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Cross-Border Payments

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Fireblocks
Fireblocks, Zodia Markets Partner to Improve Cross-Border Payments
The two crypto firms are attempting to improve cross-border payments via stablecoins for large corporations and institutions.
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By Lyllah Ledesma
Mar 14, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
Mar 14, 2024
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The IMF is looking at crossborder payments using CBDC (World Bank/Flickr)
Policy
Regulations
IMF Official Presents Blueprint for Cross-Border CBDCs
The organization wants to help cut the cost of cross-border transactions without abandoning compliance checks or capital controls, Tobias Adrian, director of IMF’s monetary an...
The IMF is looking at crossborder payments using CBDC (World Bank/Flickr)
By Jack Schickler
Jun 19, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Jun 19, 2023
RegulationsIMFCross-Border PaymentsCBDCs
Singapore's central bank is among those testing DeFi for foreign exchange markets. (seng chye teo/Getty Images)
Policy
Regulations
France, Switzerland, Singapore to Test DeFi in Forex Markets
The countries' central banks started Project Mariana because they think decentralization could be the future of finance.
Singapore's central bank is among those testing DeFi for foreign exchange markets. (seng chye teo/Getty Images)
By Jack Schickler
Nov 2, 2022 at 9:12 a.m. UTC
Nov 2, 2022
RegulationsBISCBDCCBDCsForeign ExchangeCross-Border PaymentsDeFi
Stablecorp CEO: 'It's Time to Build the Boring Stuff'
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Blockchain
Stablecorp CEO: 'It's Time to Build the Boring Stuff'
Stablecorp aims to reduce cross-border payment friction using bank-grade blockchain technology. CEO Alex McDougall discusses whether TradFi players are interested in working w...
Stablecorp CEO: 'It's Time to Build the Boring Stuff'
By CoinDesk Inc
Oct 14, 2022 at 3:10 p.m. UTC
Oct 14, 2022
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Dutch Central Bank President and Financial Stability Board head Klaas Knot (Horacio Villalobos/Corbis/Getty Images)
Policy
Cross-border payments
Stablecoins’ Role in Cutting International Payment Costs Probed by Payments Watchdog
The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures wants to know if stablecoins can fulfil their promise of cheaper, quicker transactions, according to a new Financial Stabi...
Dutch Central Bank President and Financial Stability Board head Klaas Knot (Horacio Villalobos/Corbis/Getty Images)
By Jack Schickler
Oct 10, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
Oct 10, 2022
Cross-Border PaymentsStablecoinFinancial Stability BoardStablecoinsRegulation
Several central banks successfully piloted a CBDC trial, the Bank for International Settlements said Tuesday. (Twenty47studio/Getty Images)
Policy
Cbdc
Landmark International CBDC Test Deemed Success, BIS Says
Over $22 million in foreign exchange was aided via the pilot involving China, Thailand and Hong Kong, the Bank for international Settlements said
Several central banks successfully piloted a CBDC trial, the Bank for International Settlements said Tuesday. (Twenty47studio/Getty Images)
By Jack Schickler
Sep 27, 2022 at 4:25 p.m. UTC
Sep 27, 2022
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IMF officials want to make cross-border payments easier by using digital currency. (William Potter/Getty Images)
Policy
Regulations
New Global CBDC Platform Could Cut Payment Costs, IMF Says
The International Monetary Fund remains skeptical about a private system, but is pushing for new ideas on state-backed digital currencies.
IMF officials want to make cross-border payments easier by using digital currency. (William Potter/Getty Images)
By Jack Schickler
Sep 1, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 1, 2022
RegulationsIMFBISCBDCCross-Border Payments
CBDCs would be better than bitcoin or stablecoins at speeding up cross-border payments, a European Central Bank study says. (Raimund Linke/Getty Images)
Policy
Regulations
Bitcoin, Stablecoins the Worst Options for Cross-Border Payments, ECB Study Says
A senior central banker said state-backed digital currencies would be quicker and cheaper.
CBDCs would be better than bitcoin or stablecoins at speeding up cross-border payments, a European Central Bank study says. (Raimund Linke/Getty Images)
By Jack Schickler
Aug 2, 2022 at 12:41 p.m. UTC
Aug 2, 2022
RegulationsECBCBDCCross-Border Payments
BIS Study: Regulate Ledgers, Not Individual Crypto Providers
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Dlt
BIS Study: Regulate Ledgers, Not Individual Crypto Providers
According to a working paper produced for the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), using distributed-ledger technology (DLT) to cut the cost of cross-border payments requ...
BIS Study: Regulate Ledgers, Not Individual Crypto Providers
By CoinDesk Staff
May 20, 2022 at 6:29 p.m. UTC
May 20, 2022
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International regulators at BIS want to make cross-border payments cheaper. (Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images)
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Bis
Regulate Ledgers and Not Individual Crypto Providers, BIS Study Says
To make cross-border payments easier, you need to change your whole way of thinking, the authors of the BIS study found.
International regulators at BIS want to make cross-border payments cheaper. (Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images)
By Jack Schickler
May 20, 2022 at 10:59 a.m. UTC
May 20, 2022
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