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Finance

You Would Understand Bitcoin if You Were Under Cuba’s Embargo

More than 60 banks and fintechs rejected me just for my nationality. Bitcoin fixes that.

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Finance

Facebook’s Novi, Strike’s Bitcoin App Spell Trouble for Western Union, Analyst Says

BTIG analyst Mark Palmer says traditional money-transfer firms are likely to face increased pressure from crypto projects.

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Policy

Western Union Suspends US Dollar Transfers to Cuba

The move follows the latest sanction from the Trump administration.

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Markets

Western Union Integrates With Crypto Wallet to Expand Philippines Remittances

The money transfer giant has teamed up with blockchain startup Coins.ph to enable residents of the Philippines to directly receive cash remittances.

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Markets

Western Union Reveals Pilot Coinbase Integration

Western Union could soon be sending people's funds via an integration with Coinbase, the remittance firm's CTO has revealed.

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Markets

Western Union Seeks Patent for Digital Currency Analysis

Money transfer giant Western Union is seeking a patent for a transaction analysis system that could be applied to digital currencies like bitcoin.

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Markets

MoneyGram: Bitcoin Will Fail to Disrupt Remittances

CoinDesk speaks to MoneyGram executive vice president Peter Ohser about why he believes bitcoin will fail to disrupt the remittance market.

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Markets

8 Companies That Have Filed Crypto Patents

Often a topic of contention in the bitcoin community, CoinDesk has rounded up some of the most high profile patent submissions filed to date.

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Markets

Western Union: 'Too Early' to Discuss Ripple Labs Pilot Project

Global payments giant Western Union is keeping quiet about its rumored plans to tap distributed ledger technology.

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