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Paris 2024 Olympics: No Competition for Visa

As a worldwide partner to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Visa has a monopoly on all debit, credit and mobile payments. Spectators are venting their frustration. Paradoxically, the campaign demonstrates the importance of cash in terms of inclusion, protection of privacy and resilience.

Is Artificial Intelligence the Future of Minting?

In June, the Mint Director’s Association held a webinar focusing on artifi…

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Meeting the Challenge Facing Retail Money

The Bank of Canada has issued a staff discussion paper considering the role of retail public money at a time …

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Sweden’s Riksbank has started to look at the climate impact of adopting a …

The Case for Driving Digital Economies in Asia

Mastercard’s President of Global Enterprise Growth, Raghu Malhotra, gave h…

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The IMF, Central Bank Independence and CBDCs

Tobias Adrian, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, spoke at the International Symposium on Central Bank Independence in Stockholm at the start of the year. His topic was maintaining central bank independence alongside the development of payments and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC).

  • Colombia Builds Bricks of Digital Payment Infrastructure

    The World Economic Forum has recently published an article describing Colombia’s work to create Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), a key element of which is interoperable digital payments.

  • Payment News

    In the face of US and European Commission regulatory pressure, Apple is enabling iPhones to make contactless payments to third party providers. It will though, charge associated fees.

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