Debit cards
Kazakhstan launches tenge-pegged stablecoin pilot
Project is latest initiative to integrate digital assets into country’s financial system
IMF tracks sharp rise in deposit accounts in emerging economies
Latest survey highlights inclusion trends in bank accounts, card usage and digital services
Australian central bank proposes caps on card fees
Small businesses pay “substantial” surcharges during debit and credit card transactions, says RBA
Central bank digital currencies must be user-friendly – ECB study
To be widely adopted, CBDCs will need to combine best aspects of existing payment methods
Customer verifications have slashed fraud across Europe – ECB, EBA study
Problem greater in non-EEA countries with looser security requirements, says research
DNB study sounds alarm over youngsters’ payment habits
“Fun” justifications for big purchases storing up trouble for future, says research
CBDCs are unlikely to be successful
Most money is already digital, and currency has lost its central function, writes former Barbados governor DeLisle Worrell
RBA plans to review retail payments regulation
Governor Michele Bullock outlines plans to modernise Australia’s payments system
Mir card system to operate across Cuba
Russian payments network continues gradual progress in Latin America
Fed proposes lowering permitted debit card fees
Proposal draws ire from Michelle Bowman and banking trade associations
Egypt restricts foreign currency credit card payments
The move comes after the central bank restricted debit card use abroad
Myanmar official says Mir payments will launch in October
Central bank leader had predicted the Russian card would start circulating last year
Cuba limits cash transactions and ATM access
Central bank measure provokes scepticism and concern
Nicaragua considers joining Mir network
Finance minister says Russian cards will overcome “aggression” of sanctions
Russia’s Mir cards now working in Venezuela
Russian payment cards advance in Latin America, but get sanctioned by Canada
Nigerian central bank caps contactless payments
Move limits consumers’ daily contactless payments to $66
Chile’s cash use has rebounded since pandemic, survey finds
Cash remains the primary payment method for small purchases, though card use has risen
Venezuela may join Russian card network
Mir system suffered major setbacks last year after US warning
Russian payment system to start operation in Cuba soon
Ambassador says Mir will help Cuba counter effects of embargo
Bank Negara Malaysia commits to improve financial inclusion
BNM says the pandemic has eroded many people’s financial buffers
The behind-the-scenes effort to convert Ukrainian refugee cash
How central and commercial banks worked to allow Ukrainians to exchange cash in wartime