03 Oct 18 @ 12:28

Ripple Labs announced it has reached a settlement “of all outstanding litigation” between R3 and XRP, according to a press release published September 10. Per the statement, the details of... read more

09 Aug 18 @ 13:55

Ripple has announced aggregated and averaged results from several early xRapid pilots. xRapid is Ripple’s on-demand liquidity solution which uses the digital asset XRP for more efficient cross-border transactions between... read more

09 Apr 18 @ 12:46

Ripple in partnership with a consortium of 61 Japanese banks has developed a payments app that settles transactions instantly via Blockchain technology. Ripple says that the ‘Money Tap’ app will... read more

30 Jan 15 @ 15:05

Ripple Labs is to plug its real-time settlement protocol into the Earthport payment hub, opening new channels to market for the open source transaction technology. Speaking about the partnership, Hank... read more

05 Aug 25 @ 17:15

Circle, the issuer of the world’s second-largest stablecoin USDC, is taking a step towards becoming a fully-fledged bank. The company has filed an application with the Office of the Comptroller... read more

21 Feb 24 @ 10:45

The havoc to crypto payrolls caused by Binance’s decision to stop supporting the BUSD token shows how quickly a decision by one actor can upset an entire ecosystem. As Central... read more

24 Oct 23 @ 10:25

Summer 2023 has seen a bumper crop of good news for CBDCs, including transactions using the digital Yuan hitting $250 billion, a new CBDC consortium announced by Mastercard and the... read more

18 Aug 20 @ 12:05

A group of leading technology, finance and nonprofit companies have joined forces to announce the launch of PayID, a universal payment ID to simplify the process of sending and receiving... read more

06 Aug 19 @ 12:20

Analysts predict the world’s economy will pivot to Asia in the next few years, with industry commentators noting astronomical growth in Chinese digital P2P and P2B systems such as WeChat... read more

06 Aug 19 @ 12:17

The rise of digital payments is one reason why some analysts predict heavy weather for the major card networks. Others include tighter regulation, possible disintermediation through open banking innovations, creaking... read more

04 Jun 19 @ 10:55

‘Data Lakes’ are gaining explosive traction with payments businesses in Europe and North America. Proponents say they offer a more flexible, scaleable and cheaper data storage solution than traditional data... read more

04 Jun 19 @ 10:53

The ECB recently launched its new TIPS settlement system, aiming to enable instant payments across the continent and increase Europe’s competitiveness relative to US and Chinese payment systems. But will... read more

06 Feb 19 @ 05:12

Blockchain has been called the most over-hyped innovation in the world today, with the hysteria surrounding it sometimes compared to the infamous “dot.com” bubble of 1999-2000. PCM Editor James Wood... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:46

New research from sharespost.com describes the global payments industry as a business opportunity worth $110 trillion, including domestic non-cash payments ($55 trillion), cross-border payments ($25 trillion), retail payments ($25 trillion)... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:41

Speaking at the recent Money2020 conference in Las Vegas, a number of industry experts predicted that public concern over recent data security breaches and rising fraud on existing payment systems... read more

27 Nov 18 @ 11:17

Yoyo Wallet has secured $30 million in a partnership agreement from Twitter and Coinbase investor Hard Yaka. As part of the agreement, Yoyo will integrate its “omni-channel commerce API” with... read more

01 Jun 18 @ 10:25

Previously existing only on the fringes of finance or computer science, cryptocurrencies are now being discussed more widely. In the future, banks may not be the only ones making money... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 15:06

Robots have long been in our factories. Now they are on our roads, in our skies, homes and mobile devices in the form of self-driving vehicles, drones and virtual assistants.... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 15:03

The long tail of small and medium-sized businesses wags a long way down. Small merchants often make up the biggest group in an acquirer portfolio. They generate the most profit... read more

24 Nov 17 @ 14:32

Apple, Google and Microsoft have been named the three most valuable brands in the Interbrand 2017 Best Global Brands ranking. Apple’s brand value grew by three percent to $184 billion,... read more