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Bitcoin Daily: Chinese Leaders Back Regional Digital Currency Plan

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The think tank’s founding members encompass financiers, policymakers, regulators and technologists in addition to select firms such as Cypherium. The group, which has been releasing detailed central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and cryptocurrency reports as of 2018, is geared toward CBDCs and retail and wholesale payments. .

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Bitcoin Daily: OMFIF Debuts Digital Monetary Institute; Chinese Leaders Back Regional Digital Currency Plan

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The think tank’s founding members encompass financiers, policymakers, regulators and technologists in addition to select firms such as Cypherium. The group, which has been releasing detailed central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and cryptocurrency reports as of 2018, is geared toward CBDCs and retail and wholesale payments. .

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Antitrust Regulator OKs Uber Buy Of Chilean Online Grocer Cornershop

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Uber has been approved by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE), Chile’s antitrust regulator, to acquire the Chilean grocery shopping app Cornershop, according to an FNE statement. Although Chile has now granted permission, Mexico regulators still have not.

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Small Banks Vow To Protect Regulations Keeping Retailers And Tech Giants Off Their Turf

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Small banks do not want to compete with the Amazons and Walmarts of the world when it comes to offering financial services for clients — and as of today, they more or less are protected from having to do so by regulations that prevent banks’ holding companies from branching too far outside of core financial services businesses.

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Uber Cleared To Buy Online Grocer Cornershop

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Uber has been approved by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE), Chile’s antitrust regulator, to acquire the Chilean grocery shopping app Cornershop, according to an FNE statement. Although Chile has now granted permission, Mexico regulators still have not.

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Deep Dive: How The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Shifting Latin America’s Open Banking Plans

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Regulators in Mexico passed a law governing FinTechs in March 2018, just two months after PSD2 went into effect in the European Union, and others in the region have since followed suit. the region. The potential impact of the crisis on open banking’s future in the region is a different story, however.

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EU Bankers Weigh Risks, Rewards of CBDC – and Cash’s Staying Power

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To that end, Bloomberg reported at least some financial regulators from the European Union say there need to be strict controls governing central bank digital currencies in place — and Libra (among other private efforts) may present a threat to financial stability. Central bank digital coins on the Continent – but plenty of room for cash.

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