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Binance Teams up with Payments Firm to Allow ‘Low-fee’ Crypto Buying

25.6.2020
*********NOTE FROM AUTHROR: EMBARGOED UNTIL June 25, 9 am ET/3 pm CET.******** Estonia-based payment solutions provider Mercuryo says it has struck a partnership deal with Binance that will allow exchange customers to buy crypto with fiat. The latter claims that the move will allow customers to...

Kraken Pledges $150K for Development of Open-Source BTCPay Server

25.6.2020
Crypto exchange Kraken has donated $150,000 to the foundation managing BtcPay Server, an open-source tool for merchants accepting bitcoin payments

Hundreds of Merchants Say Square Is Withholding 30% of their Payments

24.6.2020
Payments service Square is reportedly withholding up to 30% of its customers’ payments during the coronavirus pandemic – although the firm says that it is only targeting “risky” customers. A petition hosted at Change.org states that funds are being withheld arbitrarily during the COVID-19 crisis...

Bank for International Settlements Calls CBDCs a Potential ‘Sea Change’

24.6.2020
The leading global central bank institution has published new research on central bank digital currencies, noting a major shift in their direction thanks to Libra as well as COVID-19

WhatsApp Payments Suspended by Brazil’s Central Bank

24.6.2020
WhatsApp’s payment features have been suspended in Brazil less than one month after the Facebook-owned app rolled them out

Status Keycard Now Works With Android Mobile Devices

23.6.2020
Status, the Ethereum-based messaging company, has expanded the use case for its Keycard, a hardware wallet first announced in February 2019

Ripple Affiliate Coins.ph Joins New Remittance Network Reaching Unbanked Filipinos

23.6.2020
The blockchain firm is part of an 11,000 strong network of cash-out counters launched by UnionBank of the Philippines

SBI Ripple Asia CEO Expects Greater ODL Expansion into Asia by 2021

23.6.2020
According to CEO Adam Traidman, SBI Ripple Asia is conducting trial and pilot projects in Asia for Ripple’s On-Demand Liquidity

Wirecard CEO Quits as Crypto Card Firm Reveals Missing $2.1 Billion Does Not Exist

22.6.2020
Wirecard chief executive officer quit as the crypto card payments firm revealed that the €1.9 billion ($2.1 billion) missing from its accounts may not exist. CEO Markus Braun resigned on June 19, after nearly 20 years at the helm. James Freis has been appointed interim chief executive,...

OmiseGO's Parent Company SYNQA Raised $80 Million in Series C

22.6.2020
According to Thailand-based company SYNQA, the firm will use the $80M investment to ‘deepen its footprint’ in cashless societies in Asia

Thai Central Bank Taps Cement Company for First Digital Currency Payments

20.6.2020
The Bank of Thailand is integrating a CBDC payments system into the financials of the country’s oldest cement company in an extension of its Inthanon project

Cambodia Plots a Dollar-Free Future With Blockchain-Based Payments: White Paper

19.6.2020
Cambodia's central bankers are riding their hopes of de-dollarization on a national payments blockchain: Project Bakong

Bank of Thailand Launches Digital Currency Pilot Project

19.6.2020
The Bank of Thailand launched a project to pilot test its CBDC payment system with the largest building material provider in the country

Ripple Joins Open Payments Coalition, will Help Drive Innovation and Simplify Global Payments for All

19.6.2020
Leading crypto company Ripple announced on Thursday that it had joined Open Payments Coalition, along with 40 global companies and non-profit organizations. It will help drive innovation in the global payments segment and simplify payment systems for all. The company also asked its community...

Ripple, Brave, and Huobi Join Instant Global Payments Network PayID

19.6.2020
Ripple, Brave, Huobi and 40 other companies have joined the Open Payment Coalition to launch instant payment network PayID worldwide

Crypto Card Issuer Wirecard Says It’s Missing $2.1B in ‘German Enron’ Scandal

18.6.2020
Wirecard admitted the accounting hole was roughly a quarter of the company’s total balance sheet

Singapore-Based Carpooling Platform Ryde Plans to Support Bitcoin Payments

18.6.2020
The popular and first Singapore-based carpooling platform, Ryde has revealed that customers will soon be able to pay with bitcoin. The feature will be available after the bitcoin support is incorporated into the company’s payment app on June 22. Ryde has approximately 29,000 drivers, tens...