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Walmart Q1 2023 Results Sees Retail Giant Beat Expectations on Earnings & Revenue despite Prudent Consumer Spending

Walmart “leveraged expenses and expanded operating margin” in Q1 2023 and now expects a 3.5% increase in consolidated net sales for the year.  Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) has raised its 2023 full-year guidance following its stellar Q1 earnings report. On Thursday, the multinational retail corporation reported better-than-expected revenue, which was boosted by grocery and

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Retail CBDCs bring unknown ‘consequences’ to financial system: IMF director

A myriad of unforeseeable “consequences” will be brought about by retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) claimed.The IMF's Kristalina Georgieva erred on the side of caution regarding retail CBDCs in a May 1 interview at the Milken Institute’s 2023 Global Conference.Georgieva

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Mauritius planning to launch pilot project for retail digital rupee late this year

Mauritius plans to launch the pilot phase of a digital rupee in November, Bank of Mauritius governor Harvesh Kumar Seegolam announced. Many of the parameters of the perspective central bank digital currency (CBDC) are already in place.Speaking at the International Monetary Fund/World Bank Community of Central Bank Technologists meeting held on

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Cosmose AI and NEAR Foundation Partner to Improve Retail Shopping

Through the partnership with NEAR Foundation, Cosmose AI will expand its individualized experiences to its worldwide clientele through several channels. Cosmose AI, a leading AI and retail company, is partnering with NEAR Foundation to bring Web3 personalization to retail shopping. While the strategic investment by the NEAR Foundation was not disclosed,

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US wholesale CBDC has ‘promise,’ Fed governor says, but retail ‘difficult to imagine’

United States Federal Reserve Board governor Michelle Bowman spoke at Georgetown University on April 18 to “offer a perspective” on central bank digital currency (CBDC). The Fed plays an important role in the conversation about CBDC, Bowman said. Her examination of the problems a CBDC might solve and the design

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Swedish Central Bank Proposes Collaborative Model for e-Krona Retail Payments

Riksbank proposed the use of e-Krona for retail payments under different conditions while evaluating factors such as transparency, privacy, and governance. Earlier this week, the central bank of Sweden aka Riksbank released a report detailing the third phase of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) research. Swedish Riksbank has proposed

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