Digital currencies
- Feb- 2021 -22 FebruaryBanking
Yellen signals interest in backing digital-dollar research
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen signaled the Biden administration supports research into the viability of a digital dollar, a shift from…
Read More » - Dec- 2020 -16 DecemberBanking
Northern Trust, Fidelity join small club managing crypto assets
A handful of big financial firms are plunging into the world of cryptocurrency custody services. Though some government officials had…
Read More » - Nov- 2020 -5 NovemberBanking
Avanti got a bank charter. Here’s what’s next on its agenda.
Avanti Bank, a blockchain bank formed by former Wall Street veteran Caitlin Long, has received a bank charter from the…
Read More » - Oct- 2020 -20 OctoberBanking
BNP Paribas out front on digital asset storage
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency this summer gave national banks the green light to store digital assets,…
Read More » - 19 OctoberBanking
Powell says Fed has made no final decision on digital currency
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank hasn’t made a decision to issue a digital currency, citing the…
Read More » - 5 OctoberNews
Banks are permitted to hold crypto assets. Will they?
Banks regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency were given the go-ahead by regulators in July to…
Read More » - Jul- 2020 -22 JulyBanking
OCC allows banks to hold cryptocurrency assets for safekeeping
WASHINGTON — The U.S. regulator of national banks issued an interpretative letter giving banks the all-clear to hold cryptocurrency assets…
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