digital wallets

AstroPay Gets Payments License From Brazil’s Central Bank
AstroPay Gets Payments License From Brazil’s Central Bank
January 30, 2025  |  Mobile Wallets

Cross-border finance FinTech AstroPay received a payments license in Brazil. The license from the Brazilian central bank allows the company to offer its multicurrency digital...

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Will Visa Deal Give X Money Momentum vs Neobanks?
Will Visa Deal Give X Money Momentum vs Neobanks?
January 28, 2025  |  Digital Payments

Elon Musk’s bid to make X into the “everything app” may have gotten a bit of a boost — where the newly-announced pact with Visa...

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X CEO Linda Yaccarino: Visa Partnership Latest Milestone for ‘Everything App’
X CEO Linda Yaccarino: Visa Partnership Latest Milestone for ‘Everything App’
January 28, 2025  |  Partnerships

Social media platform X announced Tuesday (Jan. 28) that Visa is its first partner for the X Money Account that will debut later this year....

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Bybit Launches Bybit Pay in Brazil to Enable Crypto and Fiat Payments
Bybit Launches Bybit Pay in Brazil to Enable Crypto and Fiat Payments
January 27, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

Bybit is making inroads into taking crypto payments mainstream in Brazil with its new payment solution. According to a Monday (Jan. 27) press release, the...

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How Wallets Are Changing Cross-Border Payments
How Wallets Are Changing Cross-Border Payments
January 27, 2025  |  Opinion

Digital wallets have altered money movement, especially cross-border payments, TerraPay Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer Ani Sane writes in a new PYMNTS eBook, “The Innovation...

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74% of Travelers Rely on Digital Wallets for Trips
74% of Travelers Rely on Digital Wallets for Trips
January 24, 2025  |  Travel Payments

For years, the travel and hospitality sectors have stuck to traditional payment options, such as cash and credit cards. But as consumers and staff demand...

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Reports: HSBC Shuttering Cross-Border Payments App Zing
Reports: HSBC Shuttering Cross-Border Payments App Zing
January 23, 2025  |  Cross-border Payments

Just one year after its launch, HSBC’s cross-border payments mobile app is no more. A Yahoo Finance report on Thursday (Jan. 23) quoted a spokesperson...

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UK’s FCA Proposes Removing Contactless Limit to Allow ‘Greater Flexibility’
UK’s FCA Proposes Removing Contactless Limit to Allow ‘Greater Flexibility’
January 22, 2025  |  Regulation

The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority may remove the 100-pound (about $123) contactless limit and “set new digital service standards” as part of its efforts to...

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UK to Make Government-Issued Documents Available in Digital Wallet
UK to Make Government-Issued Documents Available in Digital Wallet
January 21, 2025  |  Mobile Wallets

The U.K. government said Tuesday (Jan. 21) that it will launch a GOV.UK Wallet later this year and then work to issue government-issued letters and...

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