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December 11, 2024
Visa Teams With WhiteBIT to Offer Crypto-Focused Debit Card

European cryptocurrency exchange WhiteBIT launched a debit card partnership with Visa. The collaboration centers around WhiteBIT Nova, which WhiteBIT described in a Wednesday (Dec. 11) press release as the first...


December 11, 2024
Goldman Head Projects 2025 Dealmaking Will Exceed 10-Year-Average

The CEO of Goldman Sachs is predicting a strong year for dealmaking in 2025. Speaking to Reuters Tuesday (Dec. 10), David Solomon said that dealmaking in equities, mergers and acquisitions...


December 05, 2024
Bitcoin Crosses $100K Threshold on News of Trump’s SEC Pick

Bitcoin’s price has exceeded $100,000 for the first time, a milestone for the digital currency. The world’s most popular cryptocurrency was at a little over $103,000 Thursday (Dec. 5) morning,...


December 04, 2024
This Week in Web3: A Crypto-Friendly SEC, Stablecoins, and Payments 

Cryptocurrency may have started as a rebel yell against traditional finance, but its future is increasingly converging with it. And with the news Wednesday (Dec. 4) that U.S. President-elect Donald...


December 03, 2024
Compliance Divides Stablecoin Market: Why CFOs and Treasury Teams Should...

Regulatory clarity sits at the center of the convergence of crypto and traditional finance. And, from the point of view of payments professionals, CFOs and treasury teams, stablecoins sit at...


December 02, 2024
BitGo Debuts Platform for Retail Cryptocurrency Customers

Digital assets solutions provider BitGo has debuted a dedicated retail platform. The new platform, announced Monday (Dec. 2), is designed to offer retail customers access to BitGo’s digital asset trading,...


December 01, 2024
Crypto Boom Still Has Retail Investors ‘Sitting on Sidelines’

There are a lot of eyes on the cryptocurrency market these days amid its latest boom. But as Bloomberg News reported Friday (Nov. 29), it’s a boom that retail investors...


November 29, 2024
What Are Consumers Buying With Crypto This Black Friday?

Video killed the radio star, but could cryptocurrency payments kill credit and debit cards? Even though bitcoin hit a record high this month, the chances are likely slim. However, with...


November 27, 2024
Blockchain Regulation Drives Business Utility While Stablecoins Surge This Week...

Crypto’s reputation is undergoing a makeover as the sector matures. Driven by regulatory clarity, technological innovation, and a shift toward solving real-world problems — particularly in payments and financial services...


AML/KYC
How Gemini Balances User Privacy With AML And KYC Compliance Cryptocurrencies’ anonymous nature makes them popular, but crypto exchange platforms are still required to collect buyers’ personal data for AML and KYC compliance. In the “AML/KYC Tracker,” a PYMNTS and Trulioo collaboration, Elena Hughes, chief compliance officer at Gemini, explains how platforms can selectively collect data to ensure user privacy and adhere to regulations.  
The Corporate Treasury Shift: Asset Allocation And The New Cryptocurrency Option
More Banks Turn to Crypto, Blockchain to Help Corporates Drive Global Growth Fifty-eight percent of multinationals that do business in six or more countries use cryptocurrencies in their day-to-day operations. A new PYMNTS study of 250 multinational financial institutions (FIs), sponsored by Circle, examines how their corporate customers are using blockchain and crypto to manage liquidity, make payments and drive global growth — and the digital currency imperative it implies for FIs that wish to retain those corporate relationships.