It’s time to tokenize sovereign debt now that India’s e-rupee is ready to help finance evolve

Once it proves reliable and settlement risk turns negligible, the capital that today sits locked up between trade and settlement is freed. Reconciliation—which currently requires the issuer, buyer, depository, clearing corporation and trade reporting platform to each keep their own records and match them against one another’s—becomes redundant. And RBI, which today can only see…

Woolworths CEO responds to ending ties with its iconic chocolate maker after 34 years – BusinessTech

Woolworths CEO Roy Bagattini has refuted claims by its former chocolate supplier, Beyers Chocolates, that the retailer was the main reason the chocolatier entered liquidation. Following the allegations and a week of negative public discourse, Bagattini publicly denied the claim, arguing that the group could not be responsible for the actions of a business that…

Thai woman stages gold robbery after gambling losses

An elderly woman in Nong Bua Lamphu admitted staging a robbery at her home after selling gold jewellery gifted by her daughter to fund gambling activities. The case came to public attention after the woman’s daughter, who lives overseas, contacted Channel 8 to complain about delays in the police investigation into the robbery at her…