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For former member of the European Parliament and Brexit leader Nigel Farage, the prevalent “debanking” efforts in the United Kingdom are paving the way for the tyranny of a cashless society. The said practice by traditional banks of suspending accounts is apparently driven by the use of holdover European Union directives prior to Brexit, Farage said. […]

The move to debank people could be part of a wider effort to usher in the "tyranny" of a cashless society, Nigel Farage has warned.

Eswar Prasad, a Cornell University professor, has warned that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) – with their expiry dates and restrictions on “less desirable” purchases – could lead economies to a much dark path. Prasad issued the warning during the 14th Annual Meeting of the New Champions hosted by the World Economic Forum (WEF). During one of […]

If the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is successful in unleashing a new “global Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC ) platform,” as managing director Kristalina Georgieva says the group is currently “working hard” on, then soon the world’s entire money supply will be controlled by a “group of unelected bureaucrats.” Right now, the various currencies of […]

The new law prohibits government agencies in Alabama from accepting a CBDC as payment, and from participating in any testing of a CBDC by the Federal Reserve.

CBDC can widen tax collection, boost economy: Experts

Two Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation to remove Securities and Exchange Commission Gary Gensler and add a sixth seat to the commission in order to ensure one party did not control [...]

Rishi Munjal said The future of payments as an experience is going to be increasingly frictionless, seamless, and invisible

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made no bones about it being averse to crypto currency, ever since it emerged on the horizon in the country a few years ago.

The former adviser to the Bank of England thinks slowing the shift to digital currencies will help