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The agility of the Electronic Money Institution: paving the way for instant, low-cost payments around the globe

Interviews | Payments General | 10 Apr 2024

Hidir Yildiz, Mergers and Acquisitions Manager at Finance Incorporated Limited (FIL), sheds light on the company's forward-thinking approach to expansion.

mobile payments, EMI licence, ecommerce, cross-border payments, fintech

Bithumb eyes South Korean IPO in the second half of 2025

News | Cryptocurrencies | 13 Nov 2023

South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has revealed its plans to go public in the East Asian country.

cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency exchange, IPO, financial services

Bitwala relaunches via partnership with Striga

News | Cryptocurrencies | 09 Nov 2023

Germany-based crypto-banking platform Bitwala has relaunched its operations through a partnership with Estonia-based Striga.

cryptocurrency, partnership, crypto asset, digital assets, digital wallet

BIS works with EU central banks to build a crypto tracking platform

News | Cryptocurrencies | 04 Oct 2023

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has partnered with several European central banks to create a crypto tracking platform.

cryptocurrency, digital assets, banks, central bank

Four trends driving 2023 M&A activity in payments

Voice of the Industry | Online Payments | 13 Sep 2023

Volker Schloenvoigt and Euan Jones from Edgar, Dunn & Company explore four key trends we see today in payments M&A and share their forecast for the rest of 2023.

payments , ecommerce, B2B payments, fintech, M&As, marketplace, merchants

The impact of crypto winter: why do cryptocurrency payments remain unaffected by the bears?

Voice of the Industry | Cryptocurrencies | 05 Jul 2023

CoinsPaid CEO and co-founder Max Krupyshev highlights cryptocurrency payments' resilience during the crypto winter, driving adoption and growth globally.

crypto, crypto asset, digital assets, digital payments

Bank of Korea to investigate digital currency service providers

News | Cryptocurrencies | 27 Apr 2023

The Bank of Korea has received investigative powers over digital currency service providers and has gained access to their transaction data.

regulation, compliance, digital assets, cryptocurrency, transactions , central bank

Regulating crypto in a post-FTX world - initiatives and timelines

Voice of the Industry | Cryptocurrencies | 20 Mar 2023

In the wake of the FTX meltdown from November 2022, governments and financial regulators from around the world are working on regulating crypto.

regulation, compliance, cryptocurrency, digital assets, crypto asset, crypto

Regtech and IDV M&A and investments in US and Canada

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 15 Mar 2023

As our previous edition explored the mergers and acquisitions market in Europe, today we turn our attention to the US.

The Paypers Quarterly Analysis series, funding, investment, regtech, identity verification, machine learning, fraud prevention, KYC, AML, blockchain

Bank of Israel releases a consultation paper for stablecoin regulation

News | Cryptocurrencies | 28 Feb 2023

The Bank of Israel has released a consultation paper that includes a plan to regulate stablecoins before a full-scale digital asset push.

stablecoin, cryptocurrency, central bank, regulation

Making Blockchain Scalable: Layer 1 Vs. Layer 2

Voice of the Industry | Cryptocurrencies | 07 Feb 2023

The Paypers dives back in the basics, explaining what the layer 1 network is, how this differentiates from layer 2, and why we need blockchain bridges to help them communicate.

blockchain, cryptocurrency, payments , payment methods, cross-border payments, SWIFT, banks, real-time payments, Bitcoin, DLT

Reserve Bank of India governor wants to ban cryptocurrencies

News | Cryptocurrencies | 16 Jan 2023

The governor of the Reserve Bank of India has reinforced his stance on banning cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ether.

cryptocurrency, central bank, digital assets, regulation

Banks can get on-board the digital asset train

Voice of the Industry | Cryptocurrencies | 12 Jan 2023

Daniel Lee, Head of web3 at Banking Circle explores the Payments Bank’s latest research and looks at how banks can fast-track crypto engagement by working with third parties

cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency exchange, Bitcoin, stablecoin, blockchain, Banking Circle, online payments

South Korean National Tax Service agency investigates Bithumb

News | Cryptocurrencies | 11 Jan 2023

The South Korean National Tax Service agency has opened an investigation into the activities of Bithumb and its affiliates over tax evasion concerns.

tax evasion , cryptocurrency exchange, compliance

Reserve Bank of India looking to heavily regulate crypto

News | Cryptocurrencies | 03 Jan 2023

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released its latest financial stability report with digital currencies coming under the spotlight.

cryptocurrency, regulation, digital assets, central bank, digital currency

Stripe launches its own fiat-to-crypto on-ramp

News | Cryptocurrencies | 02 Dec 2022

US-based payments processing company Stripe has launched its own fiat-to-crypto on-ramp in order to allow clients to exchange dollars for cryptocurrencies.

DeFi, cryptocurrency, product launch, cryptocurrency exchange

Curve plans to acquire BlockFi credit card customers

News | Payments General | 15 Nov 2022

Curve, a UK-based payments company, has announced it plans to acquire crypto lender BlockFi’s more than 87,000 credit card customers.

payments , credit card, acquisition, crypto, BaaS

The big downsizing – why companies make cuts to survive the fintech winter

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 05 Oct 2022

After the flourishing period experienced in 2021, fintech companies are now facing difficult times due to sustained inflation and geopolitical conflicts that forced them into adapting a downsizing trend.

fintech, ecommerce, COVID-19, startup, online banking, digital payments, IPO, Unicorn, funding, cryptocurrency

South Korea to act against unregistered crypto exchanges

News | Cryptocurrencies | 22 Aug 2022

The Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (KoFIU) has reported 16 virtual asset service providers to the investigative authorities for operating without the necessary registrations in the country.

regulation, cryptocurrency, KYC, cryptocurrency exchange, blockchain

Crypto Leaks' platform reports illegalities in the crypto world

News | Cryptocurrencies | 20 Jun 2022

US-based cryptocurrency specialist Crypto Leaks has launched a new platform that exposes scams and corruption in the cryptocurrency space.

cryptocurrency, fraud prevention, cryptocurrency exchange, digital assets, Token