Finextra

JUNE 6, 2025

Blockchain, a new world of transparency and financing models The use of blockchain technology is still in its early stages, but it holds significant potential to transform various aspects of BNPL operations, from improved transparency and trust to regulatory compliance. But it’s important to note its early days for blockchain.

BNPL

CoinRemitter

MARCH 28, 2025

Unlike traditional cryptocurrencies, stablecoins offer price stability while maintaining the benefits of blockchain technology, making them an ideal option to accept payment in crypto. But what is causing the wide adoption of stablecoins among EU companies, and why is our payment gateway for cryptocurrency emerging as the preferred choice?

Stablecoins

The Fintech Times

MARCH 16, 2025

Our integration with COCA Wallet is a step forward in that mission, bringing seamless, secure, and user-friendly crypto onboarding to the broader Web3 ecosystem, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, TON, and beyond. Frictionless Web3 access The partnership facilitates smooth engagement with DeFi , NFTs, and other blockchain-based applications.

Security

Finextra

JUNE 2, 2025

In decentralized finance, services like lending, payments, trading, and investing are delivered through smart contracts on public blockchains, rather than through centralized companies. The fintech open banking world and the blockchain DeFi world are increasingly aware of each other and even collaborating.

Finance

Stax

APRIL 10, 2025

The payment method is facilitated by digital wallets like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay. Each digital currency is created through a process called “mining” where powerful computers generate blocks of code that represent the currency to be stored on a public ledger called a blockchain.

Small Business

Fintech Weekly

JULY 2, 2025

The payments sector is responsible for facilitating approximately $82 billion in B2C and C2C intraday transactions. Steffen The recent, exponential growth of bitcoin, Ether, and other cryptocurrencies has brought cryptocurrencies firmly into the public eye. Because of its distributed ledger system, Blockchain. Innovative demos.

Payments

Finextra

JULY 21, 2025

In fact, Bitcoin ETFs have accumulated a total net asset value of $137 billion since their launch in 2024 – the fastest asset to reach this figure in history. Just this week, the UK-regulated exchange Archax facilitated a tokenized collateral transaction between Lloyds Banking Group and Aberdeen Investments.

Regulations

Fintech Review

APRIL 3, 2025

As the first crypto exchange to facilitate gold trading with USDT, Bybit empowers traders to capitalize on these exceptional market movements. Unlike cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, which have demonstrated increased correlation with broader market trends, gold maintains its inverse relationship with inflationary pressures.

Volume

The Fintech Times

JUNE 15, 2025

The popularity of cryptocurrency has overshadowed blockchain to the point that a misconception has been formed: blockchain’s sole purpose is to facilitate cryptocurrencies. Despite its growing use as a buzzword in the financial sectors, blockchain’s real-world adoption was yet to be seen.

Blockchain

Fintech Weekly

JUNE 12, 2025

As technologies like AI and blockchain challenge the traditional lanes of finance, cross-disciplinary knowledge is becoming critical at every level—policy, ops, compliance, engineering. On skills, professionals need to have fluency when it comes to emerging technologies like AI, and blockchain. 50%+ from financial institutions.

FinTech

The Fintech Times

MARCH 18, 2024

Blockchain, heralded for its potential to transform industries, is currently undergoing a divergence from its original vision, marked by a prioritisation of speculative interests over core principles like scalability and decentralisation. Bitcoin can already scale larger than that with existing hardware for a fraction of the cost.

Blockchain

Fintech Review

AUGUST 27, 2024

Blockchain technology has revolutionised numerous industries by providing decentralised, secure, and transparent systems. However, one of the significant challenges it faces is interoperability between different blockchain networks. However, these networks often operate in isolation, limiting the potential of blockchain technology.

Interoperability

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Amid the rallies that have marked all manner of asset classes in 2020 – where things hummed along to start the year, turned sour in the spring and then rebounded (nay, roared) into the waning months, bitcoin stands out. But now, at least some asset managers have been embracing bitcoin as a hedge against currencies and gold.

Bitcoin

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

As blockchain tech gains commercial traction, a growing number of companies want to use it to reimagine the capital markets infrastructure that powers the trade of stocks, bonds, and other securities. The chart above shows the core blockchain tech being used by projects and corporates working on DLT applications for capital markets.

Blockchain

Fintech Review

JUNE 25, 2024

Blockchain technology, initially synonymous with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin , has evolved beyond its origins. This article delves into the diverse ways blockchain is reshaping fintech, focusing on smart contracts, cross-border transactions, and enhancing transparency and security.

Blockchain

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The malicious software attempted to utilize StFX’s collective computing power in order to create or discover bitcoin for monetary gain. In the meantime, cryptocurrency hackers attacked traffic analytics service StatCounter to steal bitcoin from users of online exchange desk Gate.io. As a result, Gate.io

Bitcoin

PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

Ant Financial rolled out a blockchain platform called OpenChain, which lets small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and developers harness its proprietary blockchain technologies, according to an announcement. ” The company said that the Ant Financial blockchain is China’s biggest productivity blockchain platform.

Bitcoin

PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2019

New Jersey ’s governor has signed a bill to implement a Blockchain Initiative Task Force. Bill S2297 explained that the task force will study potential uses for blockchain technology on the state and local level, with an emphasis on medical records, land records, banking, and property auctions as potential applications.

Blockchain

PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2018

American Express has reportedly filed a patent related to faster payments and blockchain technology, reports in CoinDesk said. The filing describes a blockchain solution to receive requests for payment, which would then be approved or rejected, a process that would include risk analysis, reports said.

Faster Payments

PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2017

Blockchain, the technology that makes cryptocurrency like bitcoin possible, is moving into the auto and ridesharing markets. 30) it is launching a blockchain system that will let companies and/or individuals share vehicle ownership more easily. EY isn’t the only company eyeing blockchain technology.

Blockchain

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Can the unbanked benefit from bitcoin, or are they merely the experimental subjects of bitcoin adherents, lobbyists and scientists? This week’s Bitcoin Tracker takes a look at the recent bitcoin projects that are in the news and that are targeting the unbanked. Vogel also wanted to clarify regulations surrounding bitcoin.

Bitcoin

Fintech Finance

JULY 17, 2024

Global payment orchestration platform FinMont has announced a new partnership with BitPay , the world’s largest provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services. This strategic partnership will allow our international client base to offer and facilitate crypto payments globally.” “Our

Cryptocurrency

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Blockchain seemed to be stuck in pilot phase in 2017, but in 2018, the financial services industry finally saw a stronger flow of real-world, working blockchain applications — many of which targeted pain points in B2B payments, including the time and lack of transparency in cross-border transactions.

Blockchain

PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2019

In related news, the California-based blockchain Baton Systems said it has received $12 million in series A funding led by Trinity Ventures, Venture Beat reported. . Nevada currently has 110 bitcoin ATMs. Howard is launching a $1 billion endeavor for specially-designed cryptocurrency hedge fund portfolios.

Bitcoin

The Fintech Times

APRIL 22, 2024

Technology The decentralised network connected through a network of computers or nodes underlies blockchain technology, synonymous with cryptocurrencies. Blockchain protocols are the guidelines or rulebooks that determine how a blockchain works. Web1 was read-only, Web2 is read-write, and Web3 will be read-write-own.

Finance

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

In other news, Bank Of America may be looking into using blockchain technology for automated teller machines (ATMs), CoinDesk reported. The committee, which was created by the government in April, is said to be planning to provide the finance ministry in the country with a new report as of this coming February. According to a U.S.

Legal

Finovate

DECEMBER 20, 2023

With a spot Bitcoin ETF expected in 2024, crypto investors, traders, and enthusiasts are likely feeling as optimistic about digital assets as they have in awhile. So with the year drawing to a close, here are a few recent crypto- and blockchain-oriented headlines that you might have missed.

Bitcoin

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Blockchain company DMG Blockchain Solutions is rolling out a new supply chain management solution designed for the legal cannabis market. “The emerging cannabis industry demands product management solutions and blockchain is the most logical choice,” said DMG CEO Dan Reitzik in a statement.

Blockchain

PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

“We launched Lightnet to offer low-cost and instantaneous financial inclusivity and mobility to the four billion lives across Asia Pacific — all powered by Stellar’s fast, scalable, and sustainable blockchain technology,” said Chatchaval Jiaravanon, Lightnet’s chairman, in a press release.

Blockchain

Fintech News

MAY 21, 2024

The report, based on a survey of over 50 financial institutions across Asia, reveals that the digital assets space is poised for significant growth as institutional investors seek to diversify their portfolios and capitalise on the benefits of blockchain technology. of respondents predicting their growth in the coming years.

Settlement

PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2018

Blockchain is now an official word in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Of course, the FinTech industry doesn’t have to look it up, but the dictionary now defines blockchain as a technology that enables the keeping of records of financial transactions in a digital database as part of a publicly accessible network.

Blockchain

Clearly Payments

AUGUST 24, 2024

Over 15,000 businesses worldwide accept Bitcoin payments as of 2024. Platforms like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay have enabled consumers to link their debit cards to their smartphones, facilitating seamless transactions both online and in physical stores. trillion, with Bitcoin alone accounting for over 50% of this value.

Debit Card

Fintech News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

2024 is expected to be a year of innovation for the fintech industry, marked by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), cross-border and real-time payments, cryptocurrency and blockchain, and bundled software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings. Lightspeed partners expect this trend to gain even more momentum into 2024.

Innovation

PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

Blockchain technology has the potential to impact nearly every industry involving money. This gives those insurance companies involved in the trial the ability to communicate more effectively via blockchain technology’s ability to automate these pertinent aspects of the insurance process. SR: Impact is slow but expansive.

Blockchain

The Fintech Times

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Propy, a blockchain-based real estate platform, has introduced a new crypto escrow service designed to simplify high-value transactions such as real estate closings and mergers and acquisitions (M&A).

Facilitators

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Blockchains are becoming a key enabler of this digital transformation (in a similar way to how the emerging tech is disrupting other long-established industries like banking and insurance ). GET the 47-page blockchain TRENDS report. Why blockchain tech could benefit the real estate industry. Table of Contents. Challenges.

Blockchain

PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

In other news, blockchain-based remittance service Velo is entering into the cross-border remittance market in Southeast Asia, which has seen over $65 billion is remittances each year. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) has delayed a decision on approving two bitcoin exchange-traded funds. And the U.S.

Bitcoin