Lawmakers debate CFPB oversight of payment apps and crypto

Lawmakers discussed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposal to potentially bring payment applications, including those involving crypto, under its oversight.

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Exploring LYOPAY App’s crypto payment solution

LYOPAY App is a crypto payment solution that makes transactions between fiat and digital currencies easy and accessible

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Brazilian crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin licensed as payment provider: Report

As a payment institution, MB Pay will enable certain digital banking services to the crypto exchange’s users in the country.

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UK Regulator Is Firming Up Its Approach to Crypto Oversight

The Payment Systems Regulator will be looking at what happens if a crypto payment system goes wrong and the measures needed to protect consumers against fraud, Nick Davey, a Payment Specialist, told CoinDesk in an interview.

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How to buy food with Bitcoin?

Users can pay bills with cryptocurrency directly from their crypto wallet or using a payment processor acting as an online crypto payment gateway.

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How to pay your bills with cryptocurrency?

Users can pay bills with cryptocurrency directly from their crypto wallet or using a payment processor acting as an online crypto payment gateway.

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85% of merchants see crypto payments as a way to reach new customers: Survey

The crypto payment report noted that crypto payment fees are around 1%, which is much lower than other payment options that charge between 1.5% and 3.5%

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Biggest Shopping Center Developer in Thailand Trials Crypto as Payment in Malls

Largest Thailand retail company is trialing its own crypto as payment means in its malls and restaurants

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Worldline and Bitcoin Suisse go-live with crypto payment solution in Switzerland

Worldline, a European payments services provider, and Bitcoin Suisse, a Swiss crypto services company, recently announced the go-live of their omnichannel crypto payment solution. Now, more than 85,000 merchants in Switzerland using Worldline point-of-sale and e-commerce payment services can let their clients pay in bitcoin and ether along with other payment options.

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Monero Outpacing Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash as a Payment Crypto 

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Why MobiePay Is Ultimate Mobile Crypto Payment App

Coinspeaker Why MobiePay Is Ultimate Mobile Crypto Payment AppMobiePay is establishing partnerships with over 350 retailers in the United States, such as Amazon, Trader Joes, Landry’s Restaurants, and IKEA, and have over 100,000 users ready to onboard during their public launch.

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PayPal Works on Development of Crypto Payment Capabilities

Coinspeaker PayPal Works on Development of Crypto Payment CapabilitiesFrom the letter sent to the European Commission it has become known that PayPal is working on crypto payment capabilities.

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BitPay now Offers a Crypto Payment Card in the US

Several years ago, crypto debit cards were very easy to come by. Today, things have changed significantly, although new entrants are throwing their hat into the ring once again. BitPay is best known for being  a Bitcoin payment processor.

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Innovation Continues Despite Crypto Crush, 0x Launches Web and dApp Payment Platform

As cryptocurrency prices continue to tumble, some blockchain projects may disappear into the digital dust while others forge on with product development that will lead to ease of use and greater adoption.

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Singapore Finalizes Regulatory Framework for Crypto Payment Services

The central bank of Singapore has finalized the country’s new regulatory framework for payment services, which now includes cryptocurrency. Crypto payment service providers, which fall outside of the current regulatory framework, will need to be licensed under the new regime.

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3 Payment Gateways That Can Help Widen Crypto Adoption

Satoshi Nakamoto released the first globally distributed ledger in 2009. The massive ripple effect that followed would have been… The post 3 Payment Gateways That Can Help Widen Crypto Adoption appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.

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Crypto not expected to be an everday payment method by 2020 in Germany according to the experts

As part of ZEW’s monthly financial market report, the research institute polled up to 300 experts from banks, insurance companies, and finance departments of selected large companies. ZEW polled experts on their assessment of whether cryptocurrencies would soon be adopted for everyday payment purposes.

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Germany: Financial Experts Don’t See Crypto as an Everyday Payment Method by 2020

Most German finance experts in a ZEW poll don’t expect crypto to be a viable every payment option by 2020

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Jeff Garzik on His Newest Venture and Keeping Time With an Evolving Space

Jeff Garzik first tuned the world into his latest venture in the fall of 2017. The Bloq co-founder unveiled Metronome (MET), a cryptocurrency he founded alongside Matthew Roszak, at the Las Vegas Money 20/20 conference in late October, and the project caught the attention of Bloomberg and Fortune at the time.

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Esports To Pioneer New Digital University

esports. com, the famed bridge between cryptocurrency and online gaming are marching forward with a brand-new idea that is set to see the establishment of an Esports University. The Esports University will see a collaboration between the blockchain revolution, the online gaming industry and the education sector, in a move that is designed to both utilise the ERT Token and of course the Esports platform.

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Mastercard Wants Bitcoin, But Not For The Reasons You Might Think

Mastercard are notoriously one of the worlds biggest payment providers and thus, wealth’s of the crypto-community dream that one day, Mastercard will allow for cryptocurrency payments and transfers.

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Why Did Blockchain Payment Processing Leave Developers Behind?

Every day developers are on the front line of mainstream crypto adoption, and yet it feels so much like… The post Why Did Blockchain Payment Processing Leave Developers Behind? appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.

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Japan aims to become a bitcoin capital. Then it became the hack

As China cracked down on crypto exchanges and South Korea threatened to do the same, Japan stood out as a crypto-friendly nation. In 2017, Japan declared Bitcoin to be a legal form of payment and now has 16 licensed cryptocurrency exchanges.

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Coinbase UK CEO: Crypto is a ‘Global Revolution’

Coinbase U. K. CEO Zeeshan Feroz said that the announcement of Ethereum Classic was more successful than Bitcoin Cash at the CryptoCompare MJAC 2018 conference today. He also spoke on the use of mobile payment networks to bring financial services to the unbanked, criticized the current financial payments system, and gave a roadmap to achieve widespread.

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SelfPay Asia Could Be The Key To Cryptocurrency Adoption

The blockchain revolution is almost kept afloat by start-ups and companies with new and innovative ideas. Few however enter the business world with ambitions as high as SelfPay, Asia. According to The Next Web, SelfPay is very much intent on a future where cryptocurrency can be taken as a standard payment option, anytime, anywhere for anything.

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COSS crypto exchange unveils a glimpse of version 2.0

COSS. io, which stands for Crypto-One-Stop-Solution, a cryptocurrency ecosystem featuring a payment gateway/POS, exchange, and wallet services today gave an updated look at the upcoming COSS 2. 0 release, an improved exchange experience for users which includes many enhancements.

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Ripple XRP Still Chasing Top US Exchanges

A fundamental link between the world of digital currency and the long-established, traditional way of banking is Ripple, credibly designed to revamp how financial companies deal with moving money.

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