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PortuguêsThey might not be shouting it from the rooftops, but fiat payment gateways are no longer the enemy of bitcoin. Hostilities have ceased, the bad blood has been let, and…
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Cryptocurrency-friendly internet banking app Revolut plans to launch in the United States later this year, the company has confirmed. MasterCard joins Visa support for Revolut In a press release on…
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Head of Facebook‘s Calibra claimed that the recent withdrawal of the seven firms from the Libra Association has no impact on the project. Dropouts will still be able to work…
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Coinbase CEO has criticized United States’ senators for asking Stripe, Mastercard and Visa to leave Facebook’s crypto project Libra. “Something feels very un-American about this” After U.S. Senators Brian Schatz…
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Facebook’s crypto woes are deepening as more partners are jumping the Libra ship before it even sets sail. It appears that US senators are urging them to do so as…
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Most payment companies have now pulled out of Facebook’s Libra project. Visa, Mastercard, Ebay, and Stripe have followed Paypal in dropping out of the project amid regulatory concerns. The Libra…
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Visa, EBay, Stripe and Mastercard have all announced that they are dropping out of Facebook’s Libra Association and its associated stablecoin project. Four companies abandon ship On Oct. 11, Bloomberg…
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UPDATE (Oct. 11, 2019, 20:40 UTC): Mastercard and Visa have also confirmed they will not be joining the Libra Association. Mastercard, Visa, digital auction company eBay and payments firm Stripe have…
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Wow. Within the span of an hour or two, reports have revealed that Facebook’s crypto project, Libra, suffered some heavy blows.It first started on Friday morning, with the Financial Times…
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In the wake of Paypal’s very public exit from the Libra project, U.S. lawmakers are now pressuring Stripe, Visa and Mastercard to rethink their membership of the Libra Association as…
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Two U.S. Senators have publicly asked Visa, Stripe, and Mastercard to remove themselves from the Facebook-led cryptocurrency payment network, Libra. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent three…
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Facebook Libra backers Visa, Mastercard and Stripe have received a direct warning from US politicians about their involvement with the project. Senators: ‘You Should Be Concerned’ In a strongly-worded letter…
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Facebook’s ambitious financial inclusion project, Libra, continues marching forward in spite of mountainous regulatory obstacles, but key members of the Libra Association are having doubts and dropping out. Paypal has…
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Visa, Mastercard, and other early Libra Association members are having second thoughts about their involvement with Facebook’s ‘cryptocurrency’. The change of heart follows widespread international regulatory concerns, according to a…
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Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and Stripe are unsure whether they wish to become paid-up participants in Facebook’s Libra digital currency. As Bloomberg reported on Oct. 2 citing “people familiar with the…
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Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra has been in hot water ever since the social media giant released the whitepaper earlier this year. Central banks and governments across the globe have put together…
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Customers of major crypto exchange Binance can now purchase crypto directly using debit and credit cards via payment processing firm Koinal. 2.5% fee for buying crypto from Visa and MasterCard…
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If you are one of the 2.4 billion active Facebook users, the probability that your data has been leaked is around 17%, given the recent news of 419 million accounts…
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Mastercard partnered with blockchain firm R3 to develop a cross-border payment solution. According to a Mastercard press release published on Sept. 1, the two firms plan to pilot a new…
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Payments giant Mastercard is to develop a blockchain-powered cross-border payments platform in partnership with enterprise-focused blockchain firm R3. In an announcement on Wednesday, Mastercard said the two firms have inked a…
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American financial services corporation Mastercard has joined blockchain software firm R3’s Corda-powered Marco Polo blockchain network for trade finance. In a press release published on Sept. 3, Mastercard revealed its…
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Mastercard has joined Marco Polo, a consortium working to simplify global trade with blockchain technology. Announced Tuesday, the payments giant’s business-to-business global trade unit, Mastercard Track, will provide an access point…
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Crypto lending firm Nexo has paid its token holders a total of $2,409,574.87 in dividends. Nexo reportedly has reached an annualized dividend yield of 12.73%. Nexo announced the completion of…
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Global leaders from the Bitcoin Cash community will gather at the first Bitcoin Cash City Conference in Australia, being held in Townsville on September 4 & 5. Townsville has really…
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Mastercard is to demo a new blockchain-based product tracking solution during an upcoming showcase of women fashion designers. The payments giant announced on Friday that it will support “limited-edition collaborations” highlighting…
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Mastercard appears to be angling to enter the crypto wallet space with new job ads for blockchain and cryptocurrency-related product development. According to updated job listings from the payments giant…
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Payments giant Mastercard is seeking to hire a number of blockchain professionals, including several senior roles, in an apparent effort to develop cryptocurrency and wallet products. According to the company’s…
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Instant crypto loans firm Nexo and international payment system corporation MasterCard are jointly launching a cryptocurrency credit card. The development was announced in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on…
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