While bitcoin was created to be a peer-to-peer payments tool, that never really caught on. Instead, the first cryptocurrency transformed into an investment, with many in the industry saying its transaction fees are too high and slow, and its price too volatile. That’s starting to...
Asian cryptocurrency payments company TripleA is the first standard payment institution to secure a digital payment token license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the country’s central bank, according to a company announcement Tuesday (Nov. 30). TripleA’s cryptocurrency license allows the firm to offer...
November 02, 2022
Digital payments in Asia just got a facelift with StraitsX and Grab’s introduction of Purpose Bound Money (PBM) as digital eCommerce vouchers. In a joint press release Wednesday (Nov. 2), both companies announced that they would be testing PBM with 5,000 selected trial participants during the 2022 Singapore Fintech Festival. The PBM token is an […]
February 16, 2022
While bitcoin was created to be a peer-to-peer payments tool, that never really caught on. Instead, the first cryptocurrency transformed into an investment, with many in the industry saying its...
November 30, 2021
Asian cryptocurrency payments company TripleA is the first standard payment institution to secure a digital payment token license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the country’s central bank, according...