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Cyprus Business Now: weekly wrap-up

CyprusMail 16 Feb 2025
Meanwhile, central banks safeguard financial stability and inflation while also driving Europe’s innovation, according to Costas Papadopoulos, executive director at Cypriot fintech Moneygate.
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How Arab leaders can trump America’s Gaza reconstruction plan

The National 16 Feb 2025
... ending the Arab-Israeli conflict, or Ukraine’s central role in the balance of power between Europe and Russia.
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Bank of Japan is set to navigate against global monetary trends: QNB

The Peninsula 15 Feb 2025
Over the last year, the BoJ implemented additional hikes of 20 and 25 b.p., taking the policy rate to 0.5 percent at a moment when the major central banks of the US and Europe were already moving in the opposite direction towards easing.
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An American sovereign wealth fund is risky, but not crazy

The Hill 13 Feb 2025
Under that system, private dollar investments in Europe were exchanged at central banks for domestic currency. These central banks then used dollars (at U.S.
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Peace in Ukraine would crush energy prices

The Daily Telegraph 13 Feb 2025
Both the Commission’s Ursula von der Leyen and the European Central Bank’s Christine Lagarde have already suggested airily that Europe could to stave off a trade war by purchasing even more LNG from the US.
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SoftBank reports $2.4 billion loss as it prepares for major AI investments

Cryptopolitan 12 Feb 2025
Mario Draghi, former European Central Bank president, warned in a 2023 report that Europe is “failing to translate innovation into commercialization.” His findings showed that while the continent has ...
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ECB empowers fintechs with direct access to Europe’s central bank payment systems

Cryptoslate 11 Feb 2025
The European Central Bank (ECB) has introduced a regulatory allowing non-bank payment service providers (NB-PSPs) to access Eurosystem central bank payment systems ... “Eurosystem central banks ...
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Central banks key to Europe’s innovation, says fintech executive

CyprusMail 11 Feb 2025
Central banks safeguard financial stability and inflation while also driving Europe’s innovation, according to Costas Papadopoulos, executive director at Cypriot fintech Moneygate ... “As central banks ...
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AI Action Summit: global leaders decry AI red tape

Computer Weekly 11 Feb 2025
“In Europe, much of the conversation has focused on what former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi has called a European ‘innovation gap’ with the United States and China that poses an ‘existential challenge’ to the EU’s future.”.
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Banking sanctions hinder investments in Syria

Enab Baladi 10 Feb 2025
... the Central Bank of Syria (CBS), or Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) ... Current European sanctions include a ban on Syrian oil imports and the freezing of any assets of the Central Bank of Syria in Europe.
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Mastercard Predicts 2025 as a Pivotal Year for Crypto and Banking Evolution

Crypto Economy 07 Feb 2025
and Europe will give banks confidence to integrate digital assets. Central banks will focus on developing wholesale CBDCs for cross-border payments ... At the same time, Mastercard states that central ...
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EU industry cautious over rebound, awaits policy rescue

Kallanish Commodities 07 Feb 2025
Tata Steel, which owns the IJmuiden and Port Talbot steelworks, pointed out that despite the European Central Bank reducing interest rates significantly, concerns persist about inflation and energy costs in Europe.
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Trump Stablecoins vs EU CBDC Race to Boost Best Wallet Token?

NewsBTC 07 Feb 2025
An EU Central Bank Digital Currency to Keep Capital Onshore ... An EU stablecoin would be backed by the European Central Bank (ECB), providing a bulwark against any attempt by the US to destabilize European currency markets.
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Czech Republic exempts Bitcoin from capital gains tax after three years

Cryptoslate 07 Feb 2025
... strategy despite opposition from the European Central Bank (ECB) ... If the CNB allocates a portion of its reserves to Bitcoin, it could set a precedent for other central banks in Europe and beyond.
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