Commercial property price growth slowed in the US  in June, according to a new report by Real Capital Analytics. The US National All-Property Index was stagnant in June compared with the previous month and has gained only 3.6% compared to last June, according to the latest RCA CPPI summary report. The […]

Ryan is Co-Founder and Principal of Graceada Partners, leading investment activity and heading up the asset management division of the firm. Getty One area of the economy that is seen as especially vulnerable in the wake of pandemic-related upheaval is the commercial real estate (CRE) market. In fact, even before Covid-19 […]

Mastercard Inc. MA has provided Wirex, a borderless payments platform, with the membership of its Mastercard’s Accelerate program. With Mastercard principal membership, Wirex will be able to issue Mastercard-backed bitcoin debit cards to consumers, which can be spent worldwide wherever Mastercard is accepted. Since crypto currencies — often viewed as […]

Central bank digital currency (CBDC)—fiat currency issued by central banks in digital form—has progressed in the past few years from a bold speculative concept to a seeming inevitability. More than 80 percent of central bank respondents to a Bank for International Settlements survey in 2019 reported engagement in CBDC projects. […]

Share Tweet Share Share Share Print Email Banks missed out on the first big wave of digital payments, but they don’t have to miss out on the next, Ingo Money CEO Drew Edwards told Karen Webster in a recent conversation. “The entire [digital payments] industry ends up being created outside […]

Last week, the digital currency global initiative (DGCI) was launched. DCGI’s first virtual conference took place on Wednesday and Thursday. The DCGI is a collaboration between ITU -SB (International Telecommunication Union – Standards Body) and Stanford University’s Future of Digital Currency Program. The formation of DCGI is a result of […]