MasterCard is open to the idea of using future
national digital currencies issued by Central banks, according to co-Chairman of Mastercard Asia / Pacific.
Not exact matches
On March 19, 2018, the US Department of the Treasury
issued guidance regarding virtual
currency sanctions levied by its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), explaining that OFAC may add specific
digital currency addresses to the Specially Designated
Nationals (SDN) List.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro plans to follow through with his new
national digital currency, the petro, by
issuing 100 million units of the new
currency.
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digital currencies are better than any state -
issued version, admitted a high - ranking representative of the Swiss
National Bank.
According to Andréa Maechler, a high - ranking representative of the Swiss
National Bank, cryptocurrencies have advantages over government -
issued digital currencies.
Mastercard Asia - Pacific co-president Ari Sarker has opined that the world's second - biggest payments company would be «very happy to look at» supporting
national digital currencies that are
issued and backed by central banks.