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Ripple continues to make progress across Asia. Its latest venture focuses on providing low-cost cross-border payments to clients across Thailand. Various enterprises see merit in Ripple and its XRP ledger technology.
2020-1-10 07:00 | |
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Thailand’s oldest bank, Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) has taken to change the lives of over 16 million customers by launching SCB Easy, a mobile application that runs on Ripple to deliver instant and low-cost cross-border payments.
2020-1-9 17:59 | |
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Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) is on a mission to change the lives of their over 16 million customers. Thailand’s oldest bank has partnered with Ripple to help bring the company into the digital age and create SCB Easy—a mobile application that runs on Ripple to deliver instant, low-cost cross-border payments.
2020-1-10 22:08 | |
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Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) is on a mission to change the lives of their over 16 million customers. Thailand’s oldest bank has partnered with Ripple to help bring the company into the digital age and create SCB Easy—a mobile application that runs on Ripple to deliver instant, low-cost cross-border payments.
2020-1-9 22:08 | |
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Signature Bank, a bitcoin (BTC)-friendly New York-based full-service commercial bank founded in 2001, has joined forces with Prime Trust, a Nevada-based tech-driven financial institution that claims to be focused on providing dependable infrastructure solutions for the digital economy.
2020-1-7 10:00 | |
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Ripple & XRP researcher, Crypto Eri, recently uploaded a video regarding PayPal’s new commercial agreement with "one of the largest online commerce and payments ecosystems in Latin America" and The post Ripple, PayPal will compete for Latin America's remittance market appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-1-6 16:00 | |
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Blockchain-based identity verification and payments platform Nuggets, announced today it has appointed Emma Maslen as Commercial Advisor. The platform is readying for official launch and rollout in Q4 2019.
2019-11-13 18:56 | |
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Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has managed to create a new blockchain-based prototype for multi-currency payments, in collaboration with Temasek and JPMorgan. According to the developers, the network could significantly improve numerous aspects of sending payments, including the cost efficiency for businesses.
2019-11-11 15:44 | |
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Vietnam-based TPBank (Tien Phong Commercial Bank) has become the latest member to join Ripple Inc. ’s blockchain-powered enterprise-grade payments network RippleNet. This, according to a report by Yahoo! Finance, November 4, 2019.
2019-11-5 20:00 | |
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Emurgo, the official commercial arm of the Cardano (ADA) distributed ledger technology (DLT) project, which claims to be focused on accelerating mass adoption of ADA, has announced that new merchants across the globe are now accepting payments in the altcoin, according to a blog post on October 2, 2019.
2019-10-9 21:00 | |
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With over 250 partners under its hood, RippleNet’s blockchain network has continued to grow. In yet another development, Ripple has on-boarded the National Bank of Fujairah, a Dubai-based corporate bank that offers corporate and commercial banking services for conducting cross-border payments.
2019-9-24 16:00 | |
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According to a Crowdfund Insider report published on September 8, 2019, major Pakistani bank, Faysal Bank Limited (FBL) has partnered with fintech firm, Ripple Inc. to launch a blockchain-powered digital payments solution.
2019-9-9 11:00 | |
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During the FiNext Conference in USA, Ripple’s Director of Corporate Payments, Ryan Gaylor, claimed that bank coins like JP Morgan’s do not fix the ailing issue of centralization as opposed to XRP, reported VisionaryFinanc.
2019-8-31 23:00 | |
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China’s central bank backed digital currency DC/EP (Digital Currency/Electronic Payments) will be issued to seven institutions, reported Fobes citing Paul Schulte, an independent researcher and former employee of one of these institutions.
2019-8-28 15:50 | |
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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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Functioning like a pipeline for commercial transactions, SPEDN processes regular purchases in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin or ethereum.
2019-8-14 01:32 | |
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Commerzbank, a Germany-based international commercial bank with a presence in more than 50 countries, has collaborated with Daimler Trucks to conduct Germany’s first distributed ledger technology (DLT) powered machine-to-machine (M2M) payment, according to a press release on August 8, 2019.
2019-8-10 23:00 | |
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Cryptocurrencies are no longer on the periphery of the financial ecosystem. The concept of virtual assets is no longer discussed on online forums among 200 people but gaining mass recognition of global leaders and institutions.
2019-8-5 09:30 | |
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According to a press release from Trade Arabia, July 30, 2019, Mastercard and the Bahrain Electronic Network for Financial Transactions (Benefit), the only financial network in the Kingdom of Bahrain handling ATM and POS transactions, have established a partnership to provide a blockchain solution for banks to enable cross-border commercial payments.
2019-7-31 09:00 | |
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Vectorium Islands are places where the collectivity can produce renewable energy and cryptocurrecy. Those Islands produce power energy value combining wind, solar and waste by a virtuous ecosystem regulated by blockchain and Artificial Intelligence.
2019-6-18 01:23 | |
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) continues to make its case as one of the world’s most exciting testing grounds for blockchain, cross border payments, and digital assets. Ripple has been part of much of this pioneering work with partners like SBI Remit, CIMB Group, Siam Commercial Bank, Mitsubishi Corporation and Standard Chartered, the … Continued The post Remittance Innovation in ASEAN Is Changing Lives for Workers Living Abroad appeared first on Ripple.
2019-6-20 00:17 | |
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Visa’s blockchain-powered B2B payments product has finally gone live after almost three years in the making. First made public in October 2016, the Visa B2B Connect network is being made available in 30 markets, with plans to expand to as many as 90 territories by the end of the year.
2019-6-12 13:09 | |
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By CCN: When AT&T became the first major mobile provider to accept bitcoin for bill payments through the AT&T website and the myAT&T mobile app, 150 million AT&T customers received the opportunity to pay their cell phone bill using cryptocurrency.
2019-6-9 16:17 | |
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By CCN: Siam Commercial Bank, Thailand’s third-largest financial institution, quietly teased some tantalizing news that should kick the Ripple (XRP) rumor mill into high gear. SCB Thailand Taps Ripple for Blockchain Payments Already, SCB Thailand launched a blockchain platform that uses the Ripple company’s xCurrent system to facilitate cheaper cross-border money transfers.
2019-5-25 01:01 | |
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AT&T customers can now use bitcoin to settle their bills online. According to a press release from the Dallas-based mobile carrier, customers who want to use cryptocurrency to pay their bills can do so by selecting BitPay as a payment option on the myAT&T app or when they log in to their account.
2019-5-24 22:47 | |
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An increasing number of businesses are now accepting cryptocurrency payments and crypto payment gateway solutions are more in demand than ever before. This has recently become more evident with some of the big-name global online retailers now committing to accepting cryptos, re-affirming their growing importance in the commercial world.
2019-5-22 10:11 | |
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In the latest on the ongoing legal dispute between the New York Attorney General (NYAG), cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin issuer Tether, the New York Supreme Court has modified an April 24, 2019, preliminary injunction and now Bitfinex is allowed to continue using the Tether reserves that were loaned to it to maintain its ordinary course of business, such as paying employees and consultants.
2019-5-18 22:14 | |
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International cross border payment options are without a doubt one of the most significant uses of digital currencies. Cryptocurrency payments options are a lot more faster than the the traditional payment methods, because third party intermediaries are cut out of the process.
2019-5-14 02:20 | |
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Cross border payments represent one of the most self-evident use cases of cryptocurrencies. Digital currencies move across borders faster than traditional payment pathways, with reduced friction points and no need for an intermediary.
2019-5-10 20:43 | |
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Blockchain use for cross-border business-to-business payments has been tested by Thailand’s largest commercial bank SCB and state oil company PTTEP
2019-4-25 18:10 | |
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Thai bank, Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), has revealed that it has made a cross-border payments transfer using Ripple’s technology,… The post Ripple: The Oldest Thai Bank Reduced Cross-Border Transaction Time From 2 Days To 1 Minute Using Ripple Tech appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-4-24 09:46 | |
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Japan Railways Group, the biggest railway and subway operator in Japan that is used by millions of Japanese individuals on a daily basis, is considering the integration of crypto assets like bitcoin as a payment option.
2019-3-30 15:55 | |
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Avnet has become the latest major enterprise to begin accepting payment in bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. On March 19, 2019, the company announced that it will allow customers to pay for goods and services using bitcoin and bitcoin cash.
2019-3-20 19:08 | |
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A global currency exchange provider with offices in places like London, Cape Town, and Hong Kong, Mercury FX, has decided to use the technology created by Ripple, xRapid, in order to make commercial payments to the Philippines.
2019-3-6 04:46 | |
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CoinSpeaker JPM Coin Could Become Commercial and Be Used for Retail Payments, Says Jamie Dimon According to J. P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon, their controversial JPM Coin created for institutional clients could have a consumer use one day.
2019-2-27 09:45 | |
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Wall Street titan and noted bitcoin basher Jamie Dimon said that JPMorgan’s controversial cryptocurrency could one day be used for consumer payments. Jamie Dimon: JPMorgan Cryptocurrency Could Target Consumer Use “JPMorgan Coin could be internal, could be commercial, it could one day be consumer,” Dimon said at the bank’s annual investor day in remarks quoted by CNBC.
2019-2-27 22:03 | |
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Компания Shift Payments сообщила о завершении обслуживания дебетовых карт пользователей криптовалютной биржи Coinbase. Держатели карт уже получили официальные письма с сообщением о приостановлении операций.
2019-2-22 15:40 | |
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Представители Shift Payments заявили о завершении программы по обслуживанию дебетовых карт для клиентов американской криптовалютной компании Coinbase. Так, с 11 апреля карты станут недействительны, сообщает The Block.
2019-2-18 09:29 | |
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The team at Ripple has announced a new accelerator plan for financial institutions joining RippleNet. The said institutions need to be first in their markets to process and promote commercial payments on RippleNet.
2019-1-27 13:36 | |
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Technology lawyer Addison Cameron-Huff launched his new, Toronto-based, all-crypto legal firm on January 3, 2019, Bitcoin’s 10th anniversary, as a statement of his commitment to working for and promoting Bitcoin and cryptocurrency-based businesses.
2019-1-11 21:17 | |
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CoinSpeaker Digital Retail Giant Overstock Set to Use Bitcoin for Tax Payments in 2019 Already Overstock will use Bitcoin to cover its Ohio commercial activity taxes in February 2019, using the recently launched cryptocurrency taxpayer platform, OhioCrypto.
2019-1-4 11:45 | |
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As tax season is rapidly approaching, some states, like Ohio, have decided to set a new standard for the rest of the country to follow. Back in November, Ohio became the first state in the U.
2019-1-3 20:53 | |
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Russia has not discounted the idea of using state-issued cryptocurrency Petro in commercial operations with Venezuela. Russia: No Petro Payments ‘Yet’ Those were the words of deputy finance minister Sergey Storchak speaking to reporters this week, local news outlet RIA Novosti reported December 13.
2018-12-14 17:00 | |
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In what could be the biggest institutional nod of approval to cryptocurrencies across the globe, Ohio is set to become the first state to accept Bitcoin for tax payments. Starting this week, Ohio businesses can pay anything from tobacco to public utilities tax on OhioCrypto.
2018-11-26 13:42 | |
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As per a study released by Chainalysis earlier this week, the use of Bitcoin (BTC) in relation to facilitating commercial payments has “reduced significantly this year”. In order to prepare for the aforementioned study, the research team over at Chainalysis surveyed 17 Bitcoin payment processors and the amount of BTC related transactions they had been […]
2018-11-21 21:13 | |
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How does a 111-year old bank go about reinventing itself? According to Siam Commercial Bank SEVP, Chief Technology Officer & Head of Operations Colin Dinn, it’s about finding the right partner to help aggressively solve problems with an eye towards the future.
2018-11-16 23:33 | |
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Visa has just announced it has partnered with IBM ahead of the commercial release of its blockchain-powered global financial payments platform, B2B Connect. Upon its expected launch in the first quarter of 2019, Visa will have integrated its core assets (including B2B Connect) with the proprietary IBM Blockchain Platform, which IBM built using open-source Ethereum technology.
2018-10-22 14:40 | |
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Namek enables the users to collect tokens from ongoing ICOs by finding multiple Airdrops in the same platform. The platform is also a Bounty platform, enabling users to find freelancer missions paid with tokens and cryptocurrencies.
2018-10-19 12:51 | |
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At Ripple’s annual Swell event on Oct. 1, Spanish financial services firm Banco Santander executives shared their experience of using blockchain-powered payment systems powered by the former’s RippleNet product.
2018-10-5 14:00 | |
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Nillion builds its service around the concept of "blind computing," the processing of data without having to reveal its contents.
Unlike industry leader Polymarket, Limitless Network isn't focusing on the election. It's carving out a niche with contracts that expire quickly and user-created markets.
The funding round, which takes SxT's total backing to $50 million, was led by Framework Ventures, Lightspeed Faction, Arrington Capital and Hivemind Capital.
The round was co-led by Pantera Capital and Framework Ventures.
The funding round led by Electric Capital included participation from RockawayX, Coinbase Ventures, L1 Digital and Placeholder.
The funding round included contributions from Polychain Capital and the venture arm of crypto exchange and CoinDesk parent company Bullish.
The fundraise was led by Hack VC and included contributions from DAO5, L2Iterative, NomadCapital_io, FinalityCap, Symbolic VC and Theta Capital.