Throughout this series of articles, we’re looking at the top blockchains in cryptocurrency to help you make sense of the alphabet soup of so-called

In a renewed show of support for blockchain technology, American Express General Manager of Corporate Payments Carlos Carriedo has suggested that its

Robinhood Chief Financial Officer Jason Warnick said he was aware of the demand for more cryptocurrencies to be added to the platform, but added that the

Ripple has donated another $25 million to pro-cryptocurrency political action committee (PAC) Fairshake. And there’s more where that came from, the

Programmability has been pegged as one of the major draws of digital currencies and one of innovative services that central bank digital currency (CBDCs)

Western Union’s stock price was down in after hours trading, after missing on earnings but lodging a narrow beat on revenue. Adjusted earnings per share

Enterprise blockchain for global payments provider Ripple announced Wednesday (Feb. 21) that interest in its network has accelerated globally, and the

U.S. bank PNC has begun using RippleNet to facilitate cross-border transactions, reports said Thursday (Aug. 29). Fintech Futures reported that PNC is the

Ripple — the blockchain company whose technology powers the cryptocurrency XRP — has created a new payment app in which transactions are settled

With Latin American eCommerce growing by 8.4 percent between 2019 and 2020 to over $200 billion, it’s safe to assume the need for safe, fast digital

Blockchain payments company Pundi X has announced plans to launch Open Platform, a tool to enable developers and businesses to create blockchain

MoneyGram International is looking at alternatives for the payments company including a sale, reported Reuters. Reuters, citing people familiar with the

The money for a second round of $1,200 stimulus checks for individual Americans could come quicker than the first, according to The Wall Street Journal

U.S. bank PNC has begun using RippleNet to facilitate cross-border transactions, reports said Thursday (Aug. 29). Fintech Futures reported that PNC is the

Silicon Valley’s Ripple, a blockchain payments startup, has filed a trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for PayString, which will

U.S. bank PNC has begun using RippleNet to facilitate cross-border transactions, reports said Thursday (Aug. 29). Fintech Futures reported that PNC is the

Ripple’s cross-border payments product xRapid brought on Bittrex to act as the preferred digital asset exchange for its transactions that move

Cross-border payments provider InstaReM is rolling out its digital money transfer services in Canada, the company said in a press release. By launching in

Blockchain solutions provider Ripple Labs was ordered by a federal judge to pay a civil penalty of $125 million in a case brought by the Securities and

Origin Protocol, a blockchain-based sharing economy startup, has brought a PayPal co-founder on board as a research and development engineer, CoinDesk

A court case could decide whether digital tokens are more similar to stocks or gold, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) wrote Thursday (May 26). Coinbase

Blockchain solutions provider Ripple is set to team up with Dubai’s DIFC Innovation Hub. The collaboration is designed to accelerate blockchain and

MoneyGram and Visa are collaborating to introduce a real-time peer-to-peer (P2P) payment solution to people in Vietnam.  “We’ve already hit the ground

From where PayPal sat, the world was a very generous place in the year 2019. According to data released this morning, donation processing had a

The EU and the U.S. are formally signing off on sanctions against Russia in response to President Vladimir Putin's decision to invade Ukraine, but the

Cross-border peer-to-peer (P2P) payments firm MoneyGram has teamed up with foreign exchange and global money transfer company LuLu Money, MoneyGram

Banco Santander, the Spanish bank, announced on Thursday (April 12) the launch of a new international payments service that is based on Ripple’s

Swift is testing the use of its existing infrastructure to transfer tokenized value over blockchain networks. The provider of financial messaging services

Petroleum exploration company PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP), Thailand's largest corporation, is collaborating with blockchain firm Ripple to

The U.S. recorded its fourth bank failure this year — the first collapse of financial institutions since 2017, according to data from the Federal Deposit

In its second known investment in a cryptocurrency startup, Visa has reportedly invested millions in the crypto storage company Anchorage. The payments

MoneyGram International posted results that missed top-line expectations, but beat at the bottom as restructuring efforts continued amid weakness within

Coinone, a South Korean-based platform for cryptocurrency exchange, has released a blockchain-powered remittance app called Cross, according to a report.

Bidding wars can be a breathtaking sight on Wall Street. One firm sets the bar, with an offer to buy a targeted company. The courted firm says, “sure,

MoneyGram has announced a partnership with Cambodian bank Wing on a digital wallet venture that will allow funds to be deposited directly into customers’

RippleNet, Ripple’s global financial network, announced on Wednesday (Aug. 11) a third addition to its list of financial institutions (FIs) and money

The central bank in China said it has accepted an American Express application to start working in the country, according to a report by Reuters. The news

JPMorgan Chase is taking steps to open a digital bank in the U.K. by the end of the year. The banking firm has been talking with London regulators about

Currencycloud, which works in global B2B cross-border payments, will be working with enterprise blockchain solution Ripple on new solutions for fast

The Bank of England seems to be eyeing an embrace of digital, decentralized initiatives, with room for FinTech firms and blockchain. In a series of cross-border payment announcements, the travel...

Ripple wants to support innovation of the XRP Ledger in Japan and South Korea. The enterprise blockchain and cryptocurrency solutions company announced in

Ripple, the blockchain startup, is heading up a new cryptocurrency lobbying group called Securing America’s Internet of Value Coalition. Coindesk, citing

Blockchain payments company Pundi X has announced plans to launch Open Platform, a tool to enable developers and businesses to create blockchain

Real-time currency exchange and remittance network Ripple has teamed up with Finastra to allow banking customers to access RippleNet, its worldwide

Financial messaging service SWIFT said this past week that it has fashioned a partnership with R3, a blockchain startup. The partnership will integrate

In its biggest acquisition to date, Mastercard will buy Nets for 2.85 billion euros ($3.19 billion). With the purchase of the Denmark-based payments

Ripple, the blockchain company that has the XRP digital currency, reached a milestone on Tuesday (Jan. 8) by reaching 200 customers. According to a blog

As the U.K. continues its move to adopt the ISO 20022 payments messaging standard, the Bank of England is reportedly planning to create a panel aimed at

Visa is working with Facebook so that consumers can fully use the new payments feature on WhatsApp in Brazil, the global digital payments giant announced

The Bank of England seems to be eyeing an embrace of digital, decentralized initiatives, with room for FinTech firms and blockchain. In a series of cross-border payment announcements, the travel...

MoneyGram and Canada Post have teamed up for a digital money transfer service that allows users to complete transactions at select Canada Post locations

MoneyGram has been doing well in May, illustrated by a triple-digit percentage increase in digital transactions. The popular money transfer app reported a

Digital money platform Uphold announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire New York Stock Exchange member JNK Securities Corp. If the deal is

Google sent a letter to the Federal Reserve, asking the U.S. central bank to consider modeling FedNow after the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) framework

A new API standard for the pre-authorization of funds is being rolled out by SWIFT, clearing a path for a revolution in financial services enabled by open

A new index from The NPD Group’s Checkout Tracking SM shows that Walmart, McDonald’s and Target top the list of retailer and food service chains, with

Tencent’s WeChat Pay is launching a new payments feature that lets people transfer funds using a mobile phone number, TechNode reported on Wednesday (Oct.

Last year, people started learning about and buying Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. This year, they’ll start using it. So says Stephen Pair, CEO of

QNB Group, one of the largest financial institutions in the Middle East and Africa, has unveiled its latest digital banking products and services, the

Walmart is expanding its flat-fee money transfer services to include an international money transfer marketplace serving all 4,700 U.S. Walmart stores,

It's not entirely clear yet how — or if — blockchain will transform the financial services market, but that hasn't stopped industry players from

There are markets, and there are $100 trillion markets. And might digital payments be in that $100 trillion classification? In an interview with CNBC,

Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), Thailand’s oldest bank, is partnering with Ripple to upgrade their mobile banking app to include cross-border payments for the

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

Three companies have joined forces to change the way things are paid for online with a native web payments standard, according to a report by TechCrunch.