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UK CRYPTO ASSET REGULATORY UPDATE: NOVEMBER 2018 by Romal Almazo On Tuesday 20 November, City & Financial hosted an event on the regulation of cryptocurrencies in London. In this blog, I will s...
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Money2020 is one of the most prominent fintech conferences in the world. Known for its wild parties in Las Vegas, it added events in Europe (Amsterdam and Copenhagen) in 2016, and this year opened
Consumers now expect easy and immediate payment services, no matter where they are or what they are buying, whatever the payment method. It may be symptomatic of the ‘age of instant gratification,’ bu...