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2024 Payment Methods Report: Overview, Insights, and Statistics

Clearly Payments

Primary Use Cases : CBDCs are designed to enhance financial inclusion, streamline payments, and provide a government-regulated alternative to cryptocurrencies and private digital payment providers. Wholesale CBDCs focus on interbank settlements, enhancing security and efficiency in large transactions between financial institutions.

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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. The company began as the House of Bitcoin , a physical retail location in Paris where people exchange digital currency in person, learn about bitcoin, and share ideas with other startups ( see below ).

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Asia Moves to Regulate Stablecoins Amid Growing Adoption: Report

Fintech News

No room for stablecoins in China and India Meanwhile, China has banned cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ether, citing concerns over the potential risks posed by digital currencies to its financial system, capital controls, and monetary sovereignty. This ban covers not only the trading and use of these assets, but also their mining.