Japan may launch digital yen to counter China
The digital currency could go online in two to three years...
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Vodafone becomes eighth member to quit Libra Association
Last year, eBay Visa, Mastercard, Mercado Pago, Stripe, Booking Holdings and PayPal left the association...
Should Google and Facebook be venturing into banking?
A never-ending quest for more data and control over customers is forcing Google and Facebook to make a banking play – what could go wrong?...
Banks can navel-gaze at Silicon Valley—but won’t find answers to their tech problems
Investment bankers are seeking technology to troubleshoot real-time trading errors, like their counterparts. What do tech behemoths have to say?...
Google eyes a new $1 trillion payments market in India
The banks grant quick, pre-approved loans to customers “right within Google Pay in a matter of seconds"...
White house investigating Google after Trump accuses it of bias
US President Donald Trump has accused Google’s search engine of promoting negative news articles and unfair coverage of him...
Europe preparing tough legislation on major social media platforms
New laws will punish social media companies if they don’t remove terrorism-related content within an hour of it being flagged...
Facebook to make its first serious move towards monetising WhatsApp
Advertisements will link the social media giants’ users to Whatsapp...
Facebook removes 32 accounts after finding ‘sophisticated’ efforts to disrupt US politics
The company stated in a blog post that it removed the accounts from Facebook and Instagram, after finding them involved in "coordinated" political behavior...
Why security can be the game changer for Europe’s retail banks
With PSD2 and GDPR coming into play, Europe’s retail banking sector faces interesting times. VASCO security expert Frederik Mennes believes the future of banking can be redefined with technology and advanced security protocols...