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🎉Google launches the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) Paid Members Public
🎉Google launches the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) The Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) is an open standard developed in collaboration with leading payment and technology companies to operate seamlessly across multiple platforms. Built on established industry rules and standards, it enables users, merchants, and payment providers to execute transactions through any
👀Dollar in decline? ❓ Paid Members Public
👀Dollar in decline? ❓ Since the beginning of 2024, its share in SWIFT transactions has dropped to 46.94%… This figure reached a record low for the reported period. More details at Kommersant: ▶️Over the last month, the dollar fell by 1 percentage point. The euro’s share rose to 25.
🏴☠️Anti-fraud: SWIFT and leading banks test the use of AI for data sharing Paid Members Public
🏴☠️Anti-fraud: SWIFT and leading banks test the use of AI for data sharing The tests were conducted on 10 million transactions involving 13 of the largest banks. ▶️ Among the participants were ANZ🇳🇿, BNY🇺🇸, and Intesa Sanpaolo🇮🇹, working alongside technology partners such as Google Cloud. ▶️The testing involved privacy-enhancing technologies (PET)
🎉 Stripe🇺🇸introduces the Tempo blockchain for stablecoin payments Paid Members Public
🎉 Stripe🇺🇸introduces the Tempo blockchain for stablecoin payments The project is being developedwith a focus on payments, money transfers, and new use cases — such as microtransactions and machine-to-machine transactions. ▶️Tempo is the result of a collaboration between Stripe — leveraging its global infrastructure and customer base — and the crypto-focused venture capital
🐫🐫🐫Revolut accelerates expansion in the UAE🇦🇪 Paid Members Public
🐫🐫🐫Revolut accelerates expansion in the UAE🇦🇪 The British-Lithuanian🇬🇧🇱🇹 neobank received approval from the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE) to obtain a license for fund custody and retail payment services (category II). ▶️The services are mainly aimed at retail customers in the region. Expansion in the UAE is
💀Fear and Loathing in the Asia-Pacific Region: Tether froze USD 49.6 million in funds linked to pig butchering scams Paid Members Public
💀Fear and Loathing in the Asia-Pacific Region: Tether froze USD 49.6 million in funds linked to pig butchering scams Demonstrating that stablecoin oversight can effectively disrupt illicit cross-border money flows, the crackdown brought together Chainalysis, Binance, OKX, and regional law enforcement agencies. ▶️Context: these freezing measures are part of
👀What is this⁉️Google introduced its own blockchain GCUL Paid Members Public
👀What is this⁉️Google introduced its own blockchain GCUL Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL) is positioned as a first-layer (L1) blockchain infrastructure for building innovative payment services and products for financial markets. ▶️The solution allows the use of smart contracts based on Python and is designed for commercial banks and
⛔️Quantum computing may become a threat to digital payments — alarmist narrative or real risk? Paid Members Public
⛔️Quantum computing may become a threat to digital payments — alarmist narrative or real risk? The ability of quantum computers to break current cryptographic methods could have severe consequences for multiple areas of digitalpayments. Key risks include: ▶️Instant payments: real-time transfer platforms (such as FedNow) rely on public key cryptography to