China will forgive 23 loans for 17 African nations
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News Date: August 22, 2022
China has pledged to forgive 23 interest-free loans for 17 African countries and will also provide food assistance to the struggling nations, China's foreign minister Wang Yi said at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
Mr. Wang also announced to increase imports from Africa, support the greater development of Africa's agricultural and manufacturing sectors, and expand cooperation in emerging industries.
Sources: news.com.au
Iran, Russia planing the token of the Persian Gulf backed by gold
Iran and Russia want to issue a new stablecoin backed by gold.The potential stablecoin aims to enable cross-border transactions instead of fiat currencies like the U.S. dollar, the Russian ruble or the Iranian rial.
The "token of the Persian Gulf region" would serve as a payment method in foreign trade.
Sources: cointelegraph.com
The world awaits the leader of the free world
Senator Gerard Rennick: This election is not over in the states 17 states just sued the other states and we will see who is the leader of the free world come back next year.Australian Senate awaits the results of the election for the Free World. The world is depending on the US election, on POTUS.
In the Australian Senate Senator Rennick from Queensland keeps his colleagues up to date with the latest lawsuit by 18 states to overturn the American presidential election.
Sources: twitter.com
Russia Proposes New Standard for precious metals market
Russia Proposes New Standard To break the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) monopoly on gold.It is proposed to 'place a specialized international precious metals exchange headquartered in Moscow' using the 'new international standard MWS' as the 'basis of the structure.'
It is also proposed to establish a Price Fixing Committee.
Subject to the application of the MWS standard, it will include the central banks and the largest banks of the Eurasian Economic Union countries represented in the precious metals market.
According to the Russian department, it is necessary to 'bet on fixing prices in the national currencies of the key member countries, or on new units of international settlements, such as the new unit of settlements proposed by the president of Russia within the member countries of the BRICS organization.'
Sources: gata.org
The FED announces a new upgraded system
The Federal Reserve Board announced that it will replace its current bank application filing system with a new and upgraded system later this month.The substantive requirements of applications will remain the same with the new system making the filing process more intuitive and minimizing paper applications and communications.
Sources: federalreserve.gov
Ripple effect. Ripple Partners with biggest Central Banks
Ripple Partners with Largest Financial Institution in Africa and Middle East.Qatar National Bank and Ripple partner to enhance Global Cross-Border payments.
The national bank of Qatar is the biggest banking institution in Africa and the MENA region.
Fed Reserve Adopts ISO 20022 Format for Payments That Ripple Is Compliant With.
The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced that the Federal Reserve Banks will adopt the ISO 20022 message format for the Fedwire Funds Service.
Ripple also partnered with UAE, South Korea, Bhutan, Saudi Arabia and blueprints to modernize Europe's payments infrastructure.
Sources: u.today, u.today