Mastering Payments in the Digital Age
May 30, 202413 min
Dive into the dynamic world of digital payments! From fortifying security to embracing cryptocurrencies and AI, discover how businesses are shaping the future of finance.
Bitwave acquired Gilded
September 19, 20236 min
Bitwave's acquisition of Gilded highlights its commitment to being at the forefront of the digital asset finance sector.
Wirex Partners with Novatti
March 14, 20235 min
Wirex, a leading crypto payments platform, has partnered with card issuer, Novatti, to directly issue cards to Australians. The announcement has the potential to allow over 20 million people to utilise their innovative multicurrency card every day. Wirex developed the world’s first crypto-enabled debit card. Over 5 million customers worldwide can buy, hold, exchange and sell over 12 traditional and 130 cryptocurrencies, spendable at 80 million locations using Wirex’s Visa debit card. This includes the TAUD (True AUD) stablecoin,...
Wirex Becomes Global Partner of Visa and Makes Strong Moves in APAC
February 13, 20235 min
Wirex, a leading crypto payments platform, has signed a long-term strategic global partnership with payments company network, Visa. This includes becoming a member of Visa in APAC and the UK that will allow Wirex to directly issue crypto-enabled debit and prepaid cards themselves to over 40 countries. The agreement between Wirex and Visa will support further collaboration in major markets, including APAC, UK, Europe and the USA. Membership of Visa enables Wirex to offer new innovative products to utilise crypto in the everyday,...
Request Finance closes a $5.5 million seed round
June 9, 20229 min
Request Finance, the Web3 enterprise crypto payments startup, has closed a $5.5 million seed round with institutional backers including Animoca Brands, Europe’s leading early-stage venture capital investor Balderton Capital, and XAnge. The seed round also attracted a star-studded lineup of Web3 founders including Sebastien Borget co-founder and COO at The Sandbox, Michael Kong, CEO of Fantom, and Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Aave, and Julien Bouteloup, Founder of StakeDAO. The fresh round of capital will support the company’s efforts to expand its...
Montreal-based companies, ARMORI STEELE and Dello, have officially joined forces to allow clients worldwide to pay entirely in cryptocurrency for their purchases of high-end racing memorabilia and luxury cars. The effort revolutionizes the way that high-end collectibles are acquired and will help push cryptocurrency payments to mainstream adoption. Dello is an innovative POS system that allows online and physical stores to securely accept and process cryptocurrencies. The system then converts the crypto almost instantaneously to...
ePayments & Alchemy Pay Partner for Australian & NZ Crypto Payments
April 20, 20225 min
Fiat-crypto payments provider, Alchemy Pay (ACH), has partnered with merchant payment provider, ePayments, to offer crypto payments and services in New Zealand and Australia. ePayments will integrate with Alchemy Pay to provide to their merchants with crypto payment acceptance, as well as payments with Binance Pay. As part of the partnership, Alchemy Pay will also leverage ePayments’ NZ and Australian fiat payment channels and provide global crypto service providers with access to users in these markets. After integration...
FOMO Pay Strategically Collaborates with Circle to Use USDC
March 25, 20225 min
Singapore-based Major Payment Institution FOMO Pay Pte. Ltd. (“FOMO Pay“) today announced it has entered into a strategic agreement to collaborate with Circle Internet Financial, LLC (“Circle“), a global financial technology firm and sole issuer of USD Coin (USDC), one of the fastest growing digital currencies in the world with over $50 billion in circulation. FOMO Pay will integrate USDC into its services, allowing its merchant, corporate and financial institution clients to seamlessly convert between USDC and...
Binance Launches Payments Technology Company, Bifinity
March 9, 20229 min
Binance, the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, has today announced the launch of Bifinity, a payments technology company and its official fiat-to-crypto payments provider. Bifinity’s on- and off-ramp solutions will empower businesses to adopt crypto and reach new audiences with easy, direct fiat-to-crypto transactions. The announcement comes as Bifinity also announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with EQONEX Limited (NASDAQ: EQOS). As the first digital asset firm with an exchange to...
BitPay & Wix Enable Wix Merchants to Accept Crypto Payments
October 14, 20215 min
Wix Merchants Can Quickly, Securely and Seamlessly Add Cryptocurrency Payments at Checkout