payments


Finance

Coinbase Adds Message-Based Crypto Payments to Its Decentralized Wallet

The new feature comes at a time of growing positive sentiment in the crypto market after over a year of pain for industry participants.

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Finance

Strike Rolls Out Bitcoin Purchases To Users Globally

The Bitcoin app company is also partnering with Bitrefill to allow customers to pay for goods via the Lightning Network.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaking at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami Beach, Florida (Frederick Munawa)

Finance

JPMorgan Adds Programmable Payments to JPM Coin

Previously clients would need to set standing orders for payments to take place at a particular time; now they can program them to kick in when the relevant criteria are met.

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Finance

Ripple Broadens Remittances Between Africa, Gulf States, UK and Australia

At its annual conference, Ripple also announced product enhancements and license updates, including a focus on payments between enterprises and smaller businesses.

Ripple (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Drawbacks of Stablecoin Cross-Border Use Outweigh Benefits: Global Payments Watchdog

Existing stablecoins aren't fully compliant with relevant regulatory requirements, a report by the Committee on Payment and Market Infrastructures said.

Globe, World (Kyle Glenn/Unsplash)

Finance

Visa Taps Solana and USDC Stablecoin to Boost Cross-Border Payments

The company said it is one of the first major payment institutions to use directly the Solana network for settlements.

Casa central de Visa en Foster City, California. (Wonderlane/Creative Commons)

Finance

Elon Musk's X Has Licenses in Multiple U.S. States to Process Payments, Including Crypto

Musk's social media platform, X, formerly Twitter, has obtained money or currency transmitter licenses in seven U.S. states including Maryland, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

Elon Musk (Daniel Oberhaus/Flickr)

Finance

MoonPay Offers Binance.US a Solution to Crypto Payments Suspension

The U.S. exchange's customers now have the option of buying stablecoin USDT using their debit or credit cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay and converting it into crypto tokens.

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Finance

PayPal to Stop Crypto Purchases in UK Until 2024

The company said the pause is due to the U.K. financial regulator’s upcoming stricter rules, which include the travel rule to combat money laundering set to take effect Sept. 1.

PayPal's headquarters (Shutterstock)

Finance

Visa Tests Way to Make Paying Ethereum Gas Fees Easier

The process is too complex for the masses, the company said.

Casa central de Visa en Foster City, California. (Wonderlane/Creative Commons)