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[Video interview] DeFi summer 2025: Nikola Škorić on crypto & Web3 payments

Interviews | Cryptocurrencies | 14 Feb 2025

Nikola Škorić, CEO of Electrocoin, kicks off The Paypers’ new video interview series on Web3 payments.

cryptocurrency, stable, DeFi, Web 3.0, payment processing, blockchain, NFT

Bridging the gap to digital assets – a call for openness to change

Voice of the Industry | Cryptocurrencies | 14 Feb 2025

Jelmer Koster, Senior Consultant at INNOPAY, explores the adoption of digital assets by traditional finance (TradFi) institutions.

DeFi, digital assets, Web 3.0, financial institutions, stablecoin, cryptocurrency, blockchain

The year of institutional multi-token strategies

Voice of the Industry | Cryptocurrencies | 12 Feb 2025

Markus Infanger, Senior Vice President at RippleX, shares fintech predictions on the future of institutional DeFI and real-world asset tokenisation.


tokenization, financial institutions, XRP, blockchain, digital assets, digital wallet

Hitachi Payments Invests in Spydra to boost blockchain and CBDC

News | Cryptocurrencies | 11 Feb 2025

Hitachi Payment Services, a provider of end-to-end payment and commerce solutions, has announced a strategic minority investment in Spydra Technologies.

blockchain, CBDC, digital payments, payments , Web 3.0

From local to global: how FX innovation is driving ecommerce expansion

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 10 Feb 2025

Alex Lawrence, Global Head of Content Strategy & Industry Engagement at Convera, delineates how foreign exchange (FX) innovation can enable ecommerce expansion – from local to global.

FX , digital wallet, payments , real-time payments, RTPs, cross-border payments, paytech, fintech, blockchain, smart contracts, ecommerce, risk management, artificial intelligence, automation

R3 and IDEMIA Secure Transactions collaborate on offline CBDC payments

News | Cryptocurrencies | 07 Feb 2025

R3 has partnered with IDEMIA Secure Transactions (IST), a division of IDEMIA Group, to integrate offline payment capabilities into its digital currency platform.

CBDC, partnership, financial inclusion, fintech, blockchain

Stablecoins explained: insights from BVNK's report and why they matter

Voice of the Industry | Cryptocurrencies | 05 Feb 2025

‘Traditional rails won't disappear, but they'll become utilities underneath a Stablecoin layer.

Web 3.0, cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, stablecoin, blockchain, merchants, MiCA, report

Coinbase secures VASP registration in the United Kingdom

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 04 Feb 2025

Coinbase has obtained registration as a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

cryptocurrency, regulation, virtual asset, stablecoin, blockchain

Circle acquires Hashnote, partners with DRW

News | Cryptocurrencies | 03 Feb 2025

Circle Internet Group, Inc. has acquired Hashnote, the issuer behind the USYC tokenized money market fund, and entered into a strategic partnership with DRW.

cryptocurrency, stablecoin, acquisition, partnership, blockchain

Coinbase expands to Argentina with regulatory approval

News | Cryptocurrencies | 30 Jan 2025

Coinbase has expanded its operations to Argentina after obtaining Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) registration from Argentina’s National Securities Commission (CNV).

cryptocurrency, virtual asset, financial inclusion, blockchain

GCEX integrates with Fireblocks to build businesses on blockchain

News | Payments General | 29 Jan 2025

GCEX, a provider of digital assets and foreign exchange solutions, has integrated with the enterprise platform Fireblocks to manage digital asset operations and build businesses on blockchain.

digital assets, crypto, partnership, cryptocurrency, blockchain

MYEG and MYIDSSB launch blockchain digital ID

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 29 Jan 2025

MY E.G. Services Berhad (MYEG) has partnered with MyDigital ID Solutions (MYIDSSB) to develop a blockchain-powered national digital identity ecosystem.

partnership, blockchain, digital identity, fraud management, online security

El Salvador buys 12 Bitcoin despite IMF agreement

News | Cryptocurrencies | 21 Jan 2025

El Salvador has purchased 12 Bitcoin in the past two days, despite an earlier agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reduce some of its cryptocurrency-related policies.

Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, digital assets, blockchain

1Money announces USD 20 million funding for stablecoin payments

News | Cryptocurrencies | 20 Jan 2025

1Money has officially launched from stealth mode, unveiling USD 20 million in seed funding to develop its Layer 1 blockchain network designed for stablecoin payments.

funding, blockchain, stablecoin, digital payments

HashKey obtains in-principal approval for VASP licence in Dubai

News | Cryptocurrencies | 15 Jan 2025

HashKey Group, a regulated digital asset exchange, has announced that HashKey MENA FZE obtained an in-principal approval from the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) for its Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) licence application. 

digital assets, virtual asset, cryptocurrency exchange, crypto, web3, regulation, blockchain

Lulu partners with Circle to optimise remittances and cross-border payments flow

News | Payments General | 17 Dec 2024

LuLu Financial Holdings has announced its partnership with Circle in order to enable LuLuFin to optimise remittances and cross-border payment flow for customers.

partnership, payments , cross-border payments, blockchain

Societe Generale executes blockchain transaction with SG-FORGE

News | Cryptocurrencies | 13 Dec 2024

Societe Generale has completed a collateralised market transaction fully executed on blockchain through its subsidiary, Societe Generale – FORGE.

blockchain, transactions , central bank, banks, CBDC

Revolutionising credentialess real-time payments: how Vaiu's ephemeral token software sets a new standard

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 13 Dec 2024

Reza Jalili, CEO of Vaiu Global, envisions a future where sending money is as easy as sharing a six-character code—secure, instant, and free from sensitive details.

tokenization, blockchain, transactions , fraud prevention, settlement

AI, digital identity, and Web3: key insights from Banking 4.0

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 12 Dec 2024

Mirela Ciobanu, Lead Editor at The Paypers, delves into key themes from Banking 4.0, including AI's transformative role in finance, the risks of data manipulation in digital identities, and the growing impact of Web3, stablecoins, and CBDCs.

artificial intelligence, banks, web3, blockchain, stablecoin, digital identity, data privacy, cross-border payments, digital banking

Customer loyalty, gamification, and Web3/blockchain tech in travel – an airBaltic interview

Interviews | Ecommerce | 12 Dec 2024

Arturs Garais, Web3 Senior Project Manager at airBaltic and a speaker at ECOM’21, discusses travel industry developments that encourage customer loyalty – from gamification strategies to the implementation of Web3 and blockchain technology.

travel payments, travel series, paytech, fintech, ecommerce, web3, gamification, blockchain, loyalty programme, data analysis, NFT, tokenization, smart contracts, booking, digitalisation, payments