Payments News
PayPal Unveils Crypto Checkout for US Merchants, Slashing Cross-Border Fees
PayPal will allow US-based merchants to accept payments in more than 100 cryptocurrencies, part of a broader push to expand stablecoin adopt...
Russia Sets Deadline for ‘Digital Ruble’ Rollout Despite Resistance to CBDC Payments
Russia’s lower house of parliament, known as the State Duma, has passed a bill requiring the nation’s major banks and all companies with...
Rumble Teams with MoonPay to Launch Native Crypto Wallet for Creators
‘Alt-tech’ video streaming platform, Rumble, which is popular with right-wing content creators, has announced the planned launch of its ...
PayPal Teams Up with Coinbase to Supercharge Crypto Buying for Millions of Australians
Coinbase has teamed up with PayPal to make crypto purchasing easier in Australia, allowing users to instantly buy digital assets using their...
Crypto Fever Grips Bolivia: $430M in Transactions Drive 630% Year-On-Year Surge
Bolivia’s crypto payments have sharply increased in the past year, reaching over US$430M (AU$658M). This marks a 630 % jump since regula...
Chainlink and Mastercard Team Up to Unlock Instant On-Chain Crypto Purchases
Blockchain interoperability and oracle network, Chainlink, announced on June 24 that it’s teamed up with global payments giant, Mastercard...
California Assembly Passes Bill to Allow Cryptocurrency Payments for State Fees
California is one step closer to accepting cryptocurrency for state payments, as the State Assembly unanimously passed Assembly Bill 1180 (A...
Alchemy Pay Comes to Australia with PayID Integration and AUSTRAC Approval
Singapore-based cryptocurrency payments solution provider, Alchemy Pay, has integrated PayID — Australia’s interbank real-time payments ...
Ripple Leverages DFSA Licence to Onboard Zand Bank and Mamo for Instant UAE Payments
Ripple has officially launched its cross-border blockchain payments platform in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), deepening its presence in a ...
BIS Study: Crypto Turns Crisis Currency as Cross‐Border Flows Soar to $600B
It’s probably been nearly a decade since people associated Bitcoin with a mode of exchange detached from the clutches of Governments and b...
Bhutan Unveils World’s First Nationwide Crypto-Powered Tourism System
The small Himalayan nation of Bhutan, best known for being the happiest nation on Earth, has partnered with Binance Pay and the local Bhutan...
Wellgistics Health Taps XRP’s Speed and Low Fees to Revolutionise Healthcare Payments
Wellgistics Health Inc. (NASDAQ: WGRX), a pharmaceutical-distribution and healthcare-infrastructure company, will integrate the distributed-...