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Interview with Governor Makhlouf conducted 16 June 2022 Niall Brady: Okay, well listen thanks again for taking the time to talk to me. You had a very busy week, from what I see yesterday was a busy day for you. Gabriel Makhlouf: I’ve had a busy fortnight. Niall Brady: Really? Why a busy fortnight Gabriel […]
Several businesses in the tourist town of Santa Lucia are now accepting Bitcoin payments in the hopes it can spur tourism spending. 548 Total views 11 Total shares A small tourist town in Honduras has begun accepting Bitcoin payments as part of the “Bitcoin Valley” initiative designed to increase tourism revenue across 60 local businesses. […]
Blockchain security firm Halborn has warned users of the latest phishing emails doing the rounds. 373 Total views 2 Total shares A cybersecurity firm has issued warnings over a new phishing campaign targeting users of the popular crypto wallet MetaMask. In a July 28 post written by Halborn’s technical education specialist Luis Lubeck, the active […]
The Central Bank of Ireland has engaged with financial services firms to reinforce its consumer protection expectations of all regulated firms that also operate as Direct Debit originators (DDOs). This follows a review of plans submitted from the financial services firms that are amongst the top 20 DDOs in Ireland, which set out the measures they […]
The Central Bank of Ireland welcomes today’s publication of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022. The Central Bank will continue to work with the Department of Finance throughout subsequent stages as the legislation progresses through the Oireachtas to enactment. Once the Bill has been enacted the Central Bank intends to publicly consult on […]
At last week’s meeting of the ECB’s Governing Council, we decided to increase our main policy rate by 50 basis points. This continues the normalisation of our monetary policy, a path that we had started to travel on last December. Our aim is to dampen the inflationary pressures that we’re seeing in the euro area […]