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How ISO 20022 Improves Cross-Border Payments

26 May 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Craig Borysowich

Full disclosure: I’ve been participating via the Standards Council of Canada in the International Standards Organization’s (ISO) financial services standards groups for Technical Committee 68 for over 15 years.  So, I’ve played a big part in developi...

Real-Time Payments Isn’t the End of the Payments Journey

19 May 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Craig Borysowich

I get a lot of conversations where people think that once you’ve created a mechanism for real-time payments, you don’t need any other way to move money. While real-time payments offer several advantages, they may not be suitable for every situation o...

No Particular Date in History: the Invention of the Personal Check

23 Apr 2023 3 minute read 1 comment WinterYeti

Today, most personal payments are handled through credit cards, ATMs, electronic ACH transfers, digital accounts and, of course, crypto payments. However, the overall lifespan of all this digital movement of money is very short, maybe dating bac...

First P2P Transaction: Bitcoin for Stickers

13 Apr 2023 2 minute read 1 comment RocketEnthusiast

Lest we forget, Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer version of electronic cash. If that phrase sounds familiar to you, it is directly from the Bitcoin white paper. And that's exactly what it is: money. As far as transacting goes, my experience with that has be...

10 Reasons Why the Future of Banking Has No Banks, Just Bitcoin.

5 Apr 2023 14 minute read 4 comments ssaurel

The banking system is flawed by design. This first sentence may seem brutal to start an article, but to convince you that it is not the case, I suggest you look at this image:   This image comes from the “Violation Tracker Industry Summary Pa...

An Internet Penetration Rate of Only 43% in Africa? No Problem for Machankura, Which Opens Up Access to Bitcoin via the GSM Network.

1 Apr 2023 5 minute read 1 comment ssaurel

I have been saying for years that the Bitcoin revolution is magical in that it reconciles individual interests with those of the collective. As a Westerner, you buy Bitcoin to take power over the fruits of your labor. You want to gain self-sovereignt...

Swaping across networks

24 Mar 2023 1 minute read 0 comments iPlayCrypto

This article is part of the iPlayCrypto collection. Visit iPlayCrypto's blog for everything on crypto! The ability to swap your coins across different blockchains has become essential in today's fragmented crypto landscape. This guide covers everythi...

What are the advantages of smart contracts over traditional?

6 Feb 2023 1 minute read 0 comments The Key

As digital programs stored on blockchain networks, smart contracts have a number of advantages and are increasingly being used instead of traditional contracts. When predetermined conditions are met, smart contracts automatically generate results. T...

Payments in Web3

5 Dec 2022 3 minute read 1 comment HarryH

Payments in Web3 Exploring the potential of Web3 and decentralized payment systems for the future of online payments. The State of Traditional Payments Web3 is a vision for the future of the internet where users have more control over their data and...

Can You Buy Cryptocurrency on CashApp?

4 Dec 2022 4 minute read 0 comments MintDice.com

As cryptocurrency continues to grow in use and popularity around the world, the availability of crypto continues to grow as well. Many cryptocurrency users want to be able to use it wherever they are, but it can be difficult to be sure on which prog...