Libra

Libra (cryptocurrency) Libra is a permissioned blockchain digital currency proposed by the American social media company Facebook. ... The currency and network do not yet exist, and only rudimentary experimental code has been released. The launch is planned to be in 2020.

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Central Banks Team On Digital Currency Standards And Use Cases
Central Banks Team On Digital Currency Standards And Use Cases
January 21, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

And now, for digital currencies, it’s a group effort — among central banks, that is. Up until now, the explorations and considerations of digital currencies...

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Lawmakers Get Earful About Big Tech Biz Practices From Smaller Tech Players
Lawmakers Get Earful About Big Tech Biz Practices From Smaller Tech Players
January 20, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Too big, too dominant — and anticompetitive, to boot. To that end, at a House Judiciary Committee “field” hearing in Colorado, titled “Online Platforms and...

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Twitter Rumored To Be Considering In-Tweet Tipping
Twitter Rumored To Be Considering In-Tweet Tipping
January 15, 2020  |  Payment Methods

Twitter could be working on a way to “tip” people on the social media platform, though the company has so far denied it. The information...

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Libra Chair Says Bitcoin Is Not A Payment System
Libra Chair Says Bitcoin Is Not A Payment System
January 08, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Dante Disparte, vice chairman of the Libra Association, spoke at the Digital Money Forum at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Tuesday...

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Retail Crisis In U.S., U.K. A Fizzle For 2020?
Retail Crisis In U.S., U.K. A Fizzle For 2020?
January 03, 2020  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Call it a crisis that crosses the pond, will last into 2020 and, likely, beyond. Looking past the cheerful numbers tied to holiday shopping and...

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Top News In Payments: Apple Shares Hit Record High; CA Denies Lending License For Sezzle
Top News In Payments: Apple Shares Hit Record High; CA Denies Lending License For Sezzle
January 03, 2020  |  News

In today’s top payments news, Apple’s share price hit a record high above $300 on Thursday, “buy now, pay later” company Sezzle was denied a...

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ECB Policy Maker Tells Banks To Seek Better Alternatives To Libra
ECB Policy Maker Tells Banks To Seek Better Alternatives To Libra
January 02, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

A European Central Bank (ECB) policy maker is urging banks in the area to find alternatives to Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra, according to a report...

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52 Monday Conversations About Payments In 2019
52 Monday Conversations About Payments In 2019
December 30, 2019  |  Karen Webster

Mondays have a bad reputation, and that’s understandable. The magic of the weekend is fading into memory, and sometimes even the strongest coffee has a...

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Switzerland’s President Calls Libra A Failure
Switzerland’s President Calls Libra A Failure
December 27, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

The president of Switzerland, Ueli Maurer, said Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra cannot exist in its current form and will need to be altered if it’s...

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