2020-10-23 00:35 |
The news comes a day after the payments giant confirmed it's entering the cryptocurrency market.
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The move comes as Ant, a global leader in digital payments, is readying what could be an offering worth up to a record $35 billion.
2020-10-15 22:22 | |
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Jack Dorsey’s payments company Square has been a first-mover when it comes to bitcoin. Not only did Square enable bitcoin payments on its Cash App, but the company recently announced that it was purchasing $50 million worth of BTC for its balance sheet.
2020-10-11 17:02 | |
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As other nations are rushing to launch central bank backed digital currency dubbed CBDC, Australia is not joining the bandwagon. As per the Australian local news platforms, the Reserve Bank of Australia recent payments paper indicates that the bank is taking a cautious stand when it comes to CBDCs and privately issued stablecoins.
2020-9-18 00:59 | |
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The aptly named electronic payments system has announced that a reboot of their service will not include access to cryptocurrencies. This comes after accusations of money laundering led to a seven-month freezing of customer accounts.
2020-9-15 17:44 | |
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If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us one thing about payments, it’s that speed, reliability and on-demand access to money is critically important in a world powered by digital interaction. Our world may be forever changed, but with that change comes the potential to optimize better ways of doing day-to-day life tasks—payments included.
2020-9-3 21:00 | |
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If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us one thing about payments, it’s that speed, reliability and on-demand access to money is critically important in a world powered by digital interaction. Our world may be forever changed, but with that change comes the potential to optimize better ways of doing day-to-day life tasks—payments included.
2020-9-25 21:00 | |
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It was announced today that payments platform Paysafe has become the latest business to choose Kraken as a crypto asset liquidity provider. The move comes in advance of Paysafe’s launch of its own crypto buy and sell services through its digital wallets Skrill and Neteller, which provide convenient and simple payment solutions to millions of clients across the globe, […] CryptoNinjas » Paysafe selects Kraken’s cryptocurrency liquidity for new buy/sell services
2020-7-29 16:38 | |
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Thailand's Central Bank (BoT) has announced that it will roll out a prototype for digital currency payments within the country's business ecosystems. The initiative will be based on an ongoing CBDC project dubbed ‘Inthanon, ‘ which kicked off two years ago in collaboration with Thai's leading financial institutions.
2020-6-20 19:54 | |
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Another big partnership is in the works for CoinPayments. One of the biggest crypto payment processors is partnering Shopify to bring Bitcoin payments to store owners. When it comes to accepting cryptocurrency payments, a few different options are available.
2020-5-22 05:00 | |
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As part of a plan to aid the unbanked in the US, politicians are considering the use of crypto dollars and digital wallets to speed the disbursement of direct emergency funds. The move comes as massive monetary stimulus packages are proposed to save the sinking economy.
2020-3-25 18:16 | |
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Microsoft’s M12 and Pantera Capital are among investors in a $300 million Series B funding round for Bakkt. The fresh influx of capital comes as the company looks to launch its consumer payments app while announcing the option of Bakkt Cash payment for Starbucks coffee.
2020-3-17 14:00 | |
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A recent tweet is gaining buzz in the cryptocurrency community claiming that we are ‘in 1997’ when it comes to decentralized finance (DeFi). In other words, it’s still very early.
2020-3-16 18:10 | |
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The United States' Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a statement this Thursday, in which it states that the actor – Steven Seagal – failed to disclose payments he received for promoting Bitcoiin2Gen’s (B2G) token and Initial Coin Offering (ICO) in February 2018.
2020-2-28 22:24 | |
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E-commerce platform Shopify has announced that it has joined the Libra Association. This means that the online shopping firm is the latest entrant of the Facebook-led stablecoin project. The entry of Shopify into the association comes barely a month following Vodafone’s pull out with the aim of developing its solo virtual payments platform. This marks […]
2020-2-22 20:48 | |
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The third largest coin keeps gaining traction when it comes to liquidity, thanks to the global MoneyGram payments service provider that uses Ripple?s ODL
2020-1-25 15:02 | |
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There are many aspects about cryptocurrency most people have never heard of, and one of these technological features goes by the name of Hashed Timelock Contracts or HTLCs. This feature can prove to be quite powerful when it comes conducting payments, so it’s time to take a closer look at what this exactly means for […]The post What is a Hashed Timelock Contract (HTLC)? appeared first on CaptainAltcoin.
2019-11-18 20:50 | |
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Global Payments giant Mastercard has created a platform for greater fintech collaboration within the Asia Pacific region. This move comes as the region continues to see an explosion of fintech startups including crypto and blockchain projects looking to target several aspects of the nascent digital economy.
2019-11-11 16:00 | |
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A new partnership between Bitcoin Suisse and Worldline might result in rampant crypto adoption in Switzerland, as the two aim to enable widespread digital asset payments through PoS and in web-shops.
2019-11-8 17:30 | |
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Central banks across the globe have been reserved in their approach to digitization. These institutions are huge proponents of digital payments channels on a retail level, but when it comes to digitizing all currency, their worst fears kick in.
2019-10-31 18:00 | |
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After splitting up with its UK banking partner Barclays earlier this year, Coinbase has now fully reinstated GBP transfers. But it’s not all good news, as the exchange has also upped its fees.
2019-10-4 14:46 | |
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Morpheus. Network, the leading blockchain-based supply chain management platform has joined forces with another global cryptocurrency heavyweight to further simplify the entire process of cross-border shipments across the globe.
2019-10-4 22:49 | |
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Coinspeaker Mastercard and R3 Join Forces to Build Blockchain Cross-Border Payments SolutionMastercard and R3 are entering a new partnership which will allow Mastercard to be able to process payments faster.
2019-9-11 19:13 | |
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Our previous Ripple Insights article, highlights that remitters care most about reliability, speed, convenience and cost—key elements that are inherently at odds when it comes to providing cross-border payments.
2019-9-5 23:30 | |
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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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There are often misunderstandings when it comes to the anonymity of Bitcoin transfers. Because unlike many people believe, Bitcoin cannot be used for absolutely private trading. Because payments with Bitcoin are not anonymous, but pseudonymous.
2019-8-28 16:06 | |
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Ripple is synonymous to ‘Tsunami’ when it comes to the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Although most crypto businesses have made headlines for duping investors, the “frictionless payments” pioneer has taken crypto adoption to the next level.
2019-8-13 21:42 | |
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The U. S Federal Reserve seems to have taken the challenge posed by cryptocurrency when it comes to faster payments. It has just announced it will be developing a faster payment system, FedNow, that will enable much faster payment between American Banks.
2019-8-6 20:59 | |
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Bitcoin takes a lot of criticism over its ‘unsuitability’ as a payments mechanism but when it comes to low fee transfers the digital-asset is king when compared to the fees charged by traditional remittance houses.
2019-7-30 23:29 | |
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The Japanese have a way of being ahead of others when it comes to technology development. After all, Satoshi is said to be Japanese. A year ago, Mizuho Bank one of the biggest banks in Japan started working on a cross border payments system.
2019-7-22 22:49 | |
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The Japanese have a way of being ahead of others when it comes to technology development. After all, Satoshi is said to be Japanese. A year ago, Mizuho Bank one of the biggest banks in Japan started working on a cross border payments system.
2019-7-23 22:49 | |
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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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Even after the use of credit or debit cards have become commonplace, we still haven’t mitigated the threat of credit card theft. A lost card or stolen pin can result in our savings being cleared from our accounts if we’re not quick enough to catch it.
2019-7-18 18:26 | |
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Casa’s newly launched mobile app just made it easier for cypherpunks to run their respective lightning nodes. Revolutionizing how ‘paying with crypto’ on the go really means, the new Sats app is a step from all the other similar apps, thanks to the built-in noncustodial wallet. The app, launched today, comes complete with a host […]
2019-7-3 21:56 | |
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China appears to be head and shoulders above the rest of the world when it comes to new ways of processing financial transactions. Digital payments are booming in the hybrid communist-capitalist country, so much so that facial recognition payments are already a thing: The new way to pay in China.
2019-6-30 20:35 | |
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Apparently, the decrepit SWIFT bank transfer system comes to an end. Ripple (XRP) has been shaking its foundations for several years with its RippleNet. The advantages of Ripple are obvious – cheap and fast transactions.
2019-6-13 23:53 | |
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Wirex, a cryptocurrency payments platform, has announced plans to launch a native cryptocurrency token. The British company says the token sale used to launch its cryptocurrency is all about product development and less about fundraising.
2019-6-11 23:00 | |
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What Is BLUCON? BLUCON is a blockchain-based platform that focuses on improving the retail economy by leveraging on bleeding edge technological innovations. The platform aims to convert cryptocurrency into spendable cash worldwide, through a singular card.
2019-6-4 09:30 | |
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“The Eye of Sauron casts its gaze upon the Lightning Network. ”This is how Lightning Labs CTO Olaoluwa Osuntokun (aka, roasbeef) has heralded the coming of Watchtowers to the Lightning Network.
2019-6-3 17:43 | |
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A series of op eds by Kyle Torpey addressing some of the oft-repeated arguments against Bitcoin. One of the earliest criticisms of Bitcoin was that the underlying token in the system had no intrinsic value.
2019-6-4 23:41 | |
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A series of op eds by Kyle Torpey addressing some of the oft-repeated arguments against Bitcoin. One of the earliest criticisms of Bitcoin was that the underlying token in the system had no intrinsic value.
2019-5-31 23:41 | |
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By CCN: Facebook’s cryptocurrency ambitions could translate into reality as soon as next year. The BBC reports that the social media behemoth is on track to start testing its bitcoin rival – known internally as GlobalCoin – by the end of the year before its digital payments system comes online across 12 countries in the first quarter of 2020.
2019-5-24 12:29 | |
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Iceland-based debit and credit card company Valitor has been ordered to pay $9. 85 million (1. 2 billion Icelandic Krona) for illegally blocking payments to WikiLeaks in 2010, reports local media outlet The Reykjavik Grapevine, April 25, 2019.
2019-4-30 16:00 | |
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Andrei Poliakov is the CEO and co-founder of Coinberry, one of Canada’s premier digital currency platforms. His company is the first in Canada to partner with a government municipality.
2019-4-23 17:42 | |
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Ripple, the blockchain-based payment network, suffered a setback after Japan’s Resona Bank said it would no longer use MoneyTap, a consumer-centric retail payments app that uses Ripple’s enterprise blockchain technology.
2019-4-13 21:01 | |
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The Russian Federation doesn’t exactly scream friendliness when it comes to financial innovation, but appears to be making an exception for a company called Bank 131. At a time when Russia is taking away banking licenses, this fintech business is the first to receive a license in four years.
2019-4-12 02:13 | |
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New announcements around Bitcoin’s Lightning Network have been coming almost nonstop lately, with new exchanges, wallets and other services popping up seemingly every day.
2019-4-8 18:21 | |
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Dash Embassy Thailand comes second after the US on the number of Dash operations conducted via the upgraded AnyPay service Data from the AnyPay POS platform for online payments demonstrates that in March this year.
2019-4-5 18:27 | |
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The financial and payment industries have seen a large amount of development and innovation in the last several years, particularly since the crypto trend erupted in mid-2017. The trend has especially picked up in Southeast Asia, which currently holds a reputation as a cradle of innovation when it comes to payments. Kapronasia's Zennon Kapron pointed […]
2019-3-30 01:38 | |
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The World Bank published a blog addressing the need for a faster, innovative, and upgraded remittance system, suggesting that industry incumbents were working on a solution for cross-border payments.
2019-3-29 09:50 | |
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HSBC Holdings launches a new digital asset custody business in partnership with specialist custodian Metaco. The post HSBC Expands Promising Digital Asset Custody Industry in Asia appeared first on BeInCrypto.
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