digital currencies

Mastercard and Nuvei Team to Provide Digital Asset Offramp

Mastercard and Nuvei Team to Provide Digital Asset Offramp
Mastercard and Nuvei Team to Provide Digital Asset Offramp
July 11, 2024  |  Partnerships

Mastercard and Canadian FinTech Nuvei have teamed to help consumers turn digital assets into fiat currency. The collaboration, announced Thursday (July 11), is open to...

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Switzerland Central Bank Willing to Expand CBDC Project
Switzerland Central Bank Willing to Expand CBDC Project
July 03, 2024  |  CBDC

The Swiss National Bank is reportedly amenable to expanding its digital currency project. “We would like to see a pilot which develops, with more banks...

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What Can Shoppers Buy With Crypto? eCommerce Could Have the Answer
What Can Shoppers Buy With Crypto? eCommerce Could Have the Answer
June 19, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

As has played out over and over across the payments landscape, end-users ultimately want simplicity. After all, no payment innovation can scale if it isn’t...

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This Week in Web3: Growing Crypto Acceptance and Cross-Border Payments
This Week in Web3: Growing Crypto Acceptance and Cross-Border Payments
June 12, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

The state of crypto, just like the crypto market, remains promising – if volatile – in 2024. While many observers may have believed that the...

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CBDC Scrutiny Underscores Role of Compliance in Scaling Digital Innovations
CBDC Scrutiny Underscores Role of Compliance in Scaling Digital Innovations
May 29, 2024  |  CBDC

The technology for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) already exists. And as dozens of countries around the world have proven, in less time than it...

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This Week in Web3: Wells Notices, Crypto Payments and Usability
This Week in Web3: Wells Notices, Crypto Payments and Usability
May 08, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto goes up, and crypto goes down. Then, often, crypto goes back up. It can be a dizzying and volatile cycle. Just collapsed cryptocurrency exchange...

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ECB Official: Central Banks Must ‘Speed Up’ CBDC Adoption
ECB Official: Central Banks Must ‘Speed Up’ CBDC Adoption
May 06, 2024  |  CBDC

Bundesbank’s president said central banks must speed the adoption of digital currency to remain viable. “If you would have asked me 20 years ago if...

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Fed’s Jerome Powell Says ‘Nowhere Near’ Moving Forward With CBDC
Fed’s Jerome Powell Says ‘Nowhere Near’ Moving Forward With CBDC
March 07, 2024  |  CBDC

In testimony before Congress, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that the idea of the United States adopting a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is far from being...

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