In today’s FinTech news, it’s all about growth as TabaPay lands SoftBank funding while eyeing different verticals, M-KOPA secures fresh capital for new market expansion and Shift4 buys two companies to pick up unexplored verticals. Meanwhile, Tranglo is now offering Ripple’s on-demand liquidity (ODL) service,...
Payments technology company Shift4 announced Tuesday (March 1) it is acquiring two other firms: Finaro, a cross-border eCommerce payments provider, and The Giving Block, which focuses on cryptocurrency fundraising for nonprofits. The Allentown, Pennsylvania-based firm announced the acquisitions in a news release, saying it would...
They’re volatile, yes, but the overall trend in cryptocurrency prices — at least over time — has been up and to the right. Not all that long ago, for example, bitcoin flirted with $68,000, though more recently traded at about $58,000. But that’s leagues above...
Visa has partnered with BlockFi to launch a credit card that offers bitcoin rewards rather than travel points or cash back, according to an announcement The BlockFi Bitcoin Rewards Credit Card, which will be available in the spring of 2021, will give 1.5 percent cash...
November 29, 2021
They’re volatile, yes, but the overall trend in cryptocurrency prices — at least over time — has been up and to the right. Not all that long ago, for example, bitcoin flirted with $68,000, though more recently traded at about $58,000. But that’s leagues above the fractions of a penny that it first fetched in […]
March 16, 2022
Shift4, a payment and commerce technology provider, has launched a campaign to raise more than $20 million for nonprofits on The Giving Block, a cryptocurrency fundraising platform to support Ukraine relief efforts. CEO Jared Isaacman said he will match the first $10 million in cryptocurrency donations through the initiative, “Caring with Crypto,” to create what he […]
March 01, 2022
Payments technology company Shift4 announced Tuesday (March 1) it is acquiring two other firms: Finaro, a cross-border eCommerce payments provider, and The Giving Block, which focuses on cryptocurrency fundraising for...
December 01, 2020
Visa has partnered with BlockFi to launch a credit card that offers bitcoin rewards rather than travel points or cash back, according to an announcement The BlockFi Bitcoin Rewards Credit...
November 25, 2020
The Federal Ministry of Finance in Nigeria is said to be in discussions with the securities watchdog in the country to create a new digital currency and blockchain structure, Cointelegraph...
