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Most parts of the world and advanced economies such as the United States and European Union are expected to experience a significant slowdown in growth…
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BIS Innovation Hub in its report, Project mBridge: Connecting economies through CBDC, has validated the proposition that CBDCs can substantially increase…
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Amid higher inflation and ensuing economic slowdown, Southeast Asia presents immense opportunities for digital players to capture the consumer and SME…
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The world starts 2022, the third straight year, still in the throes of the COVID pandemic. While economic prospects appear to be gloomier than before,…
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Despite losing over $610 million worth of cryptocurrencies to a cyber hack, touted as the largest of its kind, Poly Network was able to recover all assets…
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The use of cloud technology is gaining traction among financial institutions due to the efficiency, scale and saving that it affords. Regulators however…
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Several central banks are in different stages of implementing fiat digital currencies. Beyond domestic and retail applications, national central bank digital…
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ASEAN member countries have taken steps to advance cross-border interoperability of standardised quick response (QR) code for payments and introduce…
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The World Bank expects growth in emerging markets and developing economies in East Asia and Pacific to rebound to 7.4% in 2021 as the pandemic subsides…
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Until the pullback in early September, the S&P 500 has climbed almost 25% in 2020 outstripping other sectors. This points to an uneven K-shaped recovery…
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While the coronavirus crisis has undoubtedly ravaged nations and economies, it offers an opportunity for the world to hit the reset button and redefine…
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In Asia Pacific, South Korea’s Kakao Bank, Alibaba-backed MyBank and Judo Bank in Australia are the top three digital banks that have raised the most capital