Tag: Payments

Google stated it will use Coinbase to accept crypto payments for cloud services early next year, CNBC reported. Google Cloud will let customers pay for its services using ten cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, and Tether. Google announced the deal at Cloud Next, a conference where Google pitches its computing business to companies. According to…

Interbank messaging service SWIFT has partnered with Chainlink Labs (LINK) for a cross-chain interoperability proof-of-concept project. The project would connect SWIFT’s network to every blockchain to allow traditional finance players access to digital and traditional assets within the single network. The link-up was announced at an event in New York on Sept. 28. At the…

Payment giant Mastercard partnered with crypto financial app Hi to launch the world’s first NFT card, an official announcement said. This new card will allow people customize their NFT avatars with an item from a collection comprised of these digital assets. Per the statement, Mastercard and Hi will enable customers to personalize their verified profiles…

Virtuzone, the UAE’s leading firm providing corporate and business formation services, announced a strategic partnership with Binance to enable digital payments via Binance Pay on August 29. The company joins the list of major businesses in the UAE, such as JA Resorts and Hotels and Majid Al Futtaim, to officially accept cryptocurrencies following the integration…

Bitcoin’s Lightning Network has been growing at a slow pace. What’s keeping it behind, given its high transaction throughput? – writes Francisco Rodrigues on Cointelegraph. Bitcoin (BTC) changed the world as a decentralized, nongovernmental form of currency that can facilitate peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions that transcend national borders.  But despite this functionality, Bitcoin’s role as a…

On August 24, Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach announced in a LinkedIn post the collaboration with Binance to launch a prepaid card called Binance Card. The card service is set to launch in Argentina first before expanding to other regions. It will allow users to make purchases with a Binance card at over 90 million stores…