RESEARCH REPORT: CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES
An article showing growth in the use of contactless payments and digital wallets.
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An article showing growth in the use of contactless payments and digital wallets.
RESEARCH REPORT: CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES Read More »
A link to Consult Hyperion, a UK-based company specialized in identity for digital payments.
PROFILE OF CONSULT HYPERION (IDENTITY, PAYMENTS) Read More »
This article describes blockchain, identifies Which wallets are most active, and gives recent examples of U.S. regulators’ push into digital asset enforcement.
A link to a Reuters’ press release from August 16, 2023, on PayPal’s decision to suspend cryptocurrency sales in the UK.
PAYPAL SUSPENDS CRYPTO SALES IN THE UK UNTIL 2024 Read More »
A short post announcing the US Federal Reserve’s plans to supervise crypto, neo-banks, banking-as-a-service, and other emerging areas more closely.
A brief article explaining how PayPal issuing its own stablecoin legitimizes payments moving on chain is another step towards mass adoption.
PAYPAL ISSUING ITS OWN STABLECOIN IS MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN CRYPTO Read More »
A Linkedin post describing how embedded finance is an important part of emerging payments in 2023.
EMBEDED FINANCE IN PAYMENTS 2023 Read More »
A slide graphically summarizing the state of embedded finance in payments in 2023.
EMBEDDED FINANCE IN PAYMENTS 2023 Read More »
FedNow’s promise of faster payments is not new. Aside from RTP and same-day ACH, we have seen faster payments in a number of forms: closed-loop P2P payments (Venmo, Zelle), wire transfers, stablecoins, and push-to-card. Each varies in settlement type, rail, limit, cost, push/pull capabilities, and transaction limits. This has created an ecosystem where U.S. money movement has become unnecessarily complex. In this white paper by Bessemer Venture Partners they explain that they expect to see more payment-first business models, and a new wave of fraud, and infrastructure to facilitate the patchwork of faster payments in the US.
HOW FEDNOW AND FASTER PAYMENTS WILL IMPACT US FINTECH Read More »
This article looks at central bank efforts in Asia, Europe, and North America to support digital wallets and payments, through digital currencies.
A WORLD TOUR OF DIGITAL CURRENCY PROJECTS Read More »