Carlo R.W. De Meijer

Owner and Economist at MIFSA

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Bio Independent financial services advisor Career History Founder/owner of MIFSA. Worked in the financial industry as an an economist, private banker and researcher at RBS, ABN AMRO. Published many articles on new developments in the payments and securities industry. He is a regular blogger on Finextra, LinkedIn and TreasuryXL.

Blogs

Blockchain Observations

EBA AML/CFT Guidelines to crypto asset service providers (CASPs)

29 Jan 2024

The European Banking Authority (EBA) recently came with updated Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorist Financing (CFT) guidelines. These are extended to encompass all crypto-asset services providers (CASPs and are aimed to prevent the abuse of fund and crypto-asset transfers for money laundering and terrorist financing purposes. To addr...

Blockchain Observations

Real world asset tokenization: breakthrough in 2024

31 Dec 2023

Since its introduction back in 2017, digital-asset tokenization has not yet taken off in a meaningful way, limited to just stable coins and NFTs. This is however fundamentally changing. Tokenization, the process of transforming real world assets (RWA) into digital tokens on a blockchain network, is gaining momentum and has attracted considerable in...

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Main trends in blockchain and crypto in 2024: A great year

27 Nov 2023

Since I started writing blogs on blockchain it has become a tradition for me to dedicate my yearly last blog on describing the key trends we may expect for the next year. And I am sure, 2024 will be a great year for this technology from various aspects. As we step into the new year, we are at the point of some exciting developments that are set to...

Blockchain Observations

Blockchain interoperability solutions and challenges: Where are we now?

30 Oct 2023

Blockchain technology has gained significant attention in recent years. This due to its decentralised nature and potential applications across various industries. But there are still a number of issues that are limiting its uptake by various industries esp. the financial sector. By far the most widely recognised problematic issue is that of intero...

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