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Crypto Giant Coinbase Launches Cross-Border Payments With XRP and USDC

April 2 2019

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• Cross-border payments
• Cryptocurrencies

“Crypto exchange Coinbase is now offering cross-border payments service to enable customers to transfer funds using Ripple (XRP) and the stablecoin USDCoin (USDC). Coinbase made the announcement on its website , touting the service as fast and convenient.”

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Zambia Looks to Link up Mobile Money Operators – ITWeb Africa

April 2 2019

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• Mobile Money

“The project is being undertaken in collaboration with the Zambia Electronic Clearing House Limited (ZECHL) and implemented under the National Financial Switch (NFS), an electronic platform (system) which will link all mobile money operators in a bid to increase financial inclusion among the over 60% unbanked Zambians. The NFS is being established under the National […]

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Rise in Cashless Payments Stokes Concerns Over Data Security

April 1 2019

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• Cash

“The shift toward a cashless society is well under way in Canada, as credit and debit cards, online transactions and digital wallets increasingly replace cash as the preferred modes of payment. Cash now accounts for just 12 per cent of point-of-sale transactions, according to Payments Canada’s most recent report. And payment processor Moneris forecasts that, […]

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China’s March to Be the World’s First Cashless Society: China Daily Contributor

April 8 2019

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• Cash
• China

“China, the nation that introduced the world to banknotes, is now setting the pace in the competition to become the first cashless society. Already by 2017, more than three-quarters of Chinese people were using digital payments in preference to cash, and the number was rising fast. Now, the central bank and other financial authorities have […]

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Users of China UnionPay’s Mobile Payment App Hit 150 Million

April 4 2019

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• Cards
• China

“User can make payments, buy wealth management products and make debit card balance inquires on the app Cloud Quick Pass, the Shanghai-based company said. The platform supports online applications for more than 80 types of credit cards from 21 banks, and cardholders of over 230 lenders can make mobile payments by scanning the association’s quick […]

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‘Your Money’s No Good Here.’ Some Houston Businesses Shun Cash.

March 29 2019

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• Cards
• Cash

“When Angel Williams went to pay $13 for two cones of vanilla ice cream the other day, she was surprised to find out her cash was no good at Cloud 10 Creamery in the Heights. “It was kind of strange,” the 32-year-old Ohio resident visiting Houston said. “If you don’t have a credit card, then […]

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Ripple’s Technology Is Used for Transferring Billions of Dollars Around the World, Says CEO Brad Garlinghouse

April 5 2019

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• Cryptocurrencies

“Addressing the “not enough use-cases for blockchain” issue, Garlinghouse said that it was not true. He added that the “payments use-case is very real and it is alive and working,” mentioning how Ripple had partnered with over 200 financial institutions around the world and that there are “billions of dollars that we are moving through […]

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Ripple: Indian Bank Partners With RippleNet to Facilitate Cross-border Payments

April 1 2019

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• Cryptocurrencies

“India’s Federal Bank partnered with RippleNet to let Non-Resident Indians [NRI] transfer money across borders using blockchain technology. This upgrade has also led the bank to partner with Ripple Inc. According to Gulf News, Federal Bank looks to increase its 15% share of the remittance market in India by upgrading its existing payment rails to […]

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Digital Check Push Payments Via Push-to-Card

April 3 2019

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• ACH
• Cards
• Checks

“Checkbook Inc. today announced the launch of Instant Pay. Businesses can push money instantly into millions of individual and business bank accounts without collecting sensitive routing or account information. There is no need for recipients to sign up for any service or download any app.”

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OnDeck Offers Same Day Funding To Empower Small Business

April 5 2019

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• ACH

“OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK ), the leader in online lending to small business, today announced that it will offer to fund and debit customer bank accounts with Same Day ACH transfers, eliminating a decades long pain point for small business owners accustomed to the traditional ACH transfer process, which can take multiple days and lacks certainty […]