payments


Markets

Crypto Exchange Huobi Adds Direct Visa, Mastercard Payments

The exchange is making it simpler to pay for cryptocurrency with Visa and Mastercard with a direct service through a regulated subsidiary.

Credit cards

Finance

PayPal Cuts Service to Crypto-Funded Domain Registrar Hosting Right-Wing Sites

A report suggests the action may be over the firm's digital currency, Masterbucks.

PayPal

Markets

PayPal Said to Be in Talks to Buy Crypto Firms Including BitGo: Bloomberg

The news comes a day after the payments giant confirmed it's entering the cryptocurrency market.

Smartphone Apps

Tech

Raiffeisen Bank Bringing Blockchain Interoperability to Its Stablecoin Project

Raiffeisen's stablecoin project is becoming blockchain-agnostic, adding interoperability tech from Bitpanda and the ​Technical University of Vienna.

Raiffeisen Bank headquarters, Vienna, Austria

Finance

Baby Steps or Handcuffs? Crypto Pros Assess PayPal’s Bitcoin Play

Fintech giant PayPal confirmed its move into crypto Wednesday. Is its no-withdrawals bitcoin service too restrictive or mainstream-friendly?

Smartphone Apps

Tech

First Users Not Impressed by China's Digital Yuan: Report

A recent giveaway of China's in-testing central bank digital currency has reportedly left recipients wondering why they should change from existing solutions like Alipay.

Shenzhen store

Markets

Italian Payments Giants Merging to Form Entity That Will Dominate Local Market

The new group will reportedly have an estimated 70% share of the Italian market.

Italian euro cents coins

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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