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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

Markets

Every Credit Card a Tribe, Every Crypto Coin a Scaling Debate

Lana Swartz's "New Money" is a book that will force crypto users to ask: What does using ETH or BTC or XLM or ATOM say about me?

credit cards

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.

VISA credit card

Policy

US State Bank Regulators Agree to Single Set of Rules for Fintech, Crypto Firm Licensing

Agencies from 48 states are expected to unveil a new framework today that will simplify and consolidate regulation for crypto companies.

caphill

Markets

Visa Adds Crypto Lender Cred to Fast Track Payments Program

Decentralized lending platform Cred is the latest crypto firm to join Visa’s Fintech Fast Track Program with the goal of scaling faster.

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Finance

UK-Licensed App Adds P2P Crypto Payments

Peer-to-peer cryptocurrency payments are now live on Ziglu, a week after the app-based platform got its EMI license from a U.K. watchdog.

Ziglu CEO Mark Hipperson

Finance

Pornhub Adds Bitcoin and Litecoin Payments for Premium Content

Pornhub, the popular adult entertainment site, has (at last) added bitcoin as a payment option.

Pornhub