August 31, 2023 Swift says blockchain integration ‘more plausible’ than unifying CBDCs Swift claims that interlinking existing systems with blockchains… More...
August 31, 2023 Swift, Chainlink Tokenization Experiment Successfully Transfers Value Across Multiple Blockchains Swift and Chainlink announced in June they were collaborating with… More...
August 15, 2023 Russian Ruble Plunges to 16-Month Low vs the US Dollar — Experts Cite Oil Price Cap The Russian currency’s exchange rate versus the U.S. dollar… More...
August 15, 2023 Mbridge Project Has Observers Worried About Advances of the Digital Yuan The Mbridge project, a central bank digital currency (CBDC) international… More...
July 31, 2023 Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki: ‘We Need a New Financial Architecture Not Controlled by the Dollar or the Euro’ Isaias Afwerki, president of Eritrea, reinforced the need for building… More...
July 7, 2023 Bank Of America Praises Ripple For Impact On Cross-Border Payments In a recent report by Bank of America titled “Breaking New Ground:… More...
June 30, 2023 Is Fednow the First Step Towards a Central Bank Digital Currency? Speculations Rise Ahead of Launch In recent days, there has been a buzz surrounding the upcoming debut… More...
June 29, 2023 Six Clovers rolls out Versal Network for cross-border payments Fintech firm Six Clovers has introduced the Versal Network, a platform… More...
June 13, 2023 Unfazed by SEC tumult, top banks work to make blockchains interoperable Swift, the interbank payments network, has enlisted a dozen world-class… More...
June 6, 2023 SWIFT and Chainlink collaborate for banking blockchain integration SWIFT, the global financial messaging service, is partnering with… More...
June 6, 2023 Swift Using Chainlink (LINK) in New Experiment With Citi, BNY Mellon, BNP Paribas and Others Payments giant Swift is teaming up with Chainlink (LINK) and several… More...
June 6, 2023 Swift and Chainlink Will Test Connecting Over a Dozen Financial Institutions to Blockchain Networks In a new set of experiments Swift will collaborate with major financial… More...
May 23, 2023 Russian banks face prolonged SWIFT disconnection In an unfolding scenario that further isolates Russia from the global… More...
May 23, 2023 EU Spokesperson: Russian Banks Will Not Be Reconnected to SWIFT Anytime Soon The European Union (EU) has no intention of allowing Russian banks… More...
May 22, 2023 Russia is working on something that will replace SWIFT The geopolitical landscape is evolving as Russia endeavors to develop… More...
May 22, 2023 Russia ‘Actively’ Working on SWIFT Alternatives, Foreign Ministry Official Says The Russian Federation is collaborating with partners to link payment… More...
May 2, 2023 India, Russia Mull Payment System Integration in Face of US Sanctions The governments of India and Russia are considering integrating … More...
April 27, 2023 Chinese Yuan Overtakes US Dollar as Most Used Currency to Settle Cross-Border Payments in China The Chinese yuan is now China’s most used currency for cross-border… More...
April 24, 2023 Latam Insights: Argentine Peso Plunges, Venezuela and Russia to Develop SWIFT Alternative, Bitcoin Mining Still Paused in Venezuela Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of the most relevant crypto… More...
April 21, 2023 DCMA launches crypto-based CBDC called unicoin The Digital Currency Monetary Authority (DCMA) has announced the… More...
March 22, 2023 Putin, Xi Vow to Use Yuan as Russia and China Move to Settlements in National Currencies As part of the talks that Russian president Vladimir Putin and Chinese… More...
March 20, 2023 Blockchain to Become More Relevant in Payments This Year, Sberbank Exec Says Blockchain technology can help solve current issues with settlements,… More...
March 15, 2023 Blockchain is the answer to Russia’s settlement issues, banking exec says There is no technical reason preventing Russia from creating its … More...
March 13, 2023 Binance to lose its GBP on-and-off ramp provider in 9 weeks Binance has also had problems with SWIFT, its banking partner for … More...
March 9, 2023 SWIFT’s CBDC pilot test shows promising results for cross-border payment On March 9, SWIFT, the global interbank messaging platform, released… More...
March 9, 2023 SWIFT moves to next phase of CBDC testing after positive results According to SWIFT, 24% of central banks will introduce a CBDC within… More...