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Countries

China’s Official Wallet App Launches Offline Payments

The Chinese digital yuan app launched a new feature that allows users to make payments from mobile phones offline.

Countries

Neobank Kompasbank Raises €12 Million

Kompasbank, the youngest bank in Denmark, has attracted new financing for 12 million euros.

News

TikTok ByteDance Launches Payments With J.P. Morgan

J.P. Morgan works with TikTok’s parent company ByteDance on payment technology.

Blockchain & Crypto

Bank of Tanzania Explores Prospects for Implementing CBDC

The Central Bank of Tanzania will make a final decision on the CBDC after completing a study of the practice of using virtual national money.

Blockchain & Crypto

Debates Around CBDCs Continue

Senior adviser at the Bank of England argues CBDCs are not worth the associated costs and risks

Society & Lifestyle

Chinese Exports Suffer Sharpest Fall in 3 Years

Exports of goods from China fell to the lowest level in the last three years due to the coronavirus pandemic.

News

BigCommerce Partners Vyne for A2A Payments

Vyne and BigCommerce partnered to enable e-commerce merchants to improve their sales in a cost-effective way

News

El Salvador Passes Bill To Fund Building ‘Bitcoin City’

El Salvador’s National Bitcoin Office (NBO) has announced the passing of the Digital Assets Issuance bill. Passed by the El Salvador Congress on January 11, with 62 members voting for and 16 against, the bill will become law once signed by President Nayib Bukele.

News

Emerging Market Governments Raise $40 Billion in Bonds in January

Since the beginning of 2023, governments of emerging markets have raised more than $40 billion in international bond markets.

Science & Technology

Businesses Adopting Blockchain Despite Crypto Turbulence

A recent survey revealed that nearly 90% of businesses deploy blockchain technology in some capacity and plan to invest in blockchain in 2023

News

Crypto.com Cuts Global Workforce 20%

Digital Asset Exchange Company Crypto.com announced its intention to reduce the part of employees.

News

JPMorgan Chase Sues Founder of Online Portal It Acquired

JPMorgan Chase announced the start of legal proceedings with the founder of the online financial planning college platform.

News

ATM Withdrawals Up First in Decade

Nationwide Building Society has recorded ATM withdrawals climb for the first time in 13 years as UK citizens try to minimize their spending by budgeting with cash

News

ClearScore Launches B2B Unit

The credit scoring service and the ClearScore marketplace launched a business-to-business division.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Fidelity Buys Shoobx

Fidelity Investments acquired Shoobx, a provider of automated money management operations and software for financing private companies.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Axis Bank Partners OPEN for Fully Digital Current Business Account

One of the largest private sector banks in India – Axis Bank – partnered with the digital banking enterprise, OPEN, to provide a fully native digital current account for its business customers

Finance & Economics