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March 21, 2023

Arf Solving Liquidity Constraints in Cross-Border Payments with Support from Stellar Development Foundation

ZUG and SAN FRANCISCO, March 21, 2023— Arf, the Swiss-regulated global settlement banking platform, with support from the Stellar Development Foundation, is now offering the world’s first unsecured, short-term, USDC-based working capital financing solution for licensed financial institutions. Making cross-border payments faster, cheaper, and more transparent and inclusive is a priority for global economic development […]

February 16, 2023

$3 billion in bitcoin was sold in a last-ditch attempt to save UST stablecoin from collapse

Arf's Perspective: Yet another so-called “algorithmic stablecoin” breaks the buck by getting caught in the inescapable trap of a bank run as all partially collateralized assets would under just enough market pressure. This time though, it was seen coming from miles away by several cryptocurrency experts since the now fallen stablecoin Terra USD’s (UST) peg […]

May 13, 2022

USDC vs. USDT: Which Stablecoin is Better for Cross-Border Settlements?

USDC and USDT are currently the world’s leading stablecoins, with a combined share of more than 80% of the stablecoin market. Both are backed by a proportionally 1:1 amount of traditional assets like cash, making the price of a stablecoin stay pegged to $1. Since traditional finance hasn’t found a solution to real-time and compliant […]

May 8, 2022

Can Digital Assets Introduce A New and Improved Way For Treasury Management?

MSBs of any size will know that financial planning is a vital part of running their business—and that treasury management is integral to ensuring the viability and sustainability of any such plan. Beyond simply managing the liquidity of a bank or financial institution to regulate day-to-day cash flow, a robust corporate treasury management program should […]

April 24, 2022

Why is Treasury Management a Major Issue in Cross-Border Payments?

When dealing with a company on the other side of the world, you want to be able to effectively process and handle payments. However, with different currencies facing different levels of stability, this can sometimes be more than challenging and cause heavy loads in companies treasury operations. Especially in money transfers between countries with long […]

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$3 billion in bitcoin was sold in a last-ditch attempt to save UST stablecoin from collapse

USDC vs. USDT: Which Stablecoin is Better for Cross-Border Settlements?

Can Digital Assets Introduce A New and Improved Way For Treasury Management?

Why is Treasury Management a Major Issue in Cross-Border Payments?

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