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Crypto.com Extends its Global Partnership with Visa
19.3.2021
Striking the strategic partnership, Crypto.com has come together with Visa to achieve wider adoption of cryptocurrency and its payment solutions among target customer segments. This new association will enhance the adoption of the Crypto.com Visa Card and encourage more people to adopt...
Rakuten Points To BTC, Crypto.com & Visa, a16z Dives Into NFT Sea + More News
18.3.2021
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The Japanese e-commerce giant, e-pay and crypto exchange operator Rakuten has taken another step into the crypto sphere, launching...
Crypto.com becomes a principal member of the Visa network
18.3.2021
Cryptocurrency exchange platform and card issuer Crypto.com has partnered with Visa and plans to debut fiat lending
Visa Anticipates Cryptocurrency Becoming ‘Extremely Mainstream’ — Working to Allow Bitcoin Use at 70 Million Stores
18.3.2021
Visa CEO Al Kelly anticipates that cryptocurrency could become “extremely mainstream” within five years. He is working to position Visa in the middle of it should cryptocurrency take off. He further confirmed that Visa is working to allow bitcoin purchases, in addition to enabling...
Visa Boss Wants Company ‘in the Middle’ of Crypto as Cash ‘Declines’
17.3.2021
Alfred Kelly. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Business Live ME
The Visa CEO Alfred Kelly says that his company is set to embrace bitcoin (BTC)-related business in earnest, and claims that partnerships in both the crypto and stablecoin sectors are already in the pipelines – while adding...
Bitcoin is now worth more than Visa and Mastercard combined
16.3.2021
The largest cryptocurrency also recently beat the world's three biggest banks by market cap, data confirms
Apple Pay integration and Staking 3.0 launch push COTI price to a new high
6.3.2021
COTI price hit a new all-time high following the roll-out of Staking 3.0 and a Simplex integration that allows Apple Pay users to purchase the token
As Visa and Mastercard raise fees, merchants may look to crypto
24.2.2021
Cryptocurrencies have fees, but so do payment cards
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...