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Payments Giant Stripe Brings Crypto Services to Aptos as Circle's USDC Stablecoin Launch on the Network
21.11.2024
The integrations aim to boost global payments and decentralized finance on the Aptos network
PayPal Says NFT Purchases No Longer Backed By Its Protection Program
17.4.2024
Payments giant PayPal plans to remove non-fungible token (NFT) purchases from its purchase protection program from May 20.
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Ripple Collaborates to Power Payments Corridors Between Africa and Rest of the World
8.11.2023
Source: Adobe Crypto payments giant Ripple has partnered with fintech Onafriq for cross-border payments between Africa and the rest of the world. The deal would facilitate crypto-enabled cross-border payments between 27 African countries and markets including the UK, Australia, and the Gulf....
Paypal Faces SEC Scrutiny Over New Stablecoin PYUSD, Cooperates With Document Production Request
2.11.2023
After releasing its new stablecoin PYUSD, the payments giant Paypal disclosed that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) subpoenaed the company concerning the stablecoin. Paypal stated in its Form 10-Q for the third fiscal quarter that it had been asked to produce documents for the...
Paypal Achieves FCA Registration in the UK, Paving the Way for Crypto Services Resumption in 2024
2.11.2023
The payments giant Paypal has successfully achieved registration with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the United Kingdom, a fact verified by the FCA’s website on October 31. This move comes shortly after Paypal’s temporary cessation of crypto purchases within the U.K., although the company...
PayPal Receives UK’s FCA Approval to Offer Crypto Services to UK Nationals
1.11.2023
Payments giant PayPal has become the latest to secure a cryptoasset registration from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). According to the update on the FCA’s crypto register, the regulator issued registration to PayPal UK Limited on 31 October. The registration would allow...
Mastercard Explores Web3 Alliances: MetaMask and Ledger Included
25.10.2023
Source: Pexels Global payments giant Mastercard is eyeing potential collaborations with self-custody wallet firms, such as MetaMask and Ledger, as part of its strategic push into the Web3 space. Citing an internal report from a Web3 strategy workshop, CoinDesk on Tuesday said Mastercard sees...
Paypal Selects Crypto.com as ‘Preferred Exchange’ for PYUSD Stablecoin
30.9.2023
Paypal has chosen Crypto.com as the “preferred exchange” for its recently launched stablecoin issued by the blockchain company Paxos. The partnership with the trading platform seeks to prop the U.S. dollar-pegged cryptocurrency which has already listed the coin and provides liquidity for...
Paypal Offers More Crypto Payment Options for Web3 Merchants in US
13.9.2023
Payment processor Paypal announced it’s introducing on- and off-ramps to facilitate crypto payments for Web3 platforms. Once integrated, merchants in the sector will be able to employ them to expand their user base by connecting to Paypal’s payments system. Paypal Launches On-...
Visa Expands Stablecoin Settlement to Solana and Merchant Acquirers
5.9.2023
Visa is taking a step in advancing digital currency adoption by expanding its stablecoin settlement capabilities to the Solana blockchain network. The payments giant also announced new pilot programs with merchant acquirers Worldpay and Nuvei to explore streamlining settlement in the Circle-issued...
Paypal Pauses UK Crypto Purchases Amid Regulatory Changes; Assures Resumption in Early 2024
16.8.2023
In recent communications to its U.K. clientele, Paypal has announced a temporary suspension of cryptocurrency purchases starting October 1, 2023, with plans to resume in early 2024. Notably, even amidst this hiatus, users can continue to hold their crypto within the Paypal ecosystem and are free...
Payments Giant Paypal Launches Dollar-Backed Stablecoin PYUSD
7.8.2023
Paypal has introduced its own stablecoin, representing the first venture of its kind by a leading financial firm. Initially reported by Bloomberg, the launch could notably accelerate the slow integration of cryptocurrencies for payment purposes. A New Era for Paypal: Introduction of PYUSD...
Global Payments Giant Visa Experiments with Ethereum's Goerli Testnet – Here's the Latest
19.5.2023
Global payments giant Visa has used Ethereum's Goerli testnet to try out transaction-free payments with the help of account abstraction.
On-chain data shows that Visa used a smart contract called Paymaster, allowing the company to take advantage of account abstraction to perform complex tasks...
Mastercard Launches NFTs to Support Emerging Musicians Through Web3 Technologies
14.4.2023
According to Mastercard, the payments giant has launched non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that grant access to the Mastercard Artist Accelerator program, designed to support emerging musicians. Developed in collaboration with Polygon, the NFT project highlights Mastercard’s intent to embrace Web3...
Bitcoin market cap 'flips' payments giant Visa for the 3rd time
20.2.2023
While the collapse of FTX shaved $100 billion off of BTC's market cap in just four days last year, BTC has managed to fully recover and stack on another $65 billion
LATAM Payments Giant Mercado Pago Launches Fresh Crypto Adoption Drive
25.1.2023
The Latin American e-commerce heavyweight Mercado Libre has taken another step into the world of crypto – and will pay its customers to refer friends to the crypto trading service on Mercado Pago, its e-pay app.
Mercado Libre is often dubbed the LATAM Amazon, and has hundreds of millions of users...
Mastercard Taps Polygon to Empower Emerging Artists in Web3 Tech
9.1.2023
Mastercard, the payments giant, has partnered with Polygon, an Ethereum scaling platform, to introduce emerging artists into Web3 technology. Mastercard’s artist accelerator, as the program is called, will teach five different emerging artists, including singers, musicians, DJs,...
Payments Giant Visa Proposes Using Ethereum L2 Starknet to Bolster Auto Payments for Self-Custodial Wallets
21.12.2022
Visa, the financial services corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California, published a blog post that talks about leveraging ethereum and the layer two (L2) scaling solution Starknet so people with self-custodial wallets can pay their bills. The blog post notes that while Ethereum doesnt...
Software Firm Consensys Partners With Paypal, Metamask Users Can Use Payment Processor to Buy ETH
17.12.2022
On Dec. 14, the Ethereum software firm Consensys announced that the company has teamed up with the payment processing giant Paypal. The integration allows Metamask wallet users to purchase ethereum via Paypal from within the Web3 wallet application. Consensys Teams up With Payments Giant Paypal...
Visa Terminates Agreements With Bankrupt Crypto Exchange FTX
15.11.2022
Visa has reportedly terminated its global agreements with collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX and its U.S. arm, FTX US. The payments giant added that FTX’s “U.S. debit card program is being wound down by their issuer.” Visa Ends Agreements With FTX Visa Inc., the world’s...