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Has SWIFT Beaten Crypto to Punch on Cross-Border Payments Interoperability?
Has SWIFT Beaten Crypto to Punch on Cross-Border Payments Interoperability?
October 05, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

In a pair of papers today, financial messaging service SWIFT claimed that it has solved two of the thorniest problems digital assets must overcome if...

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Stablecorp, Shift Markets Build Canada-US Cross-Border Payments Rail
Stablecorp, Shift Markets Build Canada-US Cross-Border Payments Rail
October 03, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

Global digital asset infrastructure firms Stablecorp and Shift Markets are collaborating to establish a cross-border payments and foreign exchange (FX) rail that uses the Algorand...

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FinTech IPO Index Flat as Billtrust Surges on Go-Private Deal
FinTech IPO Index Flat as Billtrust Surges on Go-Private Deal
September 29, 2022  |  IPO

Tech stocks have had a reckoning in the past several days — a rally proved short lived, a blip. But the FinTech IPO Index managed...

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Circle Acquires Elements to Drive Crypto Payments
Circle Acquires Elements to Drive Crypto Payments
September 29, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Global FinTech Circle, the issuer of USD Coin (USDC) and Euro Coin (EUROC), has signed an acquisition deal for merchant and developer-first payments orchestration platform...

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PSPs Are Making Stablecoin Payments a Reality
PSPs Are Making Stablecoin Payments a Reality
September 29, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

It’s been easy to say that all the dire predictions about stablecoins taking over payments and pushing out national currencies were wildly overblown as their...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Snap Sees the Promise of Augmented Reality Fashion
Today in the Connected Economy: Snap Sees the Promise of Augmented Reality Fashion
September 28, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, executives at Snap point to their augmented reality clothing and fashion offerings as  a virtual alternative to the metaverse. Also,...

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Circle, Robinhood Partner to Simplify, Expand Use of USDC
Circle, Robinhood Partner to Simplify, Expand Use of USDC
September 28, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Circle Internet Financial, the issuer of USD Coin (USDC) and Euro Coin (EUROC), has partnered with Robinhood to make it easier for customers to learn...

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FV Bank Rolls Out Circle Integration
FV Bank Rolls Out Circle Integration
September 21, 2022  |  Banking

Puerto Rico’s FV Bank has launched a service for account holders that lets them instantly convert Circle’s USD Coin into U.S. dollars upon deposit. “This...

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Binance Boots Rivals’ USDC Stablecoin as Crypto Trading Retrenches
Binance Boots Rivals’ USDC Stablecoin as Crypto Trading Retrenches
September 06, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The stablecoin wars are heating up, and Circle and Coinbase’s USDC could be in for a rough time. As the market shrinks, Binance, the world’s...

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