Tag: payment
Visa (V) Expands Blockchain Payment Capabilities by Expanding Circle’s USDC Settlements to Solana (SOL)
“By leveraging stablecoins like USDC and global blockchain networks like Solana and Ethereum, we're helping to improve the speed of cross-border settl [...]
Visa taps into Solana to widen USDC payment capability
Global payments processor Visa has rolled out support for USD Coin (USDC) payments settled on the Solana blockchain as its stablecoin offering begins [...]
Digital euro can ward off a host of private payment service ills: ECB official
The European Central Bank (ECB) is quite happy with the European Commission's (EC) legislative proposals for the digital euro. ECB executive board mem [...]
Digital yuan payment option must be offered in retail scenarios
While China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) goes through technological and business model upgrades, the market should provide an opportunity to [...]
Musk’s X Obtains Payment Licenses in Several U.S. States
X, the Elon Musk-owned social media platform formerly called Twitter, has obtained payments licenses from several U.S. states in recent months, includ [...]
Binance launches crypto-to-bank account payment product in Latin America
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is expanding its offerings in Latin America with the launch of a new crypto-to-bank account payment solution for the r [...]
Spanish central bank official talks about private payment services in era of digital euro
Deputy governor of the Bank of Spain Margarita Delgado spoke to university students and others about the introduction of the digital euro in Pamplona [...]
Visa Eyes Mass Adoption of Crypto by Testing On-Chain Gas Fee Payment Through Fiat
Especially gas fees, the cost of sending and receiving ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain, and the process of managing [...]
Lessons of a $37M Attack: How a Ukrainian Payment Processor Was Hacked
CoinsPaid, a crypto payment processing company with Ukrainian roots, fell a victim to a social engineering attack, thought to have emanated from Lazar [...]
Blockchain.com scores payment license from Singapore central bank
Crypto exchange Blockchain.com has been granted a payments license from Singapore's central bank — the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).Blockchai [...]
Paypal launches stablecoin for payment
Financial technology company PayPal launched a new crypto stablecoin called PayPal USD (PYUSD) on Aug. 7. The new stablecoin will be issued by Paxos [...]
Credit card fee fight pits payment companies against retailers
Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. credit cards are arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S.Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA bipartisa [...]
Crypto payment gateway CoinsPaid suspects Lazarus Group in $37M hack
Cryptocurrency payments platform CoinsPaid has pointed the finger at North Korean state-backed Lazarus Group as being behind the hacking of its intern [...]
Alphapo payment provider hack now estimated at over $60M — ZachXBT
The alleged Alphapo payments provider hack of July 23 is now estimated to have caused losses exceeding $60 million, according to a July 25 report from [...]
Bangladeshi forex reserves causing “messy” student payment issues
The country has suffered heavily with its finances in recent months, with the forex exchange reserves reportedly falling to a seven-year low of $29 [...]