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China Uses Monetary Policy To Cure China’s Economic, Viral Ills

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Can monetary policy cure the ills of an economic slowdown caused by the Coronavirus ? The mechanics are such that the central bank buys securities from commercial banks through a bidding process – and, as Bloomberg reported , the goal is to keep liquidity at a “sufficient level.”. China may be about to find out.

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Visa Seeks Patent On System To Turn Government Currencies Into Digital Blockchain Versions

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100 for User A in America, 200 pesos for User B in Mexico and so forth) in order to perform transactions in a secure, fast and reliable way.”. A central entity may implement a monetary policy and issue currency. A central entity may maintain exclusive rights to create or destroy currency in a region such as a nation.

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Bipartisan Policy Center Report Urges Small Business Financial Reforms

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A new report by the Bipartisan Policy Center recommended several reforms that would help the U.S. Small businesses are essential job generators, and the major driver of economic growth and vibrancy for all regions of the country.”. Suggestions included that the U.S.

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Demand For Faster Payments Skyrockets

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Treasury’s difficulties getting relief money to individuals, has renewed calls for the government to accelerate its FedNow national real-time payments network, still not expected to be operational until at least 2023. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) disbursement fiasco, coupled with the U.S.

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How TIPS Is Helping ECB Expand Its Real-Time Payments Reach

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Making cross-border payments in the EU therefore requires interconnectivity between the regions’ various real-time payments rails. This marked the first real-time payments regulatory framework in the region that addressed all EU countries. The ECB sees TIPS as more than just another real-time payments solution, however.

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Deep Dive: Why The Pandemic Is Pushing MENA Regulators To Upgrade Open Banking, Privacy Laws

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Consumers and businesses have been moving online in recent years, and regulators from the European Union to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have worked to keep up with this migration. The pandemic has refocused scrutiny on the open banking ecosystem’s privacy and security.

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Will The Pandemic Finally Get Central Banks Interested In Building Digital Currencies?

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As politicians across the globe grapple with the pandemic’s continued economic fallout and the need to get stimulus funds to individuals, corporations and even local governments with speed and security, digital delivery of those dollars is likely to gain increasing traction. As reported in this space last month, the efforts are still nascent.