The list shines a light on markets that Washington says "engage in, facilitate, turn a blind eye to, or benefit from substantial piracy or counterfeiting".

In terms of international payments, excluding payments within the eurozone, the yuan ranked fifth with 2.29% in January 2022

The bank expects revenue to grow an extra 3% per year as it benefits from rising interest rates as policymakers look to turn off years of cheap funding

The Financial Conduct Authority sought to ban Binance entirely in June of 2021, but now says it lacks to authority to enforce the ban.

The first, named Polaris Dawn, will take place no sooner than the fourth quarter of this year and will be commanded by Isaacman, founder of Shift4

The company said it would invest 500 million rupees ($6.6 million) in the centre and hire more than 100 engineers with expertise in blockchain

“We’re making significant investments ... that will pay off in the long term,” she said, referring to the metaverse, and signalling a short-term slowdown

The $2 million funding will help Iimmpact allow companies to launch digital payment products such as phone top-ups and vouchers

Bank reports a half-year profit of A$4.7 billion, announces an interim dividend of A$1.75 per share

Payments involving bank cards, online payment vehicles, commercial papers, credit transfers and other settlements rose 16.2% over 2021

Industry pundits believe the move would make PayPal potentially lose customers and allow other competitors to step in

For every 100-rupee note, the cost works out to be 15-17% on each tender in its four-year life cycle, the report said citing a market estimate