payments


Finance

MoonPay Buys Crypto Payment Processor Helio for $175M

MoonPay's acquisition of Helio is reportedly valued at $175 million.

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Finance

KuCoin Enables Crypto Point-of-Sale Payments by QR-Code

The crypto exchange joins a number of crypto payment providers enabling customers to pay with crypto.

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Finance

Solana-Based RWA Platform AgriDex Taps Stripe's Bridge to Lower Cost for Agricultural Trade Settlements

AgriDex is an example of how stablecoins are being increasingly used as a payment vehicle in emerging regions as a cheaper alternative for traditional banking rails.

Agriculture (Pete Linforth/Pixabay)

Finance

Ripple Partners With Brazilian Exchange Mercado Bitcoin to Offer Business-Focused Payments Solution

Mercado Bitcoin plans to offer its corporate and retail customers support for international payments, allowing users to transact with Brazilian Reais.

Payments network built on Sui (Steve Johnson/Unsplash)

Finance

PayPal Enables U.S. Business Accounts to Buy, Hold and Sell Crypto

The service won't be available to New York state businesses in the beginning.

A large PayPal logo is on display outside its corporate HQ (Shutterstock)

Finance

UK Finance, Member Banks See Benefits During Experimental Phase of a Tokenization, CBDC Platform

Barclays, Citi UK, HSBC and Natwest participated in the Regulated Liability Network test.

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Finance

Ferrari to Extend Cryptocurrency Payments to Europe: Reuters

The company also plans to extend the service to other markets by the end of the year.

Ferrari (NoName_13/Pixabay)

Finance

Bitcoin Payments App Strike Enters UK as Global Expansion Rolls Out

The payments firm now operates in over 100 countries and territories globally.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaking at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami Beach, Florida (Frederick Munawa)

Finance

Multicoin, Coinbase Ventures Invest in Latin American Stablecoin-Powered SuperApp El Dorado

Stablecoin adoption is soaring in the region as many people turn to the crypto tokens as a shield against currency devaluation and cheap remittances.

El Dorado co-founders Guillermo Goncalvez and Juan Carlos Andreu (El Dorado)

Finance

Stripe Brings Back Crypto Payments Via USDC Stablecoin

The payments firm stopped taking crypto payments in 2018 due to bitcoin’s high volatility.

Stripe co-founder and President John Collison said, "crypto is finding real utility," in a keynote on Thursday. (Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images)

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