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Central bank digital currencies: towards a global approach

| 21-2-2020 | Carlo de Meijer | treasuryXL In one of my earlier blogs, I mentioned that Facebook’s efforts to launch its Libra cryptocurrency triggered intense debates over who would control money in the future. It has also forced Central Banks to think about and explore their own digital currency. According to recent research, at […]

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Crypto regulation in the Western world: towards more global uniformity?

| 24-1-2020 | Carlo de Meijer | treasuryXL In my last Blog I suggested that regulation of the crypto markets would be one of the main issues for 2020 and beyond. There seem to be urgent need for more clarity on many cryptocurrency issues. The EU Fifth ALM Directive came into effect early January, while […]

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Towards a central bank digital currency?

| 06-08-2019 | Carlo de Meijer | treasuryXL Since Facebook announced its plans to come up with their own digital currency named Libra, a heated debate has risen about whether central banks should issue their own digital currency. Central banks worldwide have expressed their worries about Facebook’s plan. According to them the prospect of a tech […]

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Big tech vs Fintech vs Banks – in international payments

| 09-07-2019 | by Patrick Kunz | This title makes it sounds like it’s a fight. To be honest: it is! The market for international payments is huge and its lucrative. In a McKinsey report the 2018 market size for payment revenues was close to 2 Billion. Not strange everybody wants a slice of that. […]

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Facebook and Libra: the new global currency?

| 04-07-2019 | Carlo de Meijer | treasuryXL Since Facebook announced to launch a new digital currency, the Libra, a complete media craze arose. The one blogger stumbled as it were over the other. And while the one group sings hosanna over this initiative (a salvation for the bankless), warning signals come especially from the […]

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Corda Settler, Ripple and SWIFT: mariage à trois?

| 07-05-2019 | Carlo de Meijer | treasuryXL My last blog was about the IBM World Wire, a blockchain based platform for global payments. Another competitor in the blockchain payments world I have written about regularly is Ripple. Both are thereby targeting centralised payments messages network SWIFT. IBM and Ripple however are not the only […]

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BELLIN 1TC treasury convention

| 7-3-2019 |  treasuryXL | BELLIN For the seventh year running, the BELLIN 1TC Treasury Convention broke all the previous records. Over 500 attendees flocked to Rust on February 13/14. What did we learn? Here are the main takeaways from all the exciting debates, workshops and conversations in a nutshell:  1. Time is ripe for disruptive technology […]

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Effective Finance & Treasury in Africa: Unlocking Africa’s potential

| 8-2-2019| Eurofinance | treasuryXL | As Africa strives to modernise and reform, the continent continues to offer enormous business opportunities. Nevertheless, in an environment of permanent market, regulatory and geopolitical change, optimising liquidity and risk management is key to successfully leveraging these opportunities. While we move towards an economy of prediction in which data is the raw […]

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The Bank of England – a fintech company?

| 20-04-2018 | treasuryXL | The Old Lady has a long history – the second oldest central bank, who has always kept the market in check. Whilst the financial Big Bang of 1986 changed the landscape in the Square Mile, her power and influence are still very evident. On Wednesday, she surprised the banking market […]

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Letter of Credit – financing international trade

| 19-04-2018 | treasuryXL |   When a buyer and seller agree to enter into a transaction that is cross border, one of the most used instruments to facilitate this transaction is a documentary letter of credit (LC). This is an international recognised and accepted method that is governed by the rules and regulations of […]