Ripple CEO: ‘Dozens’ of Major Banks Will Use XRP
Ripple — a real-time gross settlement system, currency exchange, and remittance network — will supposedly have “dozens” of banks making use of its XRP-powered...
Ripple Keeps Making Friends – RippleNet Provides a Gateway to...
There is an ever-growing international need for effective, transparent, and low-cost payments which engage with emerging markets. Ripple appears to be the frontrunner when it comes to...
Ripple and Western Union Testing XRP Transfers
San Francisco-based Ripple has not had the best of starts to 2018. Its cryptocurrency, XRP, has been on a downward slide since the first week of January and has lost almost 70% of its...
Nigeria: An In-Depth Look at Using Bitcoin in a Currency Crisis
This case-study will focus on Bitcoin’s rise in Nigeria. It was partially inspired by a question from Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal about what benefits does Bitcoin bring to...
Trump’s Mexico Feud Creating a Perfect Storm for Bitcoin...
Mexico’s biggest cash cow is under siege as Donald J. Trump threatens to tax or halt remittances to the country in order to pay for his border wall. Western Union Shares Dive...
Money 20/20: Visa, Chain Expand on B2B Connect
On Sunday afternoon’s lead-off keynote address at the Money 20/20 Conference in Las Vegas, Visa and Chain joined to collectively promote their new, blockchain-inspired payments...
Industry Report: Bitcoin Error Makes Miner Rich, DCG Grows Empire
Want to catch up on digital currency news? This week, an accidental transaction landed a bitcoin miner a hefty sum of coins, and Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group got even...
Western Union Launches B2B Platform for Global Payments
At the Money20/20 conference in Copenhagen, Western Union announced the launch of the WU EDGE platform, designed to provide increased transaction channels and analytics opportunities...
Moneytis Brings Transparency to the Finance World
Amsterdam, Netherlands, February 17, 2016 — Moneytis was launched in 2015 by 2 French expatriates fed up with money transfers opacity. Disclaimer: This is a press release...
Viber And Western Union Create Mobile Remittance Solution Despite...
Mobile payment solutions are the new hype right now, as consumers from all over the world are looking for more convenient ways to pay for goods and services. No one would have expected...
Former Western Union Executive Raises US$12.5m for Blockchain-Based...
Simplifying cross-border payments for businesses can not be achieved through traditional financial infrastructure; that much is clear by now. In countries where there are limited to no...
BitPesa Expands Bitcoin Remittance Service to Tanzania
BitPesa has made a name for itself in the world of Bitcoin-enabled remittance services. Up until this point, though, most of BitPesa’s efforts have been focused on Kenya, one of the...