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Hiromi Yamaoka is currently heading a private forum of 74 companies that are planning to launch a private digital currency. 790 Total views 68 Total shares A former Bank of Japan (BOJ) official who reportedly headed its digital currency research is now advising against its use. According to a report published in the Japan Times, […]

Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic on Monday said he was not advocating for a 50-basis-point rate hike in March. Over the weekend, Bostic’s discussion of a half-point hike with the Financial Times garnered a lot of market attention. In an interview with Yahoo Finance, Bostic clarified that a half-point hike “is not my preferred setting […]

There is not enough Bitcoin for global millionaires if each of them wants to own one, Bukele said. 6704 Total views 97 Total shares Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele made yet another bullish Bitcoin (BTC) prediction soon after the International Monetary Fund had urged his government to remove Bitcoin’s status as legal tender. Bukele took to Twitter […]

Congressman Ed Perlmutter, D., Colo., said Friday he has attached the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act for cannabis companies to an existing bill called the America Competes Act. The America Competes Act addresses research and innovation efforts as a non-cannabis specific bill. “Cannabis-related businesses – big and small – are in desperate need […]

Public statement On 27 January 2022, the FSMA formally handed over its chairmanship of the supervisory EURIBOR college to ESMA, being the new competent authority of the administrator of EURIBOR.  Over the last few years, the FSMA took its role in protecting financial consumers seriously. The FSMA took up the role as observer in a […]

The FSMA has prepared a handbook on the IDD rules of conduct providing information on the rules of conduct in the insurance sector Read more in our Handbook FSMA_2022_06…(available in French or Dutch only) Source: FSMA