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Finance

Ripple Tech to Power New Malaysia-Bangladesh Remittance Corridor

Malaysia's Mobile Money and Bangladesh's bKash will leverage RippleNet for wallet-to-wallet transactions.

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Policy

Kyrgyzstan Has Proposed Its First Regulatory Framework for Crypto

Kyrgyzstan's central bank wants to regulate cryptocurrency – licensing exchanges and barring its use in payments.

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Markets

Payments Firm Simplex Becomes Visa Principal Member

Israel-based global fiat payment processor Simplex announced Tuesday it has become a principal member of the Visa network.

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Finance

Payments Firm Wirex Becomes Visa Principal Member Ahead of Crypto Card Launch

The crypto and fiat payments firm can now issue Visa cards.

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Finance

Robot Ventures, Others Back 'Crypto Stripe' Flexa in $6M Raise

The crypto payment provider has raised $6 million from a private sale of its AMP token used for its new backend.

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Finance

Evercore Says PayPal's Crypto Offering Could Bring Big Business Boost

An Evercore analyst named PayPal as the top payments stock and said its recently launched cryptocurrency offering could boost margins.

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Finance

Binance, OKEx Payments Partner Banxa Set to Make Milestone Stock Exchange Listing

The crypto payments infrastructure provider is set to list on a Canadian stock exchange in what's being claimed as a world first.

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Markets

Crypto Remittances Prove Their Worth in Latin America

Crypto remittances are growing in Latin America, particularly in the wake of other remittance platforms shutting off access to some markets.

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Markets

US Treasury Wants Regulators to Watch for 'Potential Risks' in Digital Asset Innovation

The Treasury Department wants state and federal regulators to keep a vigilant watch on digital asset innovation.

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Finance

Pizza Hut Venezuela Now Accepts Crypto Payments

The Venezuelan arm of the restaurant chain now accepts dash and bitcoin through CryptoBuyer.

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