Stephen Pair

Cryptocurrency Payments Make Push for Greater Marketplace Acceptance
Cryptocurrency Payments Make Push for Greater Marketplace Acceptance
December 27, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Shopping with cryptocurrency remains a novel, or even foreign, experience for most consumers.   That said, PYMNTS’ research shows that among tech-driven consumers, more than 1...

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What SMBs Need to Know About Accepting Crypto
What SMBs Need to Know About Accepting Crypto
November 25, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Back in October — in what seems a lifetime ago in the cryptocurrency world — PYMNTS and BitPay’s “Shopping With Cryptocurrency” study found that “tech-driven”...

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BitPay CEO Says Knock-On Effects of FTX’s Collapse Not Yet Clear
BitPay CEO Says Knock-On Effects of FTX’s Collapse Not Yet Clear
November 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The epic crisis that many observers dreaded in crypto has seemingly come to pass. Right now, there’s mass confusion over who’s exposed to FTX’s spectacular...

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BitPay CEO Sees Consumers and Merchants Becoming Crypto-First Natives
BitPay CEO Sees Consumers and Merchants Becoming Crypto-First Natives
November 01, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

While using crypto to make payments isn’t exactly common yet, there are signs that consumers’ desire to pay with digital assets is still strong despite...

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Bitcoin Winning Middle Market Appeal for Cross Border Payments
Bitcoin Winning Middle Market Appeal for Cross Border Payments
October 24, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

There are a lot of potential points of friction or failure in cross-border payments between businesses, ranging from slow finality and high costs to counterparty...

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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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Crypto Payments Must Be as Easy as Using a Card at Checkout to Succeed
Crypto Payments Must Be as Easy as Using a Card at Checkout to Succeed
September 28, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Welcome to “The Merchants Guide to Accepting Crypto: The Questions to Ask,” a PYMNTS series aimed at helping merchants, big and small, online and in-store,...

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BitPay CEO Says Stablecoin Payment Volumes Doubled in 2022
BitPay CEO Says Stablecoin Payment Volumes Doubled in 2022
August 26, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

If you’re a long-term believer in cryptocurrency, down markets like the current crypto winter can be less stressful, in some ways, than bull market runs,...

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