Visa Proposes Automatic Payments Using Ethereum Layer 2 Solution StarkNet

Visa said self-custodial wallets could use a unique “account abstraction” method to set up automatic recurring payments on StarkNet as existing smart contracts do not currently support such steps.

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Visa Proposes Automatic Payments Using Ethereum Layer 2 System StarkNet

Visa said self-custodial wallets could use a unique “account abstraction” method to set up automatic recurring payments on StarkNet as existing smart contracts do not currently support such steps.

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Visa partners to launch USDC payments

A major card payment service Visa announced its partnership with CENTER to offer USDC linked payments. The company wants to link its payment network of 60 million merchants worldwide to the USDT stablecoin.

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Visa to help banks integrate CBDC payments

A recent report from the US-based multinational financial services corporation has shown that it...

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Visa Goes Live With Blockchain-Powered Business Payments Service

Visa's B2B Connect payments service, in part built with Hyperledger Fabric, has officially gone live.

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Visa Announces Partnerships with Big Name Tech Companies in Launch of “Groundbreaking Digital Identity” Services

Visa has announced details for its upcoming digital identity services product, scheduled to launch during the first quarter of 2019. A press release states that the new Visa B2B Connect will feature a “one-of-a-kind distributed ledger-based platform [that] is designed to give financial institutions a simple, fast and secure way to process cross border business-to-business payments… The post Visa Announces Partnerships with Big Name Tech Companies in Launch of “Groundbreaking Digital Identity” Services appeared first on UNHASHED.

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Visa B2B Connect Joins IBM to Foster Blockchain Cross-border Payments

Visa’s distributed ledger platform, B2B Connect is integrating open-source blockchain code from the Hyperledger Fabric to provide clients with a groundbreaking payment network. The post Visa B2B Connect Joins IBM to Foster Blockchain Cross-border Payments appeared first on CoinSpeaker.

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Visa Looking to Launch Blockchain Solution for B2B Cross-Border Payments

In a bid to make it easier for financial institutions to send cross-border payments globally, in a fast, secure and cost-efficient way, Visa is joining forces with IBM and Bottomline Technologies to launch its B2B Connect distributed ledger technology (DLT) solution powered by Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger Fabric framework by the first quarter of 2019, reported Finextra on October 22, 2018.

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Visa Rolls Out Distributed Ledger-Based B2B Connect

Visa said it plans to launch its B2B Connect blockchain-focused payments platform in the first quarter of 2019.

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Visa Partners With IBM to Launch Blockchain-Based Digital Identity System

Visa announced Sunday that it is readying a blockchain-based digital identity system in partnership with IBM for use with B2B Connect, its international payment service. Visa Head of Global Business Solutions Kevin Phalen stated in the official press release: “B2B Connect will facilitate payments for financial institutions for a variety of industry verticals, including supply chain, […] The post Visa Partners With IBM to Launch Blockchain-Based Digital Identity System appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Crypterium to Allow Its Users to Shop on eBay, Refill PayPal and Bank Accounts With Cryptocurrencies

In recent months, reports have emerged stating that PayPal, the leading online payments provider may be making a move in favor of cryptocurrencies. This has been echoed by PayPal’s previous business companion eBay.

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VISA and IBM Partner For Visa B2B Connect Launch as Blockchain Digital Identity Solution

VISA and IBM Partner For Visa B2B Connect launch Visa has announced that it will join hands with IBM ahead of the launch of its new payments program, B2B connect. Visa B2B Connect, the payment giant’s enterprise blockchain platform that enables cross-border payments between businesses, is partnering IBM to integrate the latter’s development of the […]

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IBM and Visa partner to upend global payments using Ethereum tech

Visa has just announced it has partnered with IBM ahead of the commercial release of its blockchain-powered global financial payments platform, B2B Connect. Upon its expected launch in the first quarter of 2019, Visa will have integrated its core assets (including B2B Connect) with the proprietary IBM Blockchain Platform, which IBM built using open-source Ethereum technology.

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Wirex Crypto Payments Provider Opens Iban for Customers in Spain and France

Wirex Announces Introduction of Iban for Customers in Spain and France On Friday, Wirex announced that it introduced International Bank Account Number (Iban) for French and Spanish users. Wirex is a famous and known crypto-based Visa card payments company that is present across Europe.

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Kasikornbank Joins Visa’s B2B Connect Project

Visa's blockchain-based B2B project is gaining massive popularity in Asia. Thailand's fourth-largest bank, Kasikornbank, has signed on to test the platform, which aims to increase transparency and efficiency in the world of cross-border corporate payments.

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Thailand’s Bank Kasikornbank Joins Visa’s B2B Connect Project

Visa's blockchain-based B2B project is gaining massive popularity in Asia. Thailand's fourth-largest bank, Kasikornbank, has signed on to test the platform, which aims to increase transparency and efficiency in the world of cross-border corporate payments.

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eCash Founder David Chaum Makes Bold Promises with Elixxir Blockchain

Over 30 years after creating eCash, a predecessor of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies which spawned the Cypherpunk movement of the 1980s, Dr. David Chaum is back in the public eye with a claim of having invented “the world’s fastest cryptocurrency.

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Stellar-Based Lightyear Acquires Chain, Forms New Entity

Lightyear Corporation, a universal payments network built around Stellar’s open financial protocol, has announced the acquisition of Chain, in a merger that sees both brands combine to form a new entity called Interstellar.

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Bitcoin Transaction Value Flies Past PayPal

‘Bitcoin is dying’ say the haters. Well actually, it’s not. As a matter of fact, data now suggests that Bitcoin transaction value has finally surpassed that of PayPal’s, closing in on Visa. Let’s face it though, as a world leading transaction facilitator, Visa will take some beating.

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NetCents Crypto Credit Card to Help Increase Mainstream Adoption

NetCents cryptocurrency credit card will be accepted at 40 million merchant locations globally in an effort to directly compete with Visa and Mastercard. The company will also integrate its loyalty programme with its crypto credit cards to encourage and reward users for spending digital currencies.

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15k TPS: Aelf Testnet Can Handle Twice As Many Payments As Visa

Testnet results from aelf (ELF) indicate the network can process 15,000 transactions per second (TPS), offering the possibility of far greater throughput than other blockchains – as well as Visa, the largest payments processor in the world.

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This Card Brings Enhanced Security To Crypto Payments Through Mastercard And Visa

Cryptocurrency cards are coming to the fore. They are a hybrid between the FIAT world and a crypto wallet and aim to help the adoption of cryptocurrency by having a use as a traditional payment card, linked to a secure and offline cryptocurrency wallet, enabled via speedy blockchain transactions.

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Former Visa CEO Claims Crypterium Runs the Fastest Crypto-based Transactions

Former Visa UK CEO Marc O’Brien claims that the start-up he is running, Crypterium, is  bringing cryptocurrency to the masses with a straightforward user experience backed by the fastest service for sending and receiving crypto-based payments.

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Ex-Visa CEO Blockchain Startup Crypterium to Power Crypto Payments via Text Message

Visa’s EX Responsible For World’s Faster Cryptocurrency Transactions Crypterium, the new fintech startup has been developing a new blockchain platform that operates differently than traditional banking systems or cryptocurrency companies.

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Crypto.com adds Litecoin to its MCO Wallet App Currency Lineup

Crypto. com, the payments and cryptocurrency platform formerly known as Monaco, has announced the addition of Litecoin (LTC) to its cryptocurrency application, the MCO Wallet App. Litecoin becomes the fifth virtual currency available on the MCO cryptocurrency platform, which is also tied to its MCO Visa card.

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The payment and ID Blockchain platform Nuggets will now be joined by Visa’s former MD

Kevin Jenkins, the former Managing Director of Visa has joined the board of blockchain payments and identity brand Nuggets. Nuggets has already been making dramatically rapid progress in the worldwide payments area, especially recently in China.

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Visa’s Former MD Joins Payments and ID Blockchain Platform Nuggets

Payments industry veteran signs up to boost ‘one-click, no-ID’ payments revolution. The post Visa’s Former MD Joins Payments and ID Blockchain Platform Nuggets appeared first on CoinSpeaker.

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Payments Expert Swaps Visa For Nuggets, But They Aren’t The Chicken Kind

The ex-Managing Director of Visa UK, Kevin Jenkins is alleged to have taken up an executive position with a blockchain e-commerce firm called Nuggets. Nuggets is a company that want to give their customers the chance to take back control of their data via a revamp of login and ID authentication.

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Former Visa MD Joins Blockchain Startup to Boost the One-Click, No-ID Payments Revolution

Blockchain e-commerce payments and ID platform Nuggets has nabbed a former managing director at Visa as it looks to accelerate the global roll-out of its platform. Kevin Jenkins was appointed as MD U.

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Crypto App-cum-Exchange Abra Now Accepts Card Payments to Buy Bitcoin

Abra, the fintech firm based in Mountain View, California, announced more positive Bitcoin news. It is now accepting Visa and Mastercard for Bitcoin transactions. The move is intended towards making buying and selling of Bitcoin more convenient for its rapidly growing user base.

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PayBis Cryptocurrency Exchange Adds Ripple’s XRP Coin Trading Support

Paybis, a UK based cryptocurrency, and digital currency exchange platform, recently announced that the platform has added support for XRP tokens. They have partnered with Simplex to set up the MasterCard and Visa transactions.

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Litecoin Network’s Abra Now Supports Visa & Mastercard Payments

You can now fund your wallet using VISA or Mastercard globally! Buy bitcoin with your debit or credit card on the web or directly in the Abra app: https://t. co/Z6ap7kVlaR Learn more about Abra card purchases and our partnership with @SimplexCC here: https://t.

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Chanjinn ICO

Chanjinn is an “all-in-one” payment ecosystem. We provide a reliable and easy-to-use digital wallet (mobile application), access to your crypto assets, the ability to pay by Visa and Mastercard; a number of innovative features to ensure financial comfort.

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Promoted: Igniting Crypto Payments Worldwide Through Crypterium

In late 2009, Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto ushered in a groundbreaking approach to money by championing a digital payment system free from third-party intermediaries and governmental control.

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Promoted: Igniting Crypto Payments Worldwide Through Crypterium

In late 2009, Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto ushered in a groundbreaking approach to money by championing a digital payment system free from third-party intermediaries and governmental control.

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Is There a Future for Cryptocurrency-Oriented Visa Debit Cards?

A lot of cryptocurrency enthusiasts have given up on the idea of using a Bitcoin debit card. Visa has taken some steps meant to prevent this type of activity. Even so, some projects are still trying to merge cryptocurrency and Visa payments into a working product.

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On Radical Markets

Recently I had the fortune to have received an advance copy of Eric Posner and Glen Weyl’s new book, Radical Markets, which could be best described as an interesting new way of looking at the subject that is sometimes called “political economy” - tackling the big questions of how markets and politics and society intersect.

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