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2024 Payment Methods Report: Overview, Insights, and Statistics

Clearly Payments

America Biometric Payments 2 Global, especially mobile-first markets Cash Payments 5 Emerging Markets, some developed regions Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) 1 Asia, Caribbean Credit Cards Overview : Credit cards allow consumers to make purchases on credit, paying later and often with interest.

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Bitcoin Daily: Banque de France Seeks CBDC Experiment Applications; Bitget Looks To Grow In The US

PYMNTS

The Banque de France is seeking applications “to experiment with a central bank digital currency for interbank settlements,” according to an announcement from the French central bank. ” The submission deadline for digital applications is May 15.

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Finovate Debuts: Ledger’s Blue Smartcard Mitigates Phishing & Malware Attacks

Fintech Labs Insights

Bitcoin is inherently difficult to protect and is not guarded from fraud, as many traditional accounts are. To navigate this issue, Ledger has designed hardware to help users preserve ownership of their digital blockchain assets. ” Ledger CEO Eric Larchevêque demoing Ledger Blue at FinovateEurope 2016 in London.

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Asia Moves to Regulate Stablecoins Amid Growing Adoption: Report

Fintech News

While jurisdictions like Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong are actively developing regulations, others like China and India are taking a restrictive stance, favoring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) over private stablecoins. Singapore leads in stablecoin adoption Singapore is a regional leader in regulated innovation. million).