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Can’t beat ‘em? Join ‘em: Mastercard and Visa make a case for Bitcoin
22.2.2021
Mastercard is set to open the shop doors to crypto as a means of payment in 2021, but it will likely be a challenge for the firm
Crypto Opens Up PayPal, Square, Visa To New Revenue Streams - Fitch
15.2.2021
Strategic crypto investments are expected to have a limited near-term effect on the credit profiles of companies such as PayPal, Visa, Square, and Mastercard, taking into account the modest capital deployed and the long ramp time, major credit rating agency firm Fitch Ratings said. Moreover, adding...
Why Comparing Bitcoin to Visa Doesn’t Make Any Sense
14.2.2021
A reading of Nic Carter’s latest essay for CoinDesk on the inappropriateness of comparing the energy consumption of bitcoin and Visa transactions
MasterCard announces support for crypto on its network
11.2.2021
MasterCard will allow its almost one billion users to spend cryptocurrencies at more 30 million merchants, although it hasn’t specified which coins will be supported
Crypto Financial Services Firm Blockfi Launches Competitive Bitcoin Trust
10.2.2021
The cryptocurrency financial services firm Blockfi has launched a bitcoin-based trust that offers custody from Fidelity Digital Asset Services. Blockfi’s investment vehicle aims to give investors exposure to the leading crypto asset as bitcoin assets under management (AUM) was over...
Credit Card Companies Should Offer Stablecoin Payments or Be Left Behind: Gartner
5.2.2021
Centralized payment firms like Visa, Mastercard and PayPal have an opportunity to offer innovative stablecoin payment networks, the research firm said
Visa Pilots System to Help Banks Provide Crypto Services Including Buying, Trading, Custody of Bitcoin
3.2.2021
Visa is piloting a new system to enable banks to seamlessly integrate crypto features. Using Visa’s crypto APIs, banks can offer a number of cryptocurrency services to their customers, including the buying, trading, and custody of bitcoin. Visa announced Wednesday a partnership with First...
Visa Growing Increasingly Bullish on Crypto, Announces Neobank Pilot
3.2.2021
The payments giant Visa has sent yet another clear message to the crypto world – as it courts more crypto sector custom and edges yet further toward adoption.
In a press release, the firm stated that it has sealed a deal with the Kansas-based neobank First Boulevard, which targets predominately...
Visa announces neobank pilot focused on getting crypto tools to Black community
3.2.2021
The crypto APIs will help “provide another channel for the Black community to access crypto as a new asset class.”
Visa Signals Further Crypto Ambitions With API Pilot for Bank Customers to Buy Bitcoin
3.2.2021
Visa is working with Anchorage to allow customers at traditional banks to "buy and sell digital assets such as Bitcoin."
Visa CEO Alfred Kelly Highlights Crypto Inclusion
1.2.2021
Hailed as one of the most robust payment processor interfaces, Visa Inc. is likely to enter a new financial phase with the inclusion of cryptocurrency trading on its channel, revealed the company’s CEO, Alfred Kelly, during a recent interaction. The spearhead opined that the entity could provide...
Visa CEO Says Payments Giant Set to Introduce Cryptocurrency Trading on Its Network
31.1.2021
Payments giant Visa Inc’s CEO Alfred Kelly has revealed his firm’s plans to enable cryptocurrencies trading on its network. Kelly, who is also chairman of the firm, explains that there is no reason not to add cryptos when these are increasingly becoming “a recognized means...
Visa reaffirms commitment to crypto payments & fiat on-ramps
30.1.2021
The payments giant is bullish on stablecoins, but may be overlooking the potential of DeFi
Visa May Add Cryptocurrencies to Its Payments Network, Says CEO
30.1.2021
The payments company works with wallets and exchanges to enable crypto purchases, and could eventually use digital currencies over blockchain in the same way it processes traditional money
Visa Wants to Work with Exchanges, Wallets on ‘Digital Gold’ Bitcoin
29.1.2021
Alfred Kelly. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Business Live ME
The CEO of payments giant Visa has stated that the firm wants to “work with wallets and exchanges” on handling crypto, in order to make its own card solutions interoperable with digital tokens – and has called bitcoin (BTC)...
Bitpanda Launches Debit Card That Lets Users Spend Fiat, Crypto and Precious Metals
20.1.2021
Users can select any investment in their Bitpanda account to fund payments with the physical card
Visa and Plaid Abandon Acquisition Plans Over DOJ Antitrust Concerns
12.1.2021
The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that the $5.3 billion deal was off
Visa abandons $5.3B Plaid acquisition in the face of DoJ antitrust suit
12.1.2021
The Justice Department's November suit has reversed the planned merger
Visa-backed Bitcoin startup to launch Lightning-based global payments app
7.1.2021
Zap is announcing Strike Global, a Bitcoin payments app for global remittances
Strike Visa Cards To Launch in US, EU, and UK Within First Half of 2021
7.1.2021
Jack Mallers. Source: Twitter/@JackMallers
Strike, a popular bitcoin (BTC) banking service by US-based Bitcoin Lightning startup Zap, aims to have their Strike Cards rolled out in countries on two continents in the first half of 2021.
Per the rollout plan as presented by Zap founder Jack Mallers...