When a dating site launches its own currency
Tinder was previously known for its dating site model based on quick swipes of its members' photos. Now, Tinder is revamping its offering by ...
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Square prepares its physical wallet dedicated to cryptocurrencies
FACTS The co-founder of electronic payment company Square, Jack Dorsey, just announced that his FinTech is currently working on creating a ...
Payments Insight February 2021: The match goes on between CBDC and cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrencies – The match goes on between CBDC and cryptocurrencies UNITED STATES - VISA launches APIs to equip all banks with crypt...
Payments News in Brief – October 2019
Players’ Strategy UNITED STATES – Active.Ai teams up with Visa to provide banking institutions with interactive AI-powered solutions (e.g.:...
Wells Fargo Gets a Cryptocurrency Ready
FACTS The American banking group Wells Fargo starts a stable coin pilot for internal settlements.
Lidl Trials their Own Wallet
FACTS The German retail group Lidl tests Lidl Pay (name coined as no further details had been provided during their pilot phase).
News in Brief – June 2019
Players’ Strategy EUROPE – China UnionPay partners with the British start-up Tribe Payments on launching their services in Europe. In addit...
News in Brief – May 2019
Players’ Strategy FRANCE – Nickel claims 4,800 agents (1 in 5 newsagents) or 60% increase year-over-year. Goal: attract 10,000 agents by 20...
News in Brief – April 2019
Players’ Strategy EUROPE – Elavon (subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp) partners with Société Générale on addressing eight European markets: United ...
ADN’co Payments Insight – March 2019
Mobility – Open Payment Gaining Momentum INTERNATIONAL – Visa and Planeta Informática team up to boost contactless payments in the transpo...
SWIFT Tests a DLT-Based E-Voting Solution
Photo credits: Altcoinist FACTS The worldwide interbank messaging network announces a PoC on e-voting in partnership with large-scale fi...
News in Brief – February 2019
Players’ Strategy UNITED STATES – PayPal falls short of expectations and reports $4.23Bn instead of $4.24Bn for Q4 2018. Even so, they stil...
News in Brief – January 2019
Players’ Strategy INTERNATIONAL – nexo (international standard for accepting cross-border card payments) kept making progress and attracted...
News in Brief – November 2018
Players’ strategy INTERNATIONAL – N26 is now available in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Poland. Launched in 2013 in Germany, they keep focusi...
News in Brief – October 2018
Players’ Strategy EUROPE – Revolut applies for a banking licence in Luxembourg. This start-up has been granted EMI status in the UK and rel...
Fidelity Bets on Crypto-Currencies
Several investment banks are paying attention to Bitcoin, including Goldman Sachs. Latest example to date: the asset management company Fidelity ...
News in Brief – September 2018
Players’ Strategy UNITED STATES – According to Bloomberg, Google and Mastercard would have entered a partnership last year on tracking card...
Le Bon Coin Adds an E-Payment Module
The French website for classified ads introduces a new feature. Le Bon Coin already implemented a cross-device messaging service, they are now ro...
News in Brief – August 2018
Players’ Strategy FRANCE – HiPay releases their results for H1 2018, reporting €13 million turnover (+12%) and €1.3 billion processed trans...
Buy a Luxury Car with Crypto-currencies
The soaring value of Bitcoin and other crypto-assets attracted the attention of product and service providers in the luxury industry. More option...
