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Blockchain Provider Terra Signs Bugs, a Music Streaming Platform, to Its Alliance
14.8.2019
The music steaming service will join twenty-five partners in a South Korean crypto payments alliance
Bitex Partners With Bantotal For More Cross-Border Payments in Latin America
14.8.2019
BTC exchange Bitex has partnered with Uruguay-based Bantotal to facilitate cross-border payments throughout Latin America
Winklevoss-Backed Flexa Expands Crypto Payments Service to Canada
14.8.2019
Functioning like a pipeline for commercial transactions, SPEDN processes regular purchases in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin or ethereum
Coinsquare Partners with FlexaHQ to Bring Crypto Payments to Canada
13.8.2019
Crypto exchange Coinsquare partners with payments startup Flexa to bring in-store digital currency payments to Canada
UK’s Pensions and Welfare Department Eyes DLT for Faster Payments
13.8.2019
The U.K. Department for Work and Pensions is investigating distributed ledger technology as a way to boost its payments systems
PR: Decentralized Recurring Crypto Payments System Launched by Monarch Blockchain
13.8.2019
Monarch, the decentralized wallet and suite of crypto services, has launched the first decentralized recurring payments system Until now, there’s been no way to automatically pay merchants in crypto on a recurring basis due to the limits of blockchain-based transactions. To solve this, Monarch...
60 Latin American Banks Can Now Use Bitcoin for Cross-Border Payments
13.8.2019
Crypto exchange Bitex wants to decrease costs associated with cross-border banking using the bitcoin blockchain
UK Pension and Welfare Agency Examining Blockchain and DLT
12.8.2019
The U.K.’s Department of Work and Pensions has identified blockchain and DLT as potentially beneficial technologies for payments infrastructures
Kakao Teases 2019 Launch of Crypto Wallet, Dapp Partners
12.8.2019
Messaging app giant Kakao – which launched its own blockchain in June – has teased the release of a crypto wallet dubbed "Klip" later this year
Now That Bitcoin 'is Digital Gold,' Which Crypto is For Payments?
10.8.2019
Ever since the post-April cryptocurrency bull market, Bitcoin has been gradually consolidating its status as a store of value. This was confirmed most emphatically on July 11, when Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell told the U.S. Senate banking committee that investors use the cryptocurrency...
Insurance Giant Allianz Is Working on a Token-Based Blockchain Ecosystem
9.8.2019
Allianz is working on a token-based blockchain system, expecting it to streamline international insurance payments for its corporate customers
No Humans Required: Commerzbank Develops Blockchain Payments for Automated Trucks
8.8.2019
Commerzbank has developed a blockchain-based solution it says allows automated trucks to pay for power charging with no human involvement
Commerzbank Tests Blockchain Machine to Machine Payments with Daimler
8.8.2019
Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler and Commerzbank just tested blockchain-based machine to machine payments
Amazon Is Looking for an Engineer to Put Advertising Data on a Blockchain
7.8.2019
Amazon is looking to hire a software engineer to integrate parts of its advertising business with a blockchain
More Cities and Regions Accepting Coins for Taxes, Services
6.8.2019
Cryptocurrency payments, as convenient as they can be, are still something most governments are trying to wrap their heads around and regulate. Local authorities, however, being closer to the citizens they are called upon to serve, are often quicker to adopt novelties that make their lives and...
US Federal Reserve Launching Payment System, Crypto Bulls Nonplussed
5.8.2019
The U.S. Federal Reserve is planning to release a real-time payment and settlement service in order to boost the payments infrastructure in the country
South Korean Fashion Platform Joins Terra Stablecoin Alliance
5.8.2019
South Korean fashion platform Sinsang Market has joined the ecosystem of the Terra Alliance, a stablecoin-focused association of large e-commerce companies
Even Fed Is Not Happy with the Current Payments System
5.8.2019
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, NBC News
As Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency projects are already forcing banking incumbents to work more efficiently, the Federal Reserve, the central bank in the U.S., is reportedly “seriously considering” to develop a new...
MoneyGram International Ventures into Strategic Alliance with Ripple for Global Payments
3.8.2019
MoneyGram, the Dallas based money Transfer Company, has associated with San Francisco based fintech Ripple as its primary partner for payments involving different countries. MoneyGram’s stock moved up to 168 percent recently following Ripple’s declaration that it will purchase...
Bitcoin Lightning Wallets Are Gaining Traction in 2019
1.8.2019
Lightning usage is growing steadily in 2019, with several startups now offering retail-friendly wallets