Tag: Payments
Central Banks Successfully Test APIs in Powering Retail CBDCs, Including for Offline Payments
“I think if you look across the range of experiments that we have done in the Innovation Hub, increasingly in the CBDC space, whether it's wholesale o [...]
Strike Expands Lightning-Powered International Payments to Mexico
The service, Send Globally, will be available in Mexico starting June 14, according to a press release provided to CoinDesk. It runs on Lightning Netw [...]
Blockchain Australia Denounces Recent Banking Restrictions on Crypto Payments
“The recent decision by banking institutions to restrict millions of their customers from making payments to cryptocurrency exchanges represents a pro [...]
Bitcoin Payments Firm Strike Moves Custody In-House After Ditching Third-Party Services
The move is a “culmination of over two years of effort,” according to Strike CEO and cofounder Jack Mallers.
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FX Company CAB Payments Plans to Go Public
CAB Payments Holdings plans to go public via an initial public offering (IPO) in London.
The U.K. FinTech, which specializes [...]
Bitcoin payments exec shares adoption challenges in the Philippines
As many developments within the space show how far the Bitcoin (BTC) community has come, an executive from a BTC payment provider shared how in other [...]
Australia’s Commonwealth Bank to Partially Restrict Payments to Crypto Exchanges
“With the incidences of scams increasing and in many cases customers suffering significant losses from being scammed, the introduction of 24 hour hold [...]
Major Australian bank to decline ‘certain’ payments to crypto exchanges
Commonwealth Bank (CBA), the largest bank in Australia, has said it will decline or temporarily hold certain payments to cryptocurrency exchanges, cit [...]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren points to crypto payments as facilitating fentanyl trade in China
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has suggested a link between cryptocurrency payments and companies based in China that provided precursors for [...]
MLB to air San Diego Padres games after Diamond Sports stops payments
Daniel Camarena of the San Diego Padres hits a grand slam during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Petco Park i [...]
Web3 Payments Firm Transak Raises $20M
The startup offers on- and off-ramps that could make it easier for new users to interact with Web3 projects.
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Debt Ceiling Deal Would Reinstate Student Loan Payments
For millions of Americans with federal student loan debt, the payment holiday is about to end.Legislation to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending i [...]
Tourists are unhappy with crypto payments ban in Bali
The government of Bali, Indonesia, recently cracked down on crypto payments for goods and services and reminded tourists that the Indonesian Rupiah is [...]
Crypto Payments Company Etonec to Create ZK-Powered Compliance Tool By Year’s End
Etonec’s partnership with decentralized exchange Lumina DEX will use zero-knowledge technology to create a sort of permissioned pool, a liquidity pool [...]
Bitcoin Payments Firm Strike’s Headquarters to Stay in U.S., Despite New El Salvador Office
The company established a headquarters in El Salvador for its global entity as it expanded its app to more than 65 countries last week.
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