Finextra

JUNE 5, 2025

The specific form of the wallet is less important than the ability to participate in trusted digital interactions. Ensuring public sector participation will accelerate adoption and interoperability across industries. This framework underpins real, verifiable trust.

Credential

Finextra

JULY 7, 2025

However, robust liquidity will require big institutional participation too, and many institutions will wait for clearer regulations before diving in. They offer the speed and openness of crypto markets but are still tethered to the legal and financial realities of traditional markets.

Blockchain

Fintech News

APRIL 3, 2024

Such inefficiencies, compounded by disparate legal frameworks, regulatory standards, and technical requirements across jurisdictions, present considerable challenges in terms of operational hours, time zones, and the repetitive execution of financial integrity checks, such as anti-money laundering and customer verification protocols.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Instead of relying on a board of directors or executives, DAOs allow participants to vote on key decisions. Token holders participate in discussions and voting on matters such as funding allocations, development roadmaps, and governance policies. This decentralisation of authority promotes a community-driven approach to governance.

Government

The Fintech Times

JUNE 6, 2024

The platform now invites further international participation and private sector proposals for value-added solutions. The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has recently joined as a full participant, with over 26 other central banks observing. In 2022, a pilot involving real-value transactions demonstrated the platform’s capabilities.

Participant

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Under the proposal, firms would have three years to develop a network that would allow for digital coins “to be distributed to and freely tradable by potential users, programmers and participants in the network,” without sacrificing any of the buyers’ protection, per Reuters.

Laws

Fintech Finance

JULY 1, 2024

As this is a collective endeavour, the ECB is holding regular exchanges with co-legislators and market participants (consumers, merchants and financial institutions) to update them on the technical work and gather feedback. The digital euro is a common European endeavour.

Legal Framework

Fintech News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The guide provides a practical toolkit for the industry, leveraging expert opinions from various stakeholders to explore the role of banks in digitalization initiatives, legal frameworks, international standards and innovative technologies.

Finance

The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Furthermore, Asia is proactive in implementing the necessary legal frameworks to support these advancements. Unlike the EU, which benefits from uniform regulations and a shared legal framework for its member states, Asia presents a tapestry of diversity with no overarching structures.

APACS

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

One economist described the scheme: “Real money is used to buy virtual currency, and as virtual currencies gain value, commissions and bonuses are received by users who call in other investors to participate.”. The 500-page, $5,000 applications are an attempt to offer an unequivocal legal framework for businesses to exchange in bitcoin.

Bitcoin

Fintech Review

JULY 22, 2024

The round was co-led by White Star Capital and North Island Ventures, with participation from The Department of XYZ, The Stellar Development Foundation, Funfair and angels Alice Ann Schwartz & Anna Yuan. Ultimately, Etherfuse aims to become the largest compliant issuer of a tokenized assets from across the globe.

Stablecoins

Neopay

JUNE 24, 2024

Through the Joint Committee, the ESAs explored and monitored potential emerging risks for financial market participants and the financial system as a whole. DORA mandated the ESAs to develop several policy products before its application date of January 17, 2025, to supplement the legal framework.

Legal Framework

CoinRemitter

JUNE 30, 2024

These smart contracts define how organizations function, how funds are managed, how decisions are made, and how participants interact. In contrast, DAOs have a flat structure where every member can participate equally in decision-making, no matter where they are in the world or what time it is. How Does it work?

Government

Fintech Review

APRIL 26, 2024

To enable us to become a more attractive proposition, Uzbekistan improved process and governance including implementing appropriate legal frameworks and financial resources for entrepreneurship and investment, as well as creating ample opportunities for investors and increased transparency in the investment process. Contracts worth $7.8

FinTech

FICO

JUNE 19, 2023

Both are within the same legal framework, but the perception of what is allowed and what is not is different. While the focus was on Germany, the ideas and direction are common across many countries in Europe and beyond, where high inflation and energy costs, along with other factors, are driving more people into delinquent payments.

Automation

Segpay

MAY 1, 2024

DORA entered into force on January 16th, 2023, and its legal implementation deadline is January 17 th , 2025. Its legal framework is designed to enhance the operational resilience of all digital service providers, including payment service providers (PSPs), that operate in the European Union (EU).

Cybersecurity

PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2018

Given his long-standing personal commitment to the clear and present danger cannabis presents to the American people, it probably should not have come as much of a shock when Attorney General Jeff Sessions officially moved to curtail the legalized cannabis industry this week. So, what did we learn this week?

Tax Refunds

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

To get a bit more granular, in an interpretive letter , the OCC said that regulated financial institutions (FIs) can participate in independent node verification networks (INVN for short – namely, a blockchain network). But those same payments mechanisms must be in compliance with various regulatory and legal frameworks.

Stablecoins

Clearly Payments

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

By enforcing compliance with legal frameworks, regulation not only upholds the integrity of the financial system but also safeguards national security interests. They establish rules, standards, and fees for participating financial institutions and merchants.

Regulations

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Going public is a significant liquidity event for a company, but is also a complex legal event. Most companies need help navigating the process, and investment banks participate in this service along with lawyers. For this work, the underwriting bank can make tens of millions from an IPO — whether or not the stock performs well.

Underwriting

Finextra

JUNE 30, 2025

Banks in the EU now have a legal framework to engage with stablecoins in a compliant way. Together with the STABLE Act that sets rules for the overall crypto market, they are are expected to provide the legal certainty needed for more banks and businesses to participate in the stablecoin market.

Stablecoins

Fintech News

JANUARY 8, 2025

The trial will focus on enabling tourists to use their digital assets while adhering to the countrys existing legal frameworks. Visitors participating in the pilot could be required to register their Bitcoin holdings through a licensed Thai exchange and verify their identities before using the cryptocurrency for purchases.

Legal Framework

The Fintech Times

JANUARY 18, 2025

Ensuring these groups can fully participate in the digital economy is essential to creating an inclusive financial ecosystem. “Additionally, navigating regulatory complexity can hinder efforts to scale impact, particularly across regions with diverse legal frameworks.

FinTech