The Alibaba Group has announced its acquisition of online e-commerce platform, Kaola, from NetEase. Alibaba will also be investing $700 million in NetEase’s Cloud Music streaming platform, as part of a separate deal. Chinese multinational e-commerce and tech conglomerate, Alibaba Group, has just acquired Kaola, from NetEase Inc. The acquisition worth $2 billion will create...Read More
Customers who use the Stripe payment platform will now enjoy business loans up to $20,000 through the company’s recently unveiled Stripe Capital. The company is looking to provide businesses with better access to funds. Stripe, one of the world’s biggest payment services firms, has now announced its decision to get involved with business finance through...Read More
While there is no concrete plan to make any specific crypto moves, an Apple Pay executive has just confirmed that the company is paying attention to the sector. Hopefully and at some point, Apple Pay will support cryptocurrency. Apple has not been very forward regarding cryptocurrency and blockchain technology in general. A recent report from...Read More
Mastercard revealed its participation in the Marco Polo blockchain project, a collaboration of R3 and TradeIX. The initiative provides a multi-asset class platform that offers broker-dealer services and multicurrency transactions, among other services. American financial services titan Mastercard announced they’ve partnered Marco Polo, a trade finance network on R3’s Corda blockchain platform. Together with more...Read More
Even though Amazon is yet to announce any plans for its own digital assets, a new report which surveyed opinions from several analysts, has claimed that Amazon is very likely to announce a Libra competitor. A few months ago, Facebook revealed plans for its own cryptocurrency called the Libra, and also announced the Libra Association....Read More
HSBC processed the first-ever Yuan-denominated blockchain-based letter-of-credit transaction for MTC Electronics over the Voltron blockchain platform. In a major milestone, banking giant HSBC completed the first-ever Yuan-denominated blockchain-based letter-of-credit transaction on Tuesday, September 3. Since long, HSBC has been working on introducing the use of blockchain technology to the traditional paper-based method of financing trade....Read More
Photo: Wikimedia Commons PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. finally went live with the blockchain payments platform RippleNet. By doing this, it became a first-ever American bank that decided to process cross-border payments just a year after they decided to adopt Ripple’s technology. As one of the ten largest banks in the U.S., the inaugurating of...Read More
Apple has now made its own Apple Card available for all consumers within the United States. Apple promises to keep user data very private and not compromise on security, especially with Apple Card partners MasterCard and Goldman Sachs. Apple has finally released its own credit card called the Apple Card. In partnership with American multinational...Read More
Silvergate Bank will allow Gemini’s customers deposit and withdraw U.S. Dollars from their accounts in real-time. This will help the customers to switch in and out of the crypto markets quickly. Gemini cryptocurrency exchange, founded by Bitcoin billionaires Winklevoss twins, announced its partnership with Silvergate Exchange Network (SEN), a USD payments platform. According to the...Read More
It has come to light that the world’s 4th largest smartphone manufacturer, Xiaomi, wants to enter the consumer lending business in the crowded Indian market in the coming weeks, recent news report. China-based smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has revealed that they will soon enter the consumer lending business in India in the coming weeks. Xiaomi is...Read More
Experts from the payments industry believe that Apple Card launch can boost the company’s Apple Pay digital wallet system which can give tough competition to giants like Venmo, PayPal, and Square Cash. Earlier this week on Tuesday, August 20, tech giant Apple launched its Apple Card in the US market. Apple’s foray into the payments...Read More
Photo: A1 Austria’s telecommunications giant and the country’s largest mobile service provider A1 has officially announced accepting cryptocurrency payments at some of its store locations across Austria. In the official announcement, A1 states that in its pilot project, they will accept cryptocurrency payments at some A1 shops while demonstrating global businesses that integrating digital currency...Read More
Facebook Inc further extends its reach towards establishing its dominance in the Asian market. Having that it’s instant-messaging app – WhatsApp partners with multiple Indonesian digital payment firms to offer their mobile transaction services. Indonesia has an estimated value of 260 million people. Been that the nation enlists among the top-five largest markets for WhatsApp,...Read More
Apple officially launched its Apple Card payments service to the US customers along with introducing its Daily Cash rewards program and other benefits. As almost every tech giant is flexing its muscles to grab a share of the payments industry, Apple is no different! On Tuesday, August 20, the Cupertino-based tech giant officially launched the...Read More
