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The role of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is charged with regulating banks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...
Zipmex, a trading platform for crypto-fiats, has teamed with Visa in what Zipmex said is a bid to make its services to allow the spending of cryptocurrency more convenient, according to published reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
A recent PYMNTS headline blared that “60 Percent Of Cryptocurrency Users Want Merchants To Offer Payment Discounts, Rewards.” That’s six in 10. Hey, crypto crowd: Get it together. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
The quandary over cryptocurrency is reaching new levels of disagreements as the bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill comes to a crossroads over a provision that has the potential to bring in big bucks on past and future taxes, according to media reports on Friday (Aug....
In life there are no certainties — except uncertainty. Except, maybe, when it comes to cryptocurrency, where the certainty is that more regulation looms. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
To a growing gaggle of supporters, spendable cryptocurrency is the future of payments. From privacy and security to the desire for new form factors and capabilities, it’s a movement gathering force in 2021 at a rate that even some big crypto cheerleaders likely didn’t expect....
Unstoppable Domains, the blockchain domain name provider, and Circle on Wednesday (August 4) debuted easily readable usernames for stablecoin payments, according to a press release. Circle, which recently raised $440 million, is the principal operator of USD Coin (USDC), a digital stablecoin linked to the U.S. dollar....
Amid the daily price swings in bitcoin and some seven thousand other cryptocurrencies, as exchanges grapple with the ins and outs of data collection and know your customer (KYC) activities, it seems the only certainty is that the regulators are watching and on their way....
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler is pressing Congress to give the agency additional policing authority over cryptocurrencies, according to multiple media outlets on Tuesday (Aug. 3). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
