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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Payments News in Brief – December 2019
Players’ Strategy UNITED KINGDOM – Monese lets their UK customers open joint accounts and starts featuring joint accounts in euros for EEA ...
Ripple Raises $200M
FACTS Ripple, the San Francisco-based Blockchain specialist, just raised $200 million, lifting their valuation to $10 billion.
Banque de France to Test a Central Bank Digital Currency?
FACTS During a conference held by the ACPR, the Banque de France announced they were running tests to craft a Central Bank Digital Currency...
ADN’co Payments Insight – September 2019
Players’ Strategy – e-Banking: the Race Towards Customer Acquisition FRANCE – ING launches a free, non-income-dependent offer for the sake...
Wells Fargo Gets a Cryptocurrency Ready
FACTS The American banking group Wells Fargo starts a stable coin pilot for internal settlements.
News in Brief – August 2019
Players’ Strategy FRANCE – BNP Paribas observed a sharp increase in their number of active mobile users for Hello bank! As well as consiste...
China to Issue Own Digital Currency
FACTS During the China Finance 40 Forum event, People's Bank of China reported their virtual currency could be considered operational after...
Cryptocurrency: Facebook Launches Libra
FACTS Facebook just implemented the infrastructure required to launch their cryptocurrency. The American group made an announcement regardi...
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...
Paypite: Crypto-Currencies for Money Transfers
Photo credits: Paypite FACTS The Paris-based FinTech Paypite, behind a virtual currency for simplifying exchanges between French-speakin...
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...
Facebook Building their Own Cryptocurrency
FACTS Last spring, Facebook’s CEO announced they intended to work on a Blockchain and craft their own cryptocurrency.
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...
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 ...
Eligma Launches a Cryptocurrency-Based Payment App
Eligma relies on next-generation technologies –such as the Blockchain and AI techs– to improve their users’ experience. As this AI-powered e-comm...
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...
News in Brief – July 2018
Players’ Strategy FRANCE – The multi-currency transaction specialist iBanFirst launches an online exchange coverage service. This service d...
News in Brief – May 2018
Players’ Strategy EUROPE – Five months after they failed to purchase the card manufacturer Gemalto, Atos buys out Swiss exchange operator S...
