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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

After a rewarding 2021, Revolut will continue to focus on strengthening its position in Romania

Interviews | Online & Mobile Banking | 19 Jan 2022

The Paypers has sat with Gabriela Simion and Madalina Stoica from Revolut, Romania to find out more about the payment habits of the local market and the company's plans for 2022

Revolut, digital banking, instant payments, mobile banking

Facebook digital wallet Novi is ready for market launch

News | Mobile Payments | 19 Aug 2021

Facebook has announced it will launch the Novi digital wallet tied to the Diem blockchain-based payment system, having received the necessary regulatory clearances.

Facebook, Diem, Diem Association, mobile payments, e-wallet

Interview with Ran Goldi from First Digital on Diem, stablecoins, CBDCs

Interviews | Cryptocurrencies | 28 May 2021

Ran Goldi founder of First Digital delves into one of the hottest topics – Diem, stablecoins, CBDCs

Diem, PSP, merchant, stablecoin, CBDC, cryptocurrency, cross-border ecommerce, digital assets, banks

Diem aims to replace USD stablecoin with gov digital dollar

News | Cryptocurrencies | 27 May 2021

The recently announced Diem USD stablecoin is intended as an interim step until the US Federal Reserve issues a central bank digital currency (CBDC) or digital dollar.

Diem, Diem Association, stablecoin, digital dollar, e-wallet, data privacy

Facebook-backed crypto project Diem moves to US, abandoning Swiss licence plans

News | Cryptocurrencies | 13 May 2021

Digital currency group Diem Association, formally known as Facebook’s Libra project, has announced plans to launch a US dollar stablecoin.

Diem Association, stablecoin, payment processing, blockchain, cross-border payments

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

Innovation and regulation in the digital age - Interview with Jo Ann Barefoot, AIR

Interviews | Payments General | 13 Jan 2021

Jo Ann Barefoot, CEO and Cofounder of the Alliance for Innovative Regulation, shares her thoughts about digitisation, regtech, digital identity, financial inclusion, and how the new technologies are transforming financial regulation

Jo Ann Barefoot, Alliance for Innovative Regulation, interview, digitisation, fintech, regtech, digital identity, financial inclusion, financial regulation, fair finance, innovation, technology, financial crime

Libra Association to rebrand to Diem

News | Cryptocurrencies | 03 Dec 2020

The Libra Association has announced rebranding plans to distance itself from the original Facebook-led vision rolled out in 2019, according to CoinDesk.

Novi, Facebook, Libra, blockchain, remittances, Diem, Stuart Levey, payments

Facebook's Libra to launch in January 2021: CoinDesk Report

News | Cryptocurrencies | 27 Nov 2020

Facebook’s stablecoin, Libra might get off the ground as early as January 2021, albeit in a more limited format than the original multi-currency basket envisioned, according to CoinDesk.

LibraUSD, LibraEUR, LibraGBP, LibraSGD, Libra, Facebook, stablecoins, regulators

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

Visa considering partnering with crypto businesses

News | Cryptocurrencies | 28 Sep 2020

Visa, a large payments processor, has announced it is considering partnership proposals from an increasing number of crypto companies.

Visa, fintechs, cryptocurrency, Visa fast track program, blockchain, crypto lending, partnerships

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

Does China's Digital Currency have a chance to supplant a digital dollar as a global reserve currency?

Voice of the Industry | Cryptocurrencies | 05 Aug 2020

The principal threat to the role of the dollar as Prime currency comes not from Facebook but from China’ ‘The Digital Currency Revolution’ by David Birch

David Birch, digital currency, central bank digital currency, Facebook, China, trade, economy, central bank reserves, central bank, payments , innovation

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

Temasek joins Facebook-backed Libra currency

News | Cryptocurrencies | 15 May 2020

Temasek Holdings, a Singapore-based state investment company, has joined Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency project.

blockchain, artificial intelligence, Facebook Libra, cryptocurrency, Libra Association, Asia

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

Facebook's Libra unveils HSBC legal head as its first chief executive

News | Cryptocurrencies | 07 May 2020

Facebook’s digital currency project Libra has unveiled HSBC legal chief and former George W Bush-era terrorism finance head Stuart Levey as its first chief executive.

Stuart Levey, digital currency, cryptocurrency, Libra, Libra Association, money laundering

Facebook's Libra has a new member - Checkout.com

News | Cryptocurrencies | 29 Apr 2020

Checkout.com, a UK-based payments startup, has joined the Libra Association, the digital currency project set up by Facebook in 2019.

Checkout.com, Libra, Facebook, cryptocurrency, Libra Association, Switzerland

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