payments


Policy

The Standard About to Revolutionize Payments

Changing the standard way financial institutions communicate changes everything.

Cord telephone (Biblioteca de la Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias del Trabajo Universidad de Sevilla)

Finance

Bitcoin in Africa: FastBitcoins Partners With Flexepin to Expand Global Footprint

FastBitcoins has partnered with ASX-listed Flexepin to bring the U.K.-based crypto company's services to 20,000 more locations.

Mombasa, Kenya

Finance

Crypto Companies Are Lining Up to Work With Us, Says Visa Exec

A growing force in the crypto space, Visa says it's getting more and more industry firms interested in payments partnerships.

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Policy

US State Bank Regulators Agree to Single Set of Rules for Fintech, Crypto Firm Licensing

Agencies from 48 states are expected to unveil a new framework today that will simplify and consolidate regulation for crypto companies.

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Markets

Visa Adds Crypto Lender Cred to Fast Track Payments Program

Decentralized lending platform Cred is the latest crypto firm to join Visa’s Fintech Fast Track Program with the goal of scaling faster.

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Finance

UK-Licensed App Adds P2P Crypto Payments

Peer-to-peer cryptocurrency payments are now live on Ziglu, a week after the app-based platform got its EMI license from a U.K. watchdog.

Ziglu CEO Mark Hipperson

Finance

Pornhub Adds Bitcoin and Litecoin Payments for Premium Content

Pornhub, the popular adult entertainment site, has (at last) added bitcoin as a payment option.

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Finance

Signature Bank Gave Dozens More PPP Loans to Crypto Firms Than Previously Reported

Signature Bank gave $20 million in PPP loans to roughly 40 firms in the digital asset space. Only nine loans were revealed in public documents last month.

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Finance

Crypto Savings Accounts Are Coming to Fintech Firms That Use Wyre

Crypto payments startup Wyre is offering white-labeled savings accounts that dole out interest on crypto, the company announced Friday.

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Markets

Epic Games Blasts Apple's 'Anti-Competitive' Payments Practices in Lawsuit

The Fortnite developer says in-app bitcoin and crypto payments could flourish if not for Apple's payments monopoly.

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