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Blockchain, crypto, tokens, NFTs, stablecoins, digital assets, DeFi, web 3, the metaverse - are they all the same?

Voice of the Industry | Cryptocurrencies | 31 Jan 2023

CRYPTO is the umbrella term for the industry and cryptocurrency is the digital asset native to the public blockchain. In today’s instalment, we aim to distinguish between some forms of digital money.

crypto, blockchain, tokenization, NFT, stablecoin, digital assets, DeFi, Web 3.0, metaverse, cryptocurrency

Diem to sell assets to Silvergate Bank for USD 200 mln

News | Cryptocurrencies | 27 Jan 2022

Meta Platforms-led enterprise Diem Association has decided to sell its technology to Silvergate Capital for USD 200 million, according to CoinDesk, citing The Wall Street Journal.

Diem, Diem Association, Facebook, acquisition

Facebook launches digital wallet Novi

News | Cryptocurrencies | 22 Oct 2021

Facebook has started to roll out a “small pilot” of its Novi digital wallet in the US and Guatemala, more than two years after it was first announced, according to The Verge.

cryptocurrency, Paxos, stablecoin

The Pay Off – Exclusive interview with Gottfried Leibbrandt and Natasha de Terán

Interviews | Online Payments | 14 Jul 2021

Gottfried Leibbrandt and Natasha de Terán offer thoughtful insights into the mechanics of payments, exploring DeFi, EPI, CBDCs, and notions such as the power, profundity, and perversity of payments and the things that you have never even thought about before

CBDC, EPI, digital payments, cryptocurrency, DeFi, regulation, instant payments, risk management, banks, digitalisation, data, payments infrastructure, bigtech, central bank, stablecoin

The untapped potential of digital money in cross-border payments and trading

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 27 Jan 2021

The Paypers' Mirela Ciobanu dives deeper into how digital money can affect cross-border payments, and the challenges merchants have to face when trading internationally

The Paypers, digital money, cross-border payments, trading, COVID-19, ecommerce, currencies, supply, payment methods, regulations, global merchants, payment ecosystem, PSP, CBDC, crypto, stablecoin

Central Bank Digital Currencies for Dummies – A Quick Guide into CBDCs

News | Cryptocurrencies | 09 Dec 2020

The Paypers releases the Central Bank Digital Currencies for Dummies, an ebook which is a quick reference guide into CBDCs that aims to inform readers about what CBDCs are, the innovation they promise, the implications, and risks they pose.

central bank digital currencies, CBDC, digital dollar, digital euro, Chinese yuan, Facebook Libra, stablecoins, Central banks, commercial banks, fintech, technology providers, monetary policies, Financial systems, COVID-19, payments digitalisation, mobile wallets, smartphones, financial inclusion, customer data, digital identity, data privacy, security

Facebook's Libra team conducts research on payment protocol 7x faster than Visa

News | Cryptocurrencies | 11 Nov 2020

The team behind Facebook’s Libra have done an experimental research into a payments protocol called FastPay that is seven times faster than the Visa system.

Facebook, Libra, permissioned blockchain, payment system, FastPay, Novi, stablecoins

The American Central Bank Digital Currency plan – quiet, powerful, imminent

Voice of the Industry | Cryptocurrencies | 02 Sep 2020

Douwe Lycklama, Innopay: After years of cash reduction in favour of commercial banks debt money, now central banks can regain some of their position once held in a cash society

Douwe Lycklama, INNOPAY, CBDC, central bank digital currency, programmable money, digital wallet, tokens, decentralised finance, DeFi, US, Central banks

Facebook forms a group to purse payments opportunities

News | Payments General | 13 Aug 2020

Facebook has unveiled F2 (Facebook Financial), a new group to pursue payments and commerce opportunities.

Facebook, Facebook Financial, payments , F2, payments , ecommerce, digital wallet, digital, Libra, cryptocurrency, WhatsApp, India, Brazil, Instagram, messenger

Libra may not deliver digital currency, but digital identity

Voice of the Industry | Cryptocurrencies | 06 Aug 2020

‘In large parts of the world, Know-Your-Customer (KYC) could be replaced by Known- by-Zuck (KYZ) to the benefit of society as a whole’ The Digital Currency Revolution’ by David Birch

David Birch, Libra, CBDC, Central banks, Facebook, Know-Your-Customer, identity, digital identity, identity verification, digital currency, synthetic hegemonic currency, digital wallets, Novi, Consult Hyperion

Central Bank Digital Currencies for dummies – a quick guide into CBDCs from the Dutch Central Bank

Interviews | Cryptocurrencies | 24 Jul 2020

Harro Boven, Policy Advisor at the Dutch Central Bank: ‘The introduction of CBDC would involve a structural reform of the monetary system

central bank digital currency, CBDCs, COVID-19, digitalisation, cenytral banks, crypto, cash decline, bank account, financial stability, Harro Boven, DNB

Facebook renames Calibra Libra digital wallet to Novi

News | Cryptocurrencies | 27 May 2020

Facebook has renamed Calibra, the digital wallet designed to work with its Libra cryptocurrency, to Novi.

Facebook, Libra, Novi, stablecoin, digital wallet, cryptocurrency, KYC, Libra Association

Celo, Facebook Libra's competitor, brings total number of companies supporting to 75

News | Cryptocurrencies | 08 May 2020

Celo, a competing project to Facebook’s Libra project, has added 50% more new members to its alliance, bringing the total number of supporting organisations to 75.

Celo, cryptocurrency, Libra, Facebook, descentralisation, financial inclusion, tokens, monetary system

Payment landscape 2020: faster, connected & diversified - Part 2

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 09 Apr 2020

The latest updates on the payments’ evolution in the last three years are depicted here by Innopay’s industry experts.

INNOPAY, instant paymemts, payment platforms, commerce, banking

Regulatory and compliance concerns make Mastercard leave Libra Association

News | Cryptocurrencies | 30 Mar 2020

Mastercard has pulled out of the Facebook-led Libra project after developing concerns over its business model and compliance.

MasterCard, Libra Association, regulations, viability concerns, Facebook, cryptocurrency, digital assets, transactions , digital wallet, Calibra, KYC, AML

Banking pulse: trends, technologies and priorities that will shape the industry in 2020 and beyond

Voice of the Industry | Online & Mobile Banking | 27 Mar 2020

2020 is set to be defined by technological innovation, financial wellness and an elevated customer experience, says Oana Ifrim, senior editor at The Paypers.

banking, fintech, bigtech, Apple, Facebook Pay, Uber money, digital wallet, Google, US, Libra, digital payments, mobile banking, neobanks, RTP, MasterCard, cyber-security, data, AI, The Paypers, Business Reporter, customer experience, innovation

Updates on Facebook's Libra – the project is still on

News | Cryptocurrencies | 05 Mar 2020

Facebook has been reportedly rethinking its plans for its own digital currency after resistance from regulators, according to BBC.

Facebook, Libra, Calibra, Libra Association, digital currency, regulators, cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrencies - the page in the economics book that people (should) read

Voice of the Industry | Cryptocurrencies | 25 Nov 2019

Payment Methods Report 2019

Bitcoin may be a product of computer science, but it is a very human story’ Larry Summers, American economist

Bitcoin, Ethereum, cryptocurrency, crypto payments, blockchain, Libra, JPM Coin, payments , Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Dash, Mixin, Litecoin, ZCash, crypto wallets, Bitcoin ATMs

AI in fintech, cannabis banking, and partnership with PSP: exclusive interview with Artem Tymoshenko, CEO Maxpay

Interviews | Online & Mobile Banking | 22 Nov 2019

After Money 20/20, one of the biggest fintech conferences, there are still a lot of questions about the future of money so we’ve asked Artem Tymoshenko, fintech expert, CEO of Maxpay, the hottest questions that arose during the Vegas event and his views on south Asia fintech revolution and corporations introducing their own currencies

Artem Tymoshenko, fintech, Maxpa, cannabis banking, Money 20/2, AI, PSP, payments , cryptocurrency, bills, bigtech, partnership, merchants, fraud, startups

Facebook acquires Servicefriend to integrate into Calibra

News | Cryptocurrencies | 23 Sep 2019

Facebook has acquired the AI-based chatbot startup Servicefriend in order to build a messaging bot for customer service for Calibra, as per the Marker.

Facebook, acquisition, chatbot, startup, Servicefriend, integration, Calibra, Libra, bot, unbanked, financial services