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Custody isn’t the most compelling corner of the crypto ecosystem, but 21st century solutions for the storage and custody of digital assets are essential if cryptocurrencies are to be adopted at scale. For this reason, the recent announcement by Cowen Inc. that the 103-year-old U.S. investment bank wants to hold cryptocurrencies on behalf of asset managers and hedge funds is …

Qatar’s commercial banks saw robust double-digit growth in public sector credit and domestic debt, with their total assets reaching QR 1.75 billion in April, according to central bank data.Data from the Central Bank of Qatar (QCB) also highlighted that government debt and sukukes were down, while that of banks was up in April 2021.Robust growth in domestic and foreign assets …

While carefully avoiding anticipating the findings of his new central bank digital currency task force, Sir Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Governor, Financial Stability, Bank of England, declined to worry about the disruption potential that the introduction of the CBDC could cause to UK businesses. banks. “They have already had to reinvent their business models,” he said at a public conference organized …

(Business in Cameroon) – At the end of 2020, 93.7% (XAF 3,021.2 billion) of government securities issued by CEMAC countries were held by commercial banks operating in this sub-region and their primary dealers. The remaining 6.3% was held by institutional investors (5.6%) and individuals (0.6%). The data show a pronounced appetite of commercial banks for government securities from CEMAC countries, …