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MoneyGram Got Another $11M From Ripple to Use Its Cross-Border Payments Tech
25.2.2020
Payments firm Ripple has given MoneyGram over $11 million dollars in the past half year, according to regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
CoinDeal Launches Crypto Debit Card With Great Benefits
25.2.2020
The cryptocurrency exchange founders with years of experience in finance, Blockchain, and crypto industry, have prepared a pre-order of a CoinDeal debit card. Now, cryptocurrency payments will be easier than ever, at any time and place. If you want to buy a coffee directly from your exchange...
Bank of England Official: Central Banks May Lose Payments Race to Tech Companies
24.2.2020
The chief cashier of the Bank of England has warned that central banks must act quickly to prevent tech companies from dominating the digital payments sector
Binance Now Supports Deposits and Withdrawals in Hong-Kong Dollars
24.2.2020
The exchange has opened a fiat gateway for Hong Kong dollars, serving a jurisdiction in which banking services for crypto firms are notoriously tough to find
Shopify Joins Libra While Quitter Vodafone Advertises Bitcoin on Facebook
24.2.2020
Facebook’s coin project, Libra, continues to draw attention despite setbacks, including a shrinking pool of backers and a growing number of worried regulators. But now with JP Morgan seeing potential for the social network’s cryptocurrency and e-commerce giant Shopify joining the Libra...
New Italian Fintech Startup Bitsa Adds XMR Support to Its Prepaid Card
21.2.2020
Monaco-based financial firm Bitsa has enabled users to top-up their crypto cards with major privacy-focused coin Monero
This Major Airline Bets on Crypto Payments as Means to Increase Profit
21.2.2020
Norwegian, the low-cost air carrier headquartered in Oslo, Norway, is set to allow customers to pay for air tickets using cryptocurrency within the year and hopes it will help to improve results of the company, an interview with the CEO of crypto exchange Norwegian Block Exchange (NBX) suggests.
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Australian Stock Exchange Has New Blockchain Equity Competitor
20.2.2020
The operator of the National Stock Exchange of Australia to build a new blockchain platform to compete with the Australian Security Exchange’s CHESS
Norwegian Air May Allow Customers to Pay With Crypto as Soon as Spring
20.2.2020
Norwegian would accept cryptocurrency payments via its sister firm, crypto exchange NBX
Brazilian Central Bank Promises Instant Payment Platform to Compete With Crypto
20.2.2020
Brazil’s central bank president stated that its new payment platform is intended to compete with blockchain-based payment technologies
Brazil’s Central Bank to Launch Near-Instant Payments as a Response to Cryptocurrencies
20.2.2020
The PIX payments system is coming to Brazil next winter, promising almost instant transfers for individuals and businesses
OpenNode Finds Way for Retailers to Turn Fiat Payments Into Bitcoin (Using Apple Pay)
20.2.2020
Bitcoin-loving retailers can now receive BTC from customers paying in fiat
Coinbase Becomes First ‘Pure’ Crypto Firm Approved as Visa Principal Member
19.2.2020
The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange will have the power to issue payment cards with the new status
PoB Transactions on Cross-Carrier Payment System Successful
19.2.2020
The cross-carrier blockchain payment network allows transactions to be paid directly in the user’s currency through their mobile carrier
China Tracks Victims of Coronavirus with WeChat and Alipay
18.2.2020
Chinese province tracks victims of coronavirus with WeChat and Alipay, does crypto solve this?
Celsius Joins Major Cryptocurrency Firms Using Simplex’s Fiat Onramp
18.2.2020
United Kingdom-based crypto lending startup Celsius Network enables in-app crypto purchases via a new partnership with Simplex
Speculation Undermines Crypto Prices and Utility, Says Bank of England Senior Economist
17.2.2020
Speculation clogs up blockchains, making them harder to use and ultimately less valuable, a working paper suggests
Curious About Bitcoin, Nigerians See Increasing Opportunities to Buy and Spend Cryptocurrencies
17.2.2020
Higher prices since the start of the year have been restoring popular interest in cryptocurrencies. Google searches for “bitcoin” have increased since December to about half of those registered in June last year. There’s one country that sticks out as a benchmark for...
Watch Out, Bitcoin, Altcoins Are Turning More and More to Payments
15.2.2020
Altcoins are coming for bitcoin (BTC). Many of them – ethereum (ETH), cardano (ADA), EOS, XRP – were initially conceived more as utility tokens for blockchain platforms than as mediums of payment.
But increasingly, many of them are turning to payments, while an expanding range of third-parties...
Coinbase Commerce Integrates Dai Cryptocurrency for Merchant Payments
14.2.2020
This is the first new cryptocurrency added by Coinbase Commerce since it added USDC in May 2019