Citi plans to integrate its blockchain-based token services platform with its clearing solution. The integration will create a 24/7, multibank cross-border instant payments capability for Citi’s institutional customers in the U.K. and U.S., the bank said Monday (Sept. 29), calling the solution an industry first....
FinTech platform Adyen has launched a collaboration with Japanese payment brand/credit card issuer JCB. With this partnership, Adyen becomes the first company to offer and implement JCB’s card-on-file (COF) tokenization service domestically and globally, the companies said in a Tuesday (May 13) news release. This...
Ondo Finance will be the first provider to bring real-world assets to Mastercard’s Multi-Token Network (MTN). Announcing the effort Wednesday (Feb. 26), Ondo said its short-term U.S. government treasury fund (OUSG) — the first tokenized real-world asset (RWA) on the Mastercard network — will let...
Visa’s fiscal first-quarter results noted significant growth in payments done digitally, and in tokens and credentials issued by the payments network. Payments volume grew by 9% in the latest quarter, as the U.S. was up 7%, and cross-border volume was up by 11%. Within the...
November 12, 2025
For all its technological foundations, the crypto sector was also built upon a parallel language embraced by its adherents. Beneath the memes and market noise lies a dense web of cryptographic constructs and economic experiments. This has led to an industry lexicon that is part engineering argot and part digital mysticism, encompassing terms like staking […]
May 05, 2021
We’re in rarefied territory when the price of anything that is traded – on Wall Street, on exchanges, on eCommerce platforms, heck, even tulips of manias past – spike by...
July 01, 2020
Tokens are incredibly powerful tools to secure data and safely transport it from one point to another. Now is the time to take a broader look at them in the...
June 18, 2020
The advance of digital payments in Latin America over the last two decades has been slow when measured against other parts of the globe. Visa’s Senior Vice President of Products...
September 29, 2025
Citi plans to integrate its blockchain-based token services platform with its clearing solution. The integration will create a 24/7, multibank cross-border instant payments capability for Citi’s institutional customers in the U.K. and U.S., the bank said Monday (Sept. 29), calling the solution an industry first. “In an increasingly ‘always on’ financial landscape, global commerce doesn’t […]
May 13, 2025
FinTech platform Adyen has launched a collaboration with Japanese payment brand/credit card issuer JCB. With this partnership, Adyen becomes the first company to offer and implement JCB’s card-on-file (COF) tokenization...
February 26, 2025
Ondo Finance will be the first provider to bring real-world assets to Mastercard’s Multi-Token Network (MTN). Announcing the effort Wednesday (Feb. 26), Ondo said its short-term U.S. government treasury fund...
October 10, 2024
Citi says its Token Services for Cash program has gone live after a pilot phase. The new commercial solution, announced Thursday (Oct. 10), processes multimillion-dollar transactions and offers clients “24/7,...