COVID-19’s omicron variant didn’t seem to have made much of an impact on Americans’ winter travel plans. As PYMNTS’ research learned, the average amount consumers...
Middle East and North Africa-focused FinTech Hubpay on Tuesday (Feb. 8) announced it has closed a $20 million Series A fundraising round and has also...
Cross-border payments remain a challenge for businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), looking to make payments in less familiar currencies belonging to emerging markets...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is still on the offensive when it comes to El Salvador’s use of bitcoin as a legal tender, estimating the...
Bitcoin, blockchain and cryptocurrency are words that most people have at least heard of in 2022, as the industry exploded into the mainstream public consciousness....
Solana Labs announced in a Tuesday (Feb. 1) blog post a new point-of-sale (POS) payment product that lets merchants accept the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin...
Pandemic-related concerns and restrictions brought contactless payments into the mainstream by prompting unprecedented numbers of consumers and merchants to adopt the technology. Contactless payments’ popularity extends far beyond retail, however....
A controversial plan by the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) that would enforce know-your-customer rules on crypto wallets may be under consideration for the...
China’s food delivery service Meituan has become the latest tech firm to let customers use central bank digital currency (CBDC) payments. As CoinTelegraph reported Friday...