Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is set to fly to India this week, sources said, amid talk that Moscow wants to boost trade and payment systems because of sanctions over Ukraine

Thailand's central bank said on Friday it is planning new policy guidelines for the banking sector, including virtual banks and open banking, for later this year

While the BOJ had made no decision yet whether to issue its own digital currency, its governor told parliament it was proceeding with experiments

Business operators must not provide crypto payment services and are barred from acting in a manner that promotes the use of digital assets

Project Dunbar is jointly led by the BIS Innovation Hub, the Reserve Bank of Australia, Bank Negara Malaysia, the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the South African Reserve Bank

At least eight highly valued crypto startups — ranging from exchange Gemini to peer-to-peer payments group Circle — have launched VC arms

The PBOC uncovered violations during an inspection of WeChat Pay in late 2021. The payments network allegedly permitted the transfer and laundering of funds from illicit transactions, it said

Shares of Indian digital payments firm tumbled more than 13% on Monday, after the central bank barred the company's payments bank from taking on new customers and ordered an IT audit

Vision Fund sold 50 million Coupang shares for $20.87 each, according to a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission dated Friday, leaving it still with 461 million shares

The National Bank of Ukraine said it had asked the banks to stop accepting Mir cards in their ATMs and to make it impossible to use these cards

Brad McEvoy of start-up Kademi said he was furious at OFX, formerly known as OzForex, for blocking payments to his Ukrainian workers

The two large US payments firms said they were suspending operations in Russia, joining the list of companies severing business links with the country