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© Reuters. SINGAPORE – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has thrown its weight behind Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), with Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva highlighting their potential to enhance financial inclusion and fintech development. Speaking at a Singapore event, Georgieva underscored that while current adoption levels are low, more than half of the countries worldwide

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An employee holds Russian 1000-rouble banknotes next to a currency counting machine in a bank office in Moscow, Russia, in this illustration picture taken October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Illustration By Elena Fabrichnaya, Alexander Marrow and Darya Korsunskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s central bank on Thursday endorsed President Vladimir Putin’s decision to