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Fintechs Worried as Barclays is Set to Take Over Tech Nation’s Government Grant
Sifted | Amy O’Brien | Sep 27, 2022 The new UK government has certainly spooked investors with its economic plans — but now it’s spooked
FI: Impact and Sustainability Resources for Startups
FI | Aug 29, 2022 Social impact and environmental sustainability are now having measurable effects on almost every industry worldwide, and as a consequence, represent
MAS Publishes Financial Services Transformation Map to 2025
MAS | Release | Sep 15, 2022 Singapore, 15 September 2022… Mr Lawrence Wong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minster for Finance, and Monetary Authority of
Startup Day (Oct 20, 2022): Join Canada’s leading entrepreneurs and innovators
TCS | Sep 20, 2022 Join Canada’s leading entrepreneurs and innovators at Startup Day Canadian entrepreneurs, startups, and small and medium‑sized enterprises (SMEs) interested in expanding to new countries
White House Releases Policy Objectives of a U.S. CBDC Digital Dollar
Kitco | Jordan Finneseth | Sep 16, 2022 A digital dollar would allow Americans to directly open up an account at the Fed In recent
U.S. Treasury Department Releases Reports on Digital Assets and the Future of Money and Payments
U.S. Department of the Treasury | Sep 16, 2022 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Treasury today published three reports pursuant to Sections 4,
MAS Publishes Financial Services Transformation Map to 2025
MAS | Release | Sep 15, 2022 Singapore, 15 September 2022… Mr Lawrence Wong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minster for Finance, and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Deputy Chairman, launched the Financial Services Industry Transformation Map (ITM) 2025 today. The ITM
Startup Day (Oct 20, 2022): Join Canada’s leading entrepreneurs and innovators
TCS | Sep 20, 2022 Join Canada’s leading entrepreneurs and innovators at Startup Day Canadian entrepreneurs, startups, and small and medium‑sized enterprises (SMEs) interested in expanding to new countries around the world are invited to attend Startup Day, which will gather entrepreneurs, innovators, industry executives, and
White House Releases Policy Objectives of a U.S. CBDC Digital Dollar
Kitco | Jordan Finneseth | Sep 16, 2022 A digital dollar would allow Americans to directly open up an account at the Fed In recent months as more than 100 governments from around the world are in various stages of
U.S. Treasury Department Releases Reports on Digital Assets and the Future of Money and Payments
U.S. Department of the Treasury | Sep 16, 2022 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Treasury today published three reports pursuant to Sections 4, 5 and 7 of President Joe Biden’s Executive Order 14067 on “Ensuring Responsible Development of
Norway’s CBDC Sandbox now on Github and Based on Ethereum
The Crypto Times | Vismaya V | Sep 12, 2022 The Norwegian central bank has launched the open source code for the nation’s CBDC sandbox now accessible on GitHub. Norway’s central bank, The Norges Bank, stated that Norway’s central bank digital
Bank of Russia: Cross-border Crypto Payments to be Allowed Soon
Cointelegraph | Helen Partz | Sep 5, 2022 Historically opposed to the idea of using crypto as a payment method, the Bank of Russia has reportedly agreed to allow cross-border payments in crypto due to geopolitical changes. The Russian central
4 Indian State Banks and Fintechs Launching CBDC Pilot (ahead of potential rollout this year)
Money Control | Piyush Shukla | Sep 5, 2022 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is holding consultations with a clutch of fintech companies and is said to have asked four public sector banks to run a pilot Central Bank Digital
JioMart: First End-to-End Chat Shopping Experience on WhatsApp (in India)
Meta Newsroom | Aug 29, 2022 JioMart on WhatsApp will enable people in India, including those who have never shopped online before, to seamlessly browse through JioMart’s entire grocery catalog. Shoppers can add items to their cart and make a
Singapore’s MAS Considers Further Restrictions on Crypto
Cointelegraph | Turner Wright | Jul 4, 2022 The Monetary Authority of Singapore, or MAS, has been “carefully considering” adding restrictions that could affect how retail investors handle crypto, according to one of the government’s senior ministers. According to parliamentary
FCA Innovation Hub Market Insights (2014 – Jul 2022)
FCA | Aug 23, 2022 This page shows our most up to date data on the firms supported by our Regulatory Sandbox and Innovation Pathways service including sectors, technologies, areas of innovation and locations. See: FCA calls for input on
UK CMA: Open Banking Implementation Roadmap – Update
Herbert Smith Freehills | Aug 18, 2022 The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a letter to the Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) in response to a letter from the OBIE providing its latest status update on items in
Lloyd’s Tells Insurers to Stop Covering Standard State-backed Cyber Insurance Policies
City A.M. | Louis Goss | Aug 18, 2022 Lloyd’s of London has said its insurers will be required to stop covering state-backed cyberattacks in their standard cyber insurance policies. The centuries-old insurance marketplace told its underwriters to make exclusions
Heavy Gift Tax to Apply to Crypto Airdrops in South Korea
CoinGape | Bhushan Akolkar | Aug 22, 2022 As per the latest reports, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance is looking to introduce a new gift tax on airdrops for crypto assets. Earlier today, August 22, the ministry was responding
Why Is Startup Mental Health is So Bad?
Sifted | Kai Nicol-Schwarz | Aug 17, 2022 87% of startup employees said that working at a startup had negatively impacted their mental health at some point, a Sifted survey of 133 readers from across Europe found. Burnout and lack
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Lloyd’s Tells Insurers to Stop Covering Standard State-backed Cyber Insurance Policies
