Little concrete work has been done by the FATF so far to actively promote financial inclusion as part of its primary integrity mandate.
June 16, 2021El Salvador president Nayib Bukele is inviting bitcoin miners to set up at a state-owned geothermal facility powered by a volcano.
June 14, 2021The BOE seeks feedback on the discussion paper as it examines how CBDCs and stablecoins could impact the financial system and wider economy.
June 9, 2021A consortium involving Pertama Digital, Crowdo and INFOPRO is applying for a licence. Axiata Group and RHB Bank are jointly applying for another.
June 5, 2021The so-called "data-sharing hub" will allow data sharing between trusted institutions in a way that ensures that the source data can be used but not seen or moved.
June 2, 2021The partnership will bring together MAS’ policy development perspectives and Mojaloop’s digital payments capability to advance financial inclusion.
May 27, 2021Video-based KYC can be used for onboarding individual customers, business owners, and authorised signatories and beneficial owners of legal entities.
May 18, 2021A technical group was set up last September to develop a framework for on-boarding non-profit organisations and for-profit social enterprises on social stock exchanges.
May 13, 2021The DDP will launch five pilot programs over the next 12 months to measure the value of and inform the future design of a US CBDC.
May 5, 2021Other central banks are encouraged to join the network, which will serve as a community of practice to share knowledge and foster indigenous inclusion.
May 1, 2021