Mastercard and Xsolla say they want to make payments easier for gamers. According to a Thursday (Feb. 9) news release, Mastercard has teamed with the video game commerce company to create “frictionless, secure, and rewarding payments,” with offerings including in-game currency gifting and “improved creator payout processes.” While billions...
The creation of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in America is probably not that crucial to ensuring the supremacy of the U.S. dollar, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said in a speech Friday (Oct. 14). Waller made these comments at an event sponsored by...
Welcome to the Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes the newest sales figures from the National Retail Federation (NRF), along with two stories about new revenue paths for Amazon. Citigroup has let go of a...
Circle has announced a new partnership with Bitmain, which is also leading a $110 million Series E equity investment in the FinTech company. In addition, Circle revealed that tokenized U.S. dollar coins — Circle USDC (USD Coin) — supported by the CENTRE open source framework...
March 22, 2023
Hindsight is always 20/20 — and, in the rearview mirror, the Silicon Valley Bank collapse was obvious to see. Big bank. Dominant player/big fish in a relatively small pond. That pond, of course, was the tech industry, and in fact, SVB was a lifeline of capital and liquidity to that sector, having banked just about […]
February 09, 2023
Mastercard and Xsolla say they want to make payments easier for gamers. According to a Thursday (Feb. 9) news release, Mastercard has teamed with the video game commerce company to create “frictionless, secure, and rewarding payments,” with offerings including in-game currency gifting and “improved creator payout processes.” While billions of people play video games, Mastercard argues that digital commerce […]
October 14, 2022
The creation of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in America is probably not that crucial to ensuring the supremacy of the U.S. dollar, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said...
May 16, 2018
Circle has announced a new partnership with Bitmain, which is also leading a $110 million Series E equity investment in the FinTech company. In addition, Circle revealed that tokenized U.S....
August 25, 2017
The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Thursday (Aug. 24) it has temporarily suspended trading in the securities of Canada-based company First Bitcoin Capital Corp. (BITCF). In a press release, the SEC...
