...

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BIS Recommends Built-In Regulatory Framework for DeFi Blockchains
BIS Recommends Built-In Regulatory Framework for DeFi Blockchains
June 02, 2022  |  Blockchain

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the so-called central banks’ bank, published a report in May assessing how automated supervision could help regulate and supervise...

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BIS: Cross-Border Crypto Payments Need New Regulatory Framework
BIS: Cross-Border Crypto Payments Need New Regulatory Framework
May 20, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

It’s been widely acknowledged that blockchain can dramatically cut the cost, speed and complexity of cross-border payments. But the monumental task of regulating that market...

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Today in TechREG: SEC’s Gensler Asks Congress for Additional Funds; UK Regulator Steps up Efforts Against Authorized Push Payments Scams
Today in TechREG: SEC’s Gensler Asks Congress for Additional Funds; UK Regulator Steps up Efforts...
May 18, 2022  |  Technology

Today in TechREG, the chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) urged Congress to increase the agency’s budget to hire more staff to...

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BIS Committee Chair Questions Crypto Benefits, Calls for Regulation
BIS Committee Chair Questions Crypto Benefits, Calls for Regulation
May 12, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

On Thursday (May 12), Pablo Hernández de Cos, chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and governor of the Bank of Spain, warned that...

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