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Facebook's plan for a digital currency draws ECB warning on regulation

Facebook's plan for a digital currency called Libra has policy makers scrambling. The UK's three main financial regulators are working together on how best to respond

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Representations of the Ripple, Bitcoin, Etherum and Litecoin virtual currencies are seen on a PC motherboard in this illustration picture

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Financial regulators must act fast to prepare for the push by US tech giants such as Facebook Inc. into the financial system, according to European Central Bank Executive Board member Benoit Coeure.
 
“It’s out of the question to allow them to develop in a regulatory void for their financial service activities, because it’s just too dangerous,” Coeure said on Sunday in Aix-en-Provence in southern France. “We have to move more quickly than we’ve been able to do up until now.”
 
Facebook’s plan for a digital currency called Libra has policy makers scrambling. The UK’s three main financial regulators are working