Digital Payments

Digital Payments
Singapore’s Tranglo Expands Cross-Border Payments Network
April 08, 2024

Tranglo has expanded its cross-border payment network to allow transfers to more than 30 digital wallets. The Singapore-based FinTech announced the expansion Monday (April 8), noting that its direct-to-wallet transfers eliminate the need for intermediaries and ensure funds are available to recipients immediately. “This is especially important for millions...

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PayToMe.co Adds Stripe Connect to Payment Solutions for Platforms, Marketplaces
April 05, 2024

PayToMe.co integrated Stripe Connect to scale globally and enhance its payments solutions for platforms and marketplace. The integration will facilitate onboarding, global payouts, payment compliance and know your customer processes, with solutions tailored to the needs of more than 100 countries, the FinTech platform said in a Friday...

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Sportsbook Giants Launch Association to Promote Responsible Gambling
March 27, 2024

Seven of America’s largest sportsbook companies launched a trade group to combat problem gambling. The Responsible Online Gaming Association (ROGA), announced in a news release Wednesday (March 27), is aimed at promoting best practices in the gambling sphere. The group includes BetMGM, bet365, DraftKings, Fanatics Betting and Gaming, FanDuel, Hard Rock Digital and PENN Entertainment, which make...

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Western Union Connects Digital Wallets to eSIM Mobile Service
March 27, 2024

eSIM company eSIM Go has added Western Union’s digital wallets to its mobile data service. The integration, announced Wednesday (March 27), offers coverage in more than 150 countries via eSIM Go’s “Powered by Breeze” offering. “Equipping digital wallet customers with global connectivity possibilities serves the...

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From Crypto to Coffee, Digital Wallets Signal Shifting Financial Landscape
March 22, 2024

With Thursday’s (March 21) Department of Justice (DOJ) antitrust suit against Apple, digital wallets are top of mind. And moving over to the Web3 space, on Wednesday (March 20) Bitget Wallet, the digital wallet from the Bitget cryptocurrency exchange, announced it had reached 20 million...

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Thunes and Visa Expand Digital Wallet Partnership to Asia and Africa
March 21, 2024

Cross-border payments firm Thunes is expanding its partnership with Visa into Asia and Africa. The new collaboration, announced Thursday (March 21), will see Visa tap into Thunes’ network to send payments to over 108 digital wallet types and bank accounts throughout countries that include Kenya, the Philippines, Indonesia and...

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Consumers Spend More at Restaurants When Using Digital Wallets
March 14, 2024

Digital wallets — such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, which use near-field communication tags, and Amazon Pay and PayPal, which use QR codes — offer shoppers a contactless method to complete their purchases. Because digital wallets store encrypted debit and/or credit card information, they...

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Stripe Reports Total Payment Volume Rose 25%, Topping $1 Trillion
March 13, 2024

Stripe surpassed $1 trillion in total payment volume in 2023. That milestone marked a 25% increase from the previous year and meant that businesses running on Stripe accounted for about 1% of global gross domestic product (GDP), Stripe co-founders Patrick Collison and John Collison wrote...

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Musk: X Close to Landing NY and CA Payment Licenses
March 07, 2024

Elon Musk says X could soon receive money transmitter licenses from New York and California. The license from California could come in the next month or so, while New York’s approval may be “a few months away,” said Musk, whose comments Wednesday (March 6) at the Morgan...