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…
Amid higher inflation and ensuing economic slowdown, Southeast Asia presents immense opportunities for digital players to capture the consumer and SME…
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,…
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…
The use of cloud technology is gaining traction among financial institutions due to the efficiency, scale and saving that it affords. Regulators however…
Several central banks are in different stages of implementing fiat digital currencies. Beyond domestic and retail applications, national central bank digital…
ASEAN member countries have taken steps to advance cross-border interoperability of standardised quick response (QR) code for payments and introduce…
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…
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…
While the coronavirus crisis has undoubtedly ravaged nations and economies, it offers an opportunity for the world to hit the reset button and redefine…
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