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One of the most significant impacts of daily-use web3 payments in developing countries lies in revolutionizing the way money transfers work on macro and micro scales. origin »
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Ripple-supported Japanese payment app Money Tap teams up with PayPay, offering payments to 10 mln users and 1 mln merchants in Japan with CAFIS system replaced by XRPL
2019-10-30 11:59 | |
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Japanese payment app Money Tap teams up with PayPay, offering RippleNet-based payments to 10 mln users and 1 mln merchants in Japan
2019-10-31 11:59 | |
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Coinspeaker Uber Dives in Payments and Financial Services Market with Uber MoneyUber has unveiled a new division called Uber Money which will offer its drivers bank accounts along with digital wallets, credit and debit cards, to receive instant payments.
2019-10-29 14:21 | |
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Cross-border payments provider and RippleNet partner InstaReM has announced its rebranding to become a part of Nium. The official statement highlighted that while the rebrand was part of the strategy since its recent $41m funding round, Nium’s goal is to create a world of ‘Open Money’ which will enable businesses to send, spend and receive money […] The post RippleNet partner InstaReM rebrands to Nium to create world of ‘Open Money’ appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-10-29 17:45 | |
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Polish news outlet wPolityce reported on October 24, 2019, that Ivan Manuel Molina Lee, the CEO of the controversial Panama-based payments processor Crypto Capital was arrested by the Polish authorities on suspicion of money laundering and involvement with an international drug cartel.
2019-10-26 19:00 | |
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Bitcoin has not had the best of weeks so far but its 8% slide is just a blip compared to what the US Federal Reserve has been doing recently. The central bank has ramped up its bailout or ‘repo’ scheme by injecting more money into the financial system.
2019-10-25 12:00 | |
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Bitcoin received a major boost from the adoption perspective as Opera browser reportedly added support for BTC payments on the latest version of its Android App. Opera announced on its official blog, that the browser had added a Bitcoin card to the user’s wallet, enabling them to receive and send money to anywhere from the […] The post Opera browser adds Bitcoin payments to latest Android update appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-10-22 15:31 | |
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The latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) conference featured leaders from technology, banks, and regulators to discuss the trajectory of the fintech ecosystem. Leading the conversation was Facebook’s David Marcus, Head of Calibra, who highlighted the current constraints of the existing financial system.
2019-10-18 21:33 | |
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The remittance industry is rapidly evolving: competition is fierce; urgency to quickly enter new markets has never been higher; and customers are demanding fast, low-cost global payments. As one of the world’s largest money transfer companies, MoneyGram is at the head of the pack—forging strategic partnerships and leveraging emerging technologies with the goal of improving … Continued The post MoneyGram CEO to Highlight the Impact of Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology at Swell 2019 appeared first on Ripple.
2019-10-16 20:00 | |
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Coinspeaker Samsung Joins Forces with Ripple’s Partner Finablr to Introduce International PaymentsSamsung has officially announced that it will collaborate with the Finably fintech firm, a Ripple’s partner, to launch an international money transfer service on the Samsung Pay app targeting US users.
2019-10-11 13:22 | |
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Ripple has made a lot of headlines over the past few years. Although cryptocurrency enthusiasts still dislike the company, their business model is more than sound. As a result of their approach, Ripple’s partner list has now grown.
2019-10-10 01:59 | |
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The first and foremost point we learn about the money is that it belongs to the government institutions. They print the money and we spend as the payments and use it as a store of value. This phenomenon was there for more than a decade or two, but things started moving resentfully when someone promulgated The post Stablecoins : Killer application of blockchain appeared first on ItsBlockchain.
2019-10-10 12:23 | |
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Stellar Intro Stellar Lumens is a cryptocurrency platform that focuses on remittance and cross-border payments. Stellar is aiming to be an open financial system that gives people of all income levels access to low-cost financial services.
2019-10-7 00:30 | |
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Samsung Pay teams up with RippleNet member Finablr to offer cross-border payments feature Money Transfer to its app’s users
2019-10-7 16:42 | |
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Hong Kong residents are reporting that many ATMs are running out of cash entirely. Protestors have been queuing up to withdraw funds in fear that the Chinese government may start monitoring digital payments and freezing assets.
2019-10-7 15:15 | |
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Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin cash are ideally suited to payments. While their popularity increases with growing awareness of the benefits of peer-to-peer electronic cash, mass adoption remains a long-term goal.
2019-10-3 19:00 | |
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Digitization, disruption, blockchain, and frictionless payments. It’s amazing how prominent figures from the financial elite can provide a pretty detailed description of decentralized money without uttering “bitcoin” or “crypto.
2019-9-29 14:55 | |
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In 6,000 retail outlets including all 7-Eleven stores across the Philippines, people can buy Bitcoin (BTC), thanks to the new partnership between Abra, a global investment app and ECPay, Electronic Commerce Payments.
2019-9-20 19:06 | |
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Bitcoin payment processing platform BitPay has blocked payments to the Hong Kong Free Press (Hong Kong FP), according to the chief editor of the nonprofit press agency. Tom Grundy accused BitPay of sitting atop their funds for almost three weeks.
2019-9-12 13:51 | |
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Remitters want reliability, speed, convenience and lower cost—yet these key elements are at odds in today’s global payments. This is due in part to the current challenges moving money between currencies and the institutions that are licensed to handle these transactions.
2019-9-19 00:18 | |
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Remitters want reliability, speed, convenience and lower cost—yet these key elements are at odds in today’s global payments. This is due in part to the current challenges moving money between currencies and the institutions that are licensed to handle these transactions.
2019-9-17 00:18 | |
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Coinbase, one of the largest crypto exchanges originating from the US might have to shift all European accounts to another licensed entity within EU, in case of a no-deal Brexit according to reports.
2019-9-1 14:24 | |
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Huge opportunity to capture the unbanked and underbanked, Jeremy Light XRP as a bridge currency will be a game changer RippleNet is now active in more than 40 countries across 6 continents — from Asia, Africa, North America, South America to Europe — reports international Association of Money Transfers Networks (IAMTN). A non profit organization, […]
2019-8-29 20:03 | |
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Farmarket, the Venezuelan pharmacy chain has just released a statement indicating that it will now start accepting cryptocurrency payments. This comes in the wake of the chain announcing that it had entered into a partnership agreement with the Panda Exchange proprietary money remission system.
2019-8-28 20:26 | |
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FINMA, the financial market regulator in Switzerland, has released a guide in line with FATF rules in order to target KYC/AML compliance for blockchain payments companies and cryptocurrencies. Any party that transacts in cryptocurrencies or transmits money over the blockchain is liable to comply with existing money laundering regulation in Switzerland, August 26, 2019.
2019-8-27 01:00 | |
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Switzerland’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority has released updated know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering guidelines, requiring blockchain service providers to conduct KYC checks and notify the Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland should they identify suspicious activity on their platforms.
2019-8-27 19:16 | |
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A timeframe to accept crypto is no different than for other types of payments. Credit card’s first usage was 100 years after the idea, and Europeans printed money 600 years after China. Furthermore, the antique markets traded without coin for 5000 years.
2019-8-23 14:19 | |
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Xendpay, a London-based international money transfer service has joined RippleNet, a blockchain-based global payments network to enable millions of people to send real-time cross-border payments in their local currencies.
2019-8-22 09:30 | |
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Bitcoin is best known as a currency, but that’s not its only use. As the oldest and most-secure blockchain, the Bitcoin ledger has many applications that aren’t directly related to finance or payments.
2019-8-22 22:48 | |
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Xendpay is opening new remittance corridors and Ripple helps it in keeping ahead of the competition, stated the payments company in the Ripple’s latest insight blog. An international money transfer service, Xendpay allows to send money in 173 countries and more than 45 currencies.
2019-8-21 19:48 | |
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Beating the general narrative of crypto resistance from the U. S. government, Everex, the payments and trading platform just announced the issuance of “full Money Transmitter (MSB) License” from the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance.
2019-8-21 19:12 | |
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Santander Group, a major Spanish bank wants to expand its use of One Pay FX solution to enable its customers in Latin American countries send money to the U. S. According to the bank, Ripple’s remittance service will allow customers in these countries to send feeless payments instantly, reports Coindesk on August 19, 2019.
2019-8-20 22:50 | |
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Banco Santander has recently announced that they are building a payment corridor that will enable their users in Latin America to send money to the US free of costs through One Pay FX. Currently, the One Pay FX app enables money transfers only between the U.
2019-8-19 16:37 | |
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On Wednesday Santander UK unexpectedly dropped support for Coinbase payments. Is the bank pivoting on its crypto supportive stance? Santander Cuts Ties with Coinbase On August 14 a Reddit user announced that Santander UK was halting all payments to Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange.
2019-8-15 10:09 | |
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The Bitcoin hype may have died down, but the tech behind it definitely hasn’t. With Bitcoin’s price on the rise again, and with major companies adopting and experimenting with blockchain, the way we do business, make payments, and perceive the value of money is about to change.
2019-8-14 18:12 | |
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CryptoNinjas - Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Asset SourceseriesOne, an SEC-compliant crowdfunding portal, has announced that it has listed the Kinesis Velocity Token (KVT) offered by Kinesis Money on its deal platform seriesOne.
2019-8-12 19:57 | |
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Recently, the second-largest money transfer system in the world, MoneyGram, started using the xRapid product of California-based fintech startup Ripple to make cross-border payments. Currently, MoneyGram serves millions of customers in more than 200 countries over the world.
2019-8-10 14:28 | |
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Bitcoin is again getting to be used as a money substitute, instead of being a store of value but it does not seem to be all that simple
2019-8-7 11:32 | |
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Israeli media sources say bitcoin traders in the country are finding it difficult to pay taxes as banks continue to refuse crypto deposits, August 6, 2019. Banks in many countries refuse to accept deposits from crypto-related activities based on fears of money laundering and other illicit financial activities.
2019-8-7 19:00 | |
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Coinspeaker Fed Getting Into the Real-Time Payments Business, Crypto Community LukewarmFed announced creating a system that would allow consumers and businesses to send and receive money instantaneously allowing any U.
2019-8-6 11:35 | |
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Gominer Token is a Peer-to-Peer token that has a sophisticated level of security for a multi-functional digital currency and for all future use expansion. The token is created to help our user to interact and expand the way of their earning in Cloud mining.
2019-7-28 17:33 | |
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Japan’s government is working on the creation of a new international network for payments based on cryptocurrencies in order to fight money laundering inside the region, according to an article posted July 18, 2019 by Reuters.
2019-7-19 11:05 | |
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While financial chiefs around the world gathered to discuss the "serious difficulties" Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency may cause, the summit was also swirling with rumors that Japan was leading the development of a government-backed international crypto payments system meant to help tackle money laundering issues.
2019-7-18 18:58 | |
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The Japanese government has started developing a crypto payments platform similar to SWIFT according to reports. The effort has come as part of a wider spread initiative to combat money laundering.
2019-7-18 13:19 | |
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Japan is set to further its pioneering spirit when it comes to cryptocurrency. The Japanese government is currently developing an international cryptocurrency payments network similar to the SWIFT network currently used by banks, Reuters reports.
2019-7-18 12:45 | |
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Supranational economic institutions have been studying the effects of cryptocurrency and blockchain. In a report released by the IMF, July 15, 2019, they highlight the potential for cryptocurrencies and traditional digital money to spark a new age of payments.
2019-7-17 19:00 | |
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Whenever a new payment service is launched in any part of the world, there is some initial excitement. In most cases, such launches go off without a hitch. That was not the case for 7-Eleven’s new mobile payment service known as 7Pay.
2019-7-12 06:00 | |
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Ripple has been working towards developing its technology and promoting its native crypto, XRP, for years now, managing to get many powerful financial institutions to use its tech. However, the general public still deals with problems related to payments and money transfers.
2019-7-6 17:00 | |
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Gab has made a bid to seal $10 million in a Series A crowdfunding round that will enable it to decentralize its infrastructure and integrate bitcoin and Lightning Network payments
2019-7-4 15:44 | |
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In a bold move to bridge traditional theater with Web3 innovation, Helm Capital Group has announced the launch of Kowalski Coin, a new token designed to democratize Broadway investment through their proprietary Benefit Block (BB) model.
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Tether has made its first dive into the world of venture capital by injecting $2 million into Arcanum Capital’s fund, which focuses on developing blockchain-based Web3 projects. According to a recent press release, major stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT) has invested…
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Draper Associates-backed CUDIS has partnered with UCLA Athletics for a year-long collaboration to promote web3 smart rings among students and athletes. The web3 wellness company CUDIS has announced a one-year partnership with UCLA Athletics, a Californian collegiate sports program, to…