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(18 August 2023 – Global) Mastercard has put together a central bank digital currency partner program comprised of firms from...
(18 August 2023 – Australia) Commonwealth Bank will launch a new payments service known as Powerboard next month as it looks to...
(17 August 2023 – Asia) The central banks of Singapore and Indonesia are planning to introduce the use of QR codes...
(3 August 2023 – Singapore) OCBC bank has expanded the UnionPay QR-enabled feature of its digital app, eliminating the need for third-party payment...
(29 July 2023 – Singapore) Singapore will eliminate corporate cheques by the end of 2025 but let people use them for “a...
(27 July 2023 – Palau) Western Pacific island state the Republic of Palau has teamed up with Ripple on a government-issued...
(26 July 2023 – China) Hugely popular mobile payments platforms Alipay and WeChat Pay have moved to let people link...
(24 July 2023 – United Kingdom) The government is poised to shelve plans to crack down on Britain’s fast-growing 'buy now...
(21 July 2023 – India) India has ratified an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) allowing the country to...
(21 July 2023 – United States) The highly anticipated US Federal Reserve Board instant payment system, FedNow, launched on July...
