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Facebook & crypto: boom or bust?

10 Dec 2020 4 minute read 1 comment coinpass Global

Since ancient times, people have used trade to simplify exchange between one another. Long before the discovery of money, coin, or paper, they have used bartering as a primitive form of exchange. Long before the evolution of money, people started to...

PayPal Finally Embraces Cryptocurrencies After Obtaining A New York License

22 Oct 2020 1 minute read 2 comments CryptoBrowser

PayPal`s Decision Increased The Company`s Shares By Over 5%, And Drove Up Bitcoin`s Price Above $13,000 PayPal, one of the biggest financial services providers announced that its U.S-based customers would be able to hold, buy, sell, and use various...

Top Things You Should Know About Swipe (SXP)

24 Aug 2020 8 minute read 5 comments MuyAsk

Hey guys :) I’m back with another comprehensive Q&A piece, this time for the multi-asset digital wallet and Visa debit card platform – Swipe (SXP). Swipe is a company that’s bringing cryptocurrency to commerce and standard banking through its decentr...

Could TrustSwap Solve This Problem?

11 Aug 2020 4 minute read 4 comments CryptoScrimper

  Usually we have pretty decent customer service here in the U.S., but not always. Recently I had one of the worst--actually maybe the worst--experience I've ever had. And the timing is interesting, because having learned about TrustSwap recently I f...

As Digital Payments Gain Ground, Lawmakers Step in to Protect Cash

24 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments FinRev

A bipartisan Senate bill put forward by Sens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D. would prohibit retailers from turning away cash payments from customers. The Payment Choice Act would impose fines for businesses that refuse to accept cash...

Upgrade Doubles Down on Digital Banking

24 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments FinRev

Another credit-focused startup that has been crossing over into digital banking is Upgrade. The coronavirus has pushed up Upgrade's product roadmap and to fuel expansion of its credit card business and launch checking accounts, the firm raised a $40...

Could Your Face Be a Ticket to Enter and Your Form of Payment?

18 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments FinRev

Facial recognition technology has been floating around, loosely adopted, since the early part of the last decade.  Among its popular use cases today is in mobile phones and gadgets as a way for users to conveniently unlock their device. (Though plent...

Air, Food, Water, Shelter, Internet — and Fraud?

18 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments FinRev

The birth of digital payments helped usher in extensive financial and societal changes: speed and convenience, retailers that don’t require brick and mortar (hi, Amazon), and simplified international transactions, to name a few. But also the elephant...

ChainUP Offers Credit Card Services in over 146 Countries and Regions

16 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments BitMedia Buzz

Singapore - Leading blockchain technology service provider ChainUP is pleased to announce that it now offers fiat-to-crypto credit card services in more than 146 countries and regions.  The new payment gateway supports more than 40 of the top crypto...

Crypto.com Sees Roughly 50% Growth in Users in the Past Two Months

3 Jul 2020 1 minute read 4 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan

Cryptocurrency payments platform and card issuer Crypto.com (CRO) has seen its userbase increase to over 3 million, according to CEO Kris Marszalek. Marszalek revealed the change in response to questions posed by CoinDesk, as a part of its First Move...