
SWIFT
SWIFT taps Citi, BNY Mellon, other top banks for blockchain interoperability pilot
SWIFT’s experiment reportedly proved that its infrastructure can allow financial institutions to seamlessly tap into tokenization across multiple blockchains.
CBDCs could end SWIFT, Russia’s central bank executive says
First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia Olga Skorobogatova said the digital ruble project will advance in stages, modeled...
Sanctions, Russia and ‘crypto crime’
After Russia invades Ukraine, sanctions are back on the agenda, and when it comes to getting around them, misuse of...
Universal digital payments network for stablecoins and CBDCs unveiled at Davos
Policymakers in Davos for the World Economic Forum (WEF) seized the opportunity to launch a payment network designed to encourage...
Singapore eyes blockchain-based payment for cross-border transactions
Ravi Menon noted that cross-border payments are blighted by several issues, the most significant being the speed of settling transactions...
SWIFT makes significant progress in CBDC experiments, poised to flip cross-border payments
SWIFT's two experiments conducted in recent months proved that it was possible to move CBDCs on existing financial infrastructure.