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Switzerland’s central bank, the Swiss National Bank (SNB), has announced a pilot program for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in collaboration with six commercial banks. The pilot is set to run from December 2023 to June 2024. According to a press release on Thursday, Nov. 3, the SNB will launch the so-called
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the country’s central bank and financial regulator, is planning to start crypto-related cooperation with some European countries and Japan.The MAS officially announced on Oct. 30 that it is partnering with the Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA), the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
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The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the central banks of France, Singapore, and Switzerland have completed Project Mariana. Project Mariana focused on the cross-border trading and settlement of CBDC between financial institutions by applying the decentralized finance (defi) technology. The initiative was developed by three financial innovation hub centers (the Swiss,
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As part of Project Marina, the three banks have collaborated with the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), for conducting CBDC cross-border settlements. The central banks of France, Switzerland, and Singapore collaborated with the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) to conduct a joint test for cross-border payments with central bank digital
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Project Mariana's proof of concept used a hypothetical euro, Singapore dollar and Swiss franc wCBDCs between simulated financial institutions. The project relied on "a common token standard on a public blockchain which facilitates interoperability and seamless exchange of wCBDC across varied local payment and settlement systems maintained by participant central
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The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the central banks of France, Singapore and Switzerland concluded a joint test of the cross-border trading and settlement of wholesale central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The Banque de France issued the report on Sept. 28.The so-called Project Mariana was developed by the Banque
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Keyrock, a market maker based in Belgium, announced that it received approval from the Swiss Financial Services Standards Association (VQF). VQF is the organization responsible for enforcing anti-money laundering laws in Switzerland. Keyrock has met Switzerland’s local laws’ minimum compliance requirements. 📢 Keyrock expands its OTC services with more fiat on/off-ramp solutions.
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While Switzerland has been popular among the wealthy for its prowess in banking, the country has also been slowly welcoming those who mainly want to use Bitcoin (BTC) as an alternative form of money. Cryptox reporter Joseph Hall spoke with Pietro Poretti, the director of the economic development division of the
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Africrypt founders who defrauded South African retail investors 70,000 BTC in 2021 are being investigated by Swiss authorities for money laundering. The Africrypt scam A report on April 23 shows that Ameer and Raees Cajee, the brothers behind Africrypt, surfaced
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The Swiss National Bank (SNB) and Switzerland’s financial regulator reportedly believe that the acquisition of investment bank Credit Suisse by UBS, Switzerland's largest bank, is the “only option” to prevent a “collapse in confidence” in Credit Suisse.According to a March 18 Financial Times report citing three people familiar with the
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