January 18, 2022
Today in the Connected Economy: Affirm, Verifone Join Forces; Mastercard,...

Today in the connected economy, buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Affirm launches a partnership with Verifone, while Mastercard and Coinbase hope to make it easier for people to buy...

January 18, 2022
Mastercard, Coinbase Make It Easier to Buy NFTs

Coinbase and Mastercard are teaming up to allow more people to join the nonfungible tokens (NFT) community by classifying them as digital goods while offering an upcoming new way to...

January 18, 2022
Mastercard Hit with £31.5M Fine for Running Pre-Paid Card Ring

Mastercard and four other companies were fined a total of £33 million ($45.01 million) for their practices involving prepaid cards, with Mastercard being hit with the biggest penalty of £31.56...

January 17, 2022
BitPay Sees Consumer Crypto Payments Growing Beyond Bitcoin

As merchants and consumers become more familiar with cryptocurrencies and the number of ways to use them commercially expands, bitcoin is losing its dominance as the payment coin of choice....

January 17, 2022
Melio: 2021 Was the Year of Entrepreneurs

Last year brought us the “Great Resignation” as more and more people quit their jobs to work for themselves. As those entrepreneurs turn to digital services in record numbers, demand...

January 17, 2022
How Some LatAm FIs Embrace The Digital Shift

Consumers in Latin America (LatAm) are increasingly embracing digital-first payment options instead of cash. As one recent study uncovered, the COVID-19 pandemic led 62% of consumers in that part of...

January 17, 2022
The Swiss National Bank Completes Wholesale CBDC Transactions With Five...

 Switzerland’s National Bank (SNB) has approved a wide swath of transactions involving central bank digital currency (CBDC), the country’s monetary authority announced.  The Zurich-based regulator said the digital tokens were integrated...

January 17, 2022
Amazon UK Changes Course, Decides to Accept Visa After All

After deciding to drop Visa as a payment option in the U.K. effective Wednesday (Jan. 19), Amazon has reversed its position and emailed customers to announce that the ban has...

January 17, 2022
As Crypto Grows, BitPay COO Sees a Moment When FIs...

After a couple of years in which corporate crypto strategies were driven more by hype and fear of missing out than focused strategies designed to take advantage of the opportunities...