2020-7-16 21:00 |
Blockchain technology can bring about major changes for cross-border payments, says Ripple’s former chief market strategist.
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Solana is leading the field in blockchain payments, but the network has scalability issues, the report said.
2024-4-11 14:19 | |
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Existing payments systems are hard to beat, but there may be niches where blockchain companies can play, says EY's Paul Brody.
2023-8-22 17:10 | |
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Pornhub will accept BTC and LTC payments, a nonprofit wants Coinbase to be more transparent and credit default swaps are coming to the Ethereum blockchain.
2020-9-3 19:21 | |
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The platform will use blockchain to automatically input payments data into bank records.
2020-3-4 15:00 | |
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JPMorgan's blockchain payments network has just onboarded its first Singapore-based bank, OCBC.
2019-9-20 13:30 | |
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Popular payments services provider Mastercard is teaming up with blockchain company R3 to create an international payments solutions, CoinDesk reports. In a press statement, the two companies will develop and pilot a fresh blockchain-based cross-border platform.
2019-9-12 21:19 | |
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Trinity Ventures led a $12 million round for Baton Systems’ development of its blockchain solution for bank-to-bank payments
2019-9-3 11:33 | |
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Public blockchain platform Zilliqa (ZIL) has partnered with Singapore-based payments provider Xfers to explore the use of blockchain-based solutions in the digital payments space in Southeast Asia. This, according to a report by The Business Times, June 19, 2019.
2019-6-20 05:00 | |
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The National Payments Corporation of India is considering implementing blockchain technology to increase the strength of digital transactions
2019-4-15 13:46 | |
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Russia's S7 Airline tested a blockchain application to settle payments and paperworks via a distributed network during an aircraft's refueling process
2018-8-27 16:00 | |
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Payments industry veteran signs up to boost ‘one-click, no-ID’ payments revolution. The post Visa’s Former MD Joins Payments and ID Blockchain Platform Nuggets appeared first on CoinSpeaker.
2018-8-2 22:34 | |
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Japanese digital services firm GMO Internet has just launched a new web bank that it says will soon use blockchain to facilitate payments. The new entity – dubbed GMO Aozora Net Bank – aims to provide new financial services through the integration of fintech and IT, and will leverage advanced security certificates, blockchain, artificial intelligence and internet
2018-7-17 20:16 | |
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Today, Stellar announced it has obtained a Sharia compliance certification for the Stellar technology and network. The Shariyah Review Board (SRB), a leading international Sharia advisory agency licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain, has reviewed the.
2018-7-17 18:45 | |
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There are over 600 million Africans living without electricity despite an abundance of sunshine and hundreds of thousands of solar projects on the drawing board.
2018-7-17 17:41 | |
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Abra, the fintech firm based in Mountain View, California, announced more positive Bitcoin news. It is now accepting Visa and Mastercard for Bitcoin transactions. The move is intended towards making buying and selling of Bitcoin more convenient for its rapidly growing user base.
2018-7-17 16:49 | |
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Japanese digital services firm GMO Internet has just launched a new web bank that it says will soon use blockchain to facilitate payments.
2018-7-17 15:30 | |
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Indonesian blockchain start-up Pundi X has announced that it will begin installing thousands of its Pundi X Point-of-Sale (POS) devices in cafes and restaurants throughout Hong Kong. The company plans to deploy a total of 5,500 POS devices by the end of August, which will allow customers to use Bitcoin for commercial purchases. The Pundi […]
2018-7-17 05:26 | |
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Indonesian blockchain start-up Pundi X has announced that it will begin installing thousands of its Pundi X Point-of-Sale (POS) devices in cafes and restaurants throughout Hong Kong. The company plans to deploy a total of 5,500 POS devices by the end of August, which will allow customers to use Bitcoin for commercial purchases.
2018-7-17 01:24 | |
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The blockchain payments processor BitPay has been given permission to operate in New York by the state’s financial authorities. BitPay announced on Monday they had been granted a virtual currency license, or ‘BitLicense’, by the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS).
2018-7-17 21:44 | |
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The Bank of Thailand aims to use blockchain technology to improve services like document authentication, cross-border payments and supply chain financing. The Bank of Thailand is now considering using the modern and revolutionary blockchain technology to improve and streamline several administrative and payment services.
2018-7-16 21:12 | |
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The Bank of Thailand aims to use blockchain technology to improve services like document authentication, cross-border payments and supply chain financing. The post Thailand’s Central Bank Considers Using Blockchain to Improve a Range of Services appeared first on CoinSpeaker.
2018-7-16 17:56 | |
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Global blockchain payments provider BitPay has announced it has been granted a virtual currency license from the New York State Department of Financial Services. The license will allow BitPay to provide services to companies and customers based in New York.
2018-7-17 14:21 | |
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American Express is on the hunt for better ways of proving when transactions occur and a new patent filing suggests the financial services giant may be looking at blockchain as part of a possible solution.
2018-7-16 08:52 | |
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Credit card giant American Express may be looking into developing a new proof-of-payment (PoP) system based on blockchain technology.
2018-7-16 04:30 | |
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According to the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office [USPTO], American Express filed a patent related to blockchain technology on 12th January 2017. The giant financial corporation’s patent refers to a proof-of-payment system based on the blockchain.
2018-7-15 02:19 | |
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The Governor of the Bank of Thailand (BoT), said that the bank is considering blockchain technology for various applications during a speech at the the Bloomberg ASEAN Business Summit on July 12. The central bank’s governor Dr.
2018-7-14 16:08 | |
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The Bank of Thailand’s governor revealed that the central bank is reviewing blockchain tech for cross-border payments, among other applications
2018-7-14 13:23 | |
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American Express Looking to Make Use of Blockchain-Based PPS (Proof-of Payments) System American Express, the credit card company recently filed a proof-of-payment system patent application to be based on the blockchain technology.
2018-7-14 00:09 | |
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Along this exciting journey of cryptocurrencies, crypto-markets and blockchain technology, we have seen traditional banking institutions embrace blockchain based payments solutions such as those offered by Ripple, as well as some banks opting to patent their own blockchain ideas.
2018-7-13 19:11 | |
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Ripple announced promoting David Schwartz to chief technology officer (CTO) and hiring Kahina Van Dyke as senior vice president for business and corporate development. The company strengthened its leadership team as it continues to expand across several verticals including blockchain, payments, financial services, and cryptography.
2018-7-13 16:34 | |
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TCD Corporation (formerly Holding BR) is an IT company engaged in the development of modern solutions for the economic and public spheres of activity. Since October 2017, TCD Corporation has been designing and developing a new cryptographic decentralized platform - "Tkeycoin DAO" for payment systems, banking and financial sector.
2018-7-12 22:56 | |
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The UTRUST team has announced successful blockchain integration with the reputable DigiByte platform. With this innovative initiative, users can now use a vast array of cryptos securely on the platform.
2018-7-12 13:34 | |
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With the rapid development of the blockchain technology, crypto projects are constantly trying to provide something better, something bigger. One biggest problem with the Bitcoin blockchain, when it was introduced, was the speed of the blockchain transactions—an issue that has been taken up by multiple projects over the years.
2018-7-11 16:37 | |
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The Institutes RiskBlock™ Alliance is joining forces with Accenture in a move that will see both companies expand the use of blockchain technology within the insurance sector.
2018-7-10 00:28 | |
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Blockchain technology is transforming every element within our lifestyles from payments to transactions, to even raising of private funds for new ventures and enterprises. As the innovations continue to pick up momentum, there is the talk of how traditional banking could embrace the technology or even be replaced by it. At the same time, Argentas […]
2018-7-9 12:07 | |
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Bitcoin Press Release: Leading payments solution platform UTRUST has announced a technology integration with the most secure, most decentralized, scalable and fastest Blockchain: DigiByte. July 8th, 2018, Zug – The integration between UTRUST and DigiByte offers users a secure payments solution through which they can safely use multiple cryptocurrencies.
2018-7-8 19:50 | |
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Leading payments solution platform UTRUST has announced a technology integration with the most secure, most decentralized, scalable and fastest Blockchain: DigiByte. The post Leading Payments Solution Provider UTRUST Announces Implementation with Global Blockchain DigiByte appeared first on CoinSpeaker.
2018-7-9 13:21 | |
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Ripple is developing various partnerships with banks with the ultimate aim of reducing fiction in global payments, the recent one being their collaboration with Kotak Mahindra, a leading Indian private-sector bank.
2018-7-8 07:07 | |
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With Facebook hitting headlines very recently regarding their retraction of the cryptocurrency advertising ban and of course, their reshuffle of the blockchain research team, we have been wondering exactly what sort of products may come from Facebook, once they explore the true potential of the blockchain.
2018-7-7 23:24 | |
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In the pursuit of finding the perfect use case for Ripple XRP, Emi Yoshikawa, the Director of Joint Venture Partnerships at Ripple has spoken to TechCrunch about uses for Ripple XRP within the Asian continent.
2018-7-6 16:30 | |
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MakerDAO, the project behind the decentralized stablecoin Dai, will partner with Tradeshift, a multi-national company specializing in supply chain… The post MakerDAO Partners with Supply Chain Payments Company TradeShift appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2018-7-6 13:33 | |
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Fatum is a platform based on robust, immutable blockchain technology, absolutely transparent and accessible to anyone for public and private verification. In the Fatum project, the architecture and algorithms for mixing random numbers are created in a way that makes it technically impossible to manipulate the random numbers.
2018-7-6 01:30 | |
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Investors in the digital payments industry have turned their attention to Stellar (XLM) as Ripple (XRP) just got served with another lawsuit concerning its legal status as a potential security.
2018-7-5 18:00 | |
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SmartCard Marketing Systems Inc has announced the release of its Blockchain solution offering Granularchain.com. SmartCard Marketing, Inc. (OTC:SMKG) is a Fintech solutions provider to the global payments industry delivering a cloud-based EMV Host platform to Issuing & Acquiring banks, telecoms & global enterprises Its Granularchain is a blockchain solution for creating digital ID keys for […]
2018-7-3 09:39 | |
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OnePayFX is a mobile application born through a partnership between Santander, and international bank and Ripple. By utilising Ripple technology, Santander aim to change the way cross border payments are made on a mainstream level.
2018-7-3 07:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency has an awful lot of uses, far more than it’s FIAT rivals. Of course, part of this is down to the power of the blockchain and whilst (for example) both crypto and FIAT can be used to make cross border payments, the crypto alternative is so superior that in reality, the idea of a FIAT cross border transfer cannot be considered as a part of even the same league.
2018-7-2 18:30 | |
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BitSong is a platform, that will be built using the Ethereum blockchain and the IPFS distributed file system. BitSong will provide the user with the possibility of using the platform in a number of ways from, free streaming, to requests for donations, payments and the insertion of advertising sponsors.
2018-7-1 11:11 | |
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Travel booking platform Expedia has stopped accepting bitcoin (BTC). A company representative confirmed the policy change, while stating that various payment options are being continuously evaluated without elaborating on the details.
2018-7-1 23:40 | |
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Qiwi, one of the largest e-payment providers in Russia, is launching a crypto investment bank, called HASH, to advise investors and help Russian companies tokenize their assets once the appropriate regulation in Russia is in place.
2018-6-30 17:58 | |
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In the coming years, the use of Bitcoin and hallucinogen will increase, opening up new potentials for the development of human civilization.
Alchemy Pay users can link their virtual cards to Samsung Pay, enabling payments with crypto online and in-store, according to an Oct. 7 announcement. Over 500,000 users of Alchemy Pay’s virtual card can now use their crypto for retail payments in the 24 countries where Samsung Pay is available.
Mercado Bitcoin plans to offer its corporate and retail customers support for international payments, allowing users to transact with Brazilian Reais.
If the AI industry is serious about finding the ‘killer app’ for sustained, long-term adoption, it can’t fade the decentralized payments paradigm.
Paysafe has announced a strategic partnership with Alchemy Pay, a prominent fiat-crypto payment solution provider.
The growing involvement of America’s top public companies in blockchain technology has intensified calls for clear regulatory guidelines to retain crypto developers and talent within the US.
Mastercard launched Mastercard Crypto Credential on May 29, enabling users to send and receive crypto using simplified aliases instead of complex blockchain addresses, according to a press release.