India strengthening mobile-payment ties with more countries, expanding digital currency efforts: RBI's T Rabi ShankarIndia is establishing mobile payment connections with several nations, including Sri Lanka, the UAE, and neighboring countries. The Reserve...
20 Nov, 2024, 12.37 PM IST
Google says Malaysia investments to add $3 billion to its GDP by 2030, create 26,500 jobsGoogle's $2 billion data centre and Cloud region project in Malaysia, part of a broader Southeast Asia expansion, aims to create 26,500 job...
01 Oct, 2024, 08.33 AM IST
Countries closing in on digital currencies but US lagging: studyThe research by the US-based Atlantic Council think tank highlighted that all G20 countries except for Argentina are now in one of those fa...
14 Mar, 2024, 09.46 AM IST
Binance Thailand opens crypto exchange for tradingThe exchange, Gulf Binance, is a joint venture between Binance and Thailand's Gulf Innova that will serve as an exchange and brokerage plat...
17 Jan, 2024, 08.59 AM IST
Binance Thailand opens crypto exchange for tradingThe exchange, Gulf Binance, is a joint venture between Binance and Thailand's Gulf Innova that will serve as an exchange and brokerage plat...
16 Jan, 2024, 01.08 PM IST
Thailand threatens Facebook with legal action over alleged scamsThe ministry said it made repeated requests for advertisements it had identified as scams to be taken down by Facebook but the problem pers...
21 Aug, 2023, 05.34 PM IST
IMF on India: Slow recovery, dull external demand to mark FY23A further slowdown of India's growth to 6.1% is expected in FY24 as external demand and a tightening in monetary and financial conditions w...
28 Oct, 2022, 12.23 AM IST
Thailand tightens rules on crypto advertisingThe new rules include clearly showing investment risks in advertisements and providing a balanced view of potential risk and returns, the S...
01 Sep, 2022, 05.38 PM IST
Crypto platform Zipmex files for bankruptcy protection in SingaporeSingapore-based Zipmex resumed withdrawals last week, a day after suspending them on July 20, and said it was working to address its exposu...
29 Jul, 2022, 10.55 AM IST
View: Issuance of digital currency by India has many consequences from the perspective of tax policyUsing digital currency instead of fiat money would also be critical to tackling money laundering and tax evasion effectively. Blockchain-ba...
21 Feb, 2022, 11.28 PM IST
CBDCs make tangible progressSuppose there were a non-dollar digital currency that maintains a relatively stable value and can be used to settle payments that do not ha...
29 Sep, 2021, 11.09 PM IST
A cross-border digital currency can speed up transfer, shows pilotThe multiple central bank digital currency bridge project (mBridge), joined by the monetary authorities in Hong Kong, Thailand, China and t...
29 Sep, 2021, 06.50 AM IST
Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa launch central bank digital currency schemeMany governments and central banks around the world are exploring the use of central bank digital currencies, which are digital forms of ex...
02 Sep, 2021, 01.05 PM IST
Central banks wake up to digital currency, create new framework with WEFThe framework is to help central banks evaluate, design and potential deploy digital currency.
23 Jan, 2020, 06.34 PM IST
Wipro, R3 build blockchain-based solution prototype for digital currency in ThailandThe prototype aims to enable digital currency for interbank settlements for a consortium consisting of the Bank of Thailand and eight comme...
07 May, 2019, 02.42 PM IST
Bitcoin closes in on $9,000 as regulatory fears peter outAlternate coins Ripple, Ether and Litecoin advanced at least 3.5 per cent.
12 Feb, 2018, 08.04 PM IST
Current status of digital currency of bitcoinsJanuary 3 marked the seventh anniversary of Bitcoins. ET takes a look at the current status of this digital currency.
07 Jan, 2016, 05.53 AM IST