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Coinbase to launch crypto credit card on Amex Network

The Paypers

The card, issued by First Electronic Bank and offered in partnership with fintech firm Cardless, will provide users with Bitcoin rewards of up to 4% on purchases.

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Collaboration Is Key For Consensus On Cross-Border Payments

PYMNTS

According to the new Simplifying Cross-Border Payments Playbook , there are five key criteria that an ideal cross-border payment solution should meet: speed, security, compliance, transparency and ubiquity. How Cross-Border Payments Are Made. So, what’s the problem? What’s Changing?

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TerraPay/UBA Linkup Enables Real-Time Money Transfers Throughout Africa

PYMNTS

This is another huge step in improving access to financial services for our customers across the globe,” said Sampson Aneke, group head of transaction and electronic banking for UBA Group. Africa is, notably, among the world’s largest recipients of cross-border remittances.

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Today In Digital-First Banking: SWIFT To Retool Platform For RTP; VSoft Rolls Out Bread Merchant Payment Network

PYMNTS

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, SWIFT has announced that its international platform will be updated to let financial institutions (FIs) provide instant transactions, and VSoft has rolled out its new Bread merchant services network. SWIFT to Create New Cross-Border Real-Time Rails.

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How Payments-As-A-Service Can Modernize Banks' Payment Processes

PYMNTS

We’re also seeing existing standards such as EBICS — the Electronic Banking Internet Communication Standard — emerge across Europe,” he said. Both the application and the operational team support cross-border transactions,” he told PYMNTS.

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Citi Payment Insights Expands To 70 Markets

PYMNTS

Launched in July, Citi Payment Insights provides real-time payments visibility, including processing status and timelines, charges deducted across correspondent banks, the amount credited to the beneficiary and the ability to action payments on demand via its electronic banking platform.

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One small step for man, one giant leap for payments in the quantum computing age

The Payments Association

We continued the evolution from cash to cards by around the 1950s with the Diners Club credit card, the 1970s brought the ATM, and the 80s and 90s (along with fantastic style choices, haircuts and music) saw electronic banking starting to make an appearance. Quantum computing: The next step or the next threat? So what?