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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
Visa May Issue USDC Credit Card After Adding Circle to ‘Fast Track’ Program
2.12.2020
Visa Wednesday announced it’s linking its payments network of 60 million merchants to the U.S. Dollar Coin (USDC) digital currency developed by Circle Internet Financial on the ethereum blockchain. This story is developing and will be updated when more information is available. Read...
Ternio Joins Visa’s Fast Track Program As New Enablement Partner
13.10.2020
ATLANTA, GA – October 13th, 2020. The global fintech platform Ternio, announced today that it has joined Visa’s Fast Track program as a cryptocurrency focused enablement partner. By becoming part of Visa’s Fast Track program, Ternio will be able to make it quicker and easier...
Ripple Enters Lending With XRP Credit Lines to Fund Global Payments
9.10.2020
Ripple, the payments startup with an IPO in the cards and a complex relationship with the XRP cryptocurrency, is branching out into lending
Mastercard Launches Digital Currency Testing Platform for Central Banks
10.9.2020
Mastercard has launched a digital currency testing platform aimed at helping central banks test their digital currencies. The system will also demonstrate how consumers can use central bank digital currencies to pay for goods and services wherever Mastercard is accepted worldwide....
Visa Moving to Integrate With Digital Currency Platforms
26.7.2020
Visa says it is working to integrate digital currencies with its existing global network of 61 million merchants. The global payments technology giant is working with two licensed and regulated digital currency platforms, Coinbase and Fold. In a blog post, Visa says the emergence of fiat-backed...
Stellar Elevates Global Payments System; XLM Yet to Follow
1.7.2020
The payment industry has always been triggered by the word “instant” global payments, and the need for quick money transfers is a global want in situations like the Pandemic that is ongoing. However, the traditional payment industry includes the middlemen commission, which increases the fee for...
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
Stellar’s Plan to Win Global Payments: Play Nice With the Finance Cops
7.11.2019
Stellar's first-ever conference in Mexico City gathered entrepreneurs eager to lean into global financial regulations
ECB Exec Says Libra Could Address Failings of Global Payments System
25.9.2019
Libra has been a wakeup call for banks to consider major issues in global payment systems, an ECB board member says
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...
How Facebook’s Libra Will Affect Other Cryptocurrencies Focused On Global Payments And Transfers?
23.6.2019
Facebook is by far the most significant social network, with its user base running in a couple of billions, and a presence in almost every country on this planet. Understandably, the giant entering the cryptocurrency space has made regulators across the globe worried and protest against...
How Facebook’s Libra Crypto Platform Will Revolutionize Mass Adoption Of Cryptocurrencies? [Part I]
19.6.2019
The launch of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency is expected to be the second biggest event in the history of digital assets, the first being the launch of Bitcoin’s genesis block in 2009. The social media giant has a user base in access of 2 billion, spread across several countries. Libra,...
VISA’s Emergence In The Blockchain Based Global Payments Space Is A Threat To Ripple
13.6.2019
Global payments and transfers industry have grown tremendously in the course of the past few years. And to take it a notch higher, blockchain companies entered the market, offering better security, enhanced speeds, and higher transparency. Ripple has been ruling the roost in global blockchain...
RippleNet: An Advanced Global Payments Network Based on Blockchain Technology
18.5.2019
Ripple is an open-source protocol that allows quick and cost-effective transactions. Ripplenet is a banking and payment network. Ripple’s solutions and a standardized rule set enable those connected to RippleNet to send and receive payments efficiently across the globe. With #RippleNet...