Russian lawmakers have approved a bill obligating banks and retailers to introduce support for the digital ruble next year and implement a universal QR code for payments. The new legislation comes ...

Microsoft announced on Monday that the "secure release" feature of Universal Print-supported printers now works with QR codes scanned by Android or iOS devices. The secure release feature for printers ...

Marketing innovations often arrive years before the infrastructure exists to support them, creating a gap between technological capability and consumer adoption that brands struggle to bridge. In 2010 ...

China's central bank is pushing for interconnectivity between its digital yuan and other traditional digital electronic payment tools through universal QR code payments, as the country expands the ...

A bill has been introduced to Russia’s State Duma that seeks to make the use of the digital ruble, Russia’s central bank digital currency ( CBDC), mandatory for banks and merchants, alongside ...

Sellers of goods with annual revenue of 120 mln rubles ($1.9 mln) or more, who are clients of systemically important banks, will provide customers with the opportunity to pay in the digital ruble from ...

Alla Bakina, Director of the Bank of Russia’s National Payment System Department, highlighted that most private banks in Russia are ready to provide digital ruble services on September 1. The currency ...