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ForkLog 12 26.02.2021

Mastercard says bitcoin is ill-suited for payments

Bitcoin does not behave like a payment instrument — it is highly volatile and a transaction takes too long, said Mastercard Executive Chairman Ann Cairns in an interview with MarketWatch.

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ForkLog 16 24.02.2021

Alan Howard and NYDIG back Bottlepay’s micro-payments service in a $15.5 million seed round

The Bottlepay bitcoin payments service attracted £11 million (~$15.5 million) in a seed round. Participants included billionaire Alan Howard, partners at the Goldman Sachs investment bank, the FinTech Collective venture firm and NYDIG. The funding will go toward expanding the team, developing the service’s functionality, and entering new markets. “The £11 million raise and a £51 million valuation speak to the scale of Bottlepay’s ambitions, capable of revolutionising payment solutions,” said Mark Webster, Bottlepay’s chief executive.

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ForkLog 15 22.02.2021

Former Bank of England governor joins Stripe board

Mark Carney, who led the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England from 2008 to 2020, has joined Stripe's board.

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ForkLog 10 19.02.2021

Portuguese electricity provider Luzboa to accept bitcoin payments for electricity bills

The Portuguese electricity provider Luzboa plans to add bitcoin payment support for 5,000 customers. Local publication Expresso reports this.

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ForkLog 25 03.02.2021

Visa to test solution to integrate bitcoin payments with banks

The payments company Visa announced testing of a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) that will allow customers of traditional banks to buy and sell digital assets such as Bitcoin.

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ForkLog 21 29.01.2021

Visa chief outlines cryptocurrency strategy

Visa plans to bolster security and broaden the use of cryptocurrency-enabled transactions. This was stated by Visa's CEO, Alfred Kelly, during an investor teleconference on the company's first-quarter fiscal-year results, as reported by The Block.

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ForkLog 26 19.01.2021

Travala to accept Tezos (XTZ) as payment for 3 million travel products

The Binance-backed blockchain hotel-booking service Travala added Tezos (XTZ) as a payment method for 3 million travel-product options, ForkLog said, citing Tezos Ukraine.

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ForkLog 25 18.12.2020

Visa proposes offline payment method for central bank digital currencies

Visa, the payments giant, published a study describing an autonomous payment system for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

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ForkLog 10 14.12.2020

Banxa, a Binance and OKEx partner, will become the world’s first publicly listed crypto-payments company.

Australian payments infrastructure provider Banxa plans to list its shares on a Canadian venture exchange, according to Financial Review.

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ForkLog 9 14.12.2020

ECB stresses private-sector role in future digital payments system

The ECB's Governing Council said that stepping up work on issuing the digital euro does not imply an intention to displace the private sector in providing payment services.

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ForkLog 34 11.12.2020

YuMoney Wallet to halt cooperation with Bitcoin exchanges from January 1, 2021

YuMoney (formerly Yandex.Money) warned cryptocurrency exchanges that partner with the Bestсhange aggregator about a ban on using their wallet for the circulation of digital currency starting January 1, 2021. The Telegram channel BTC holder reports this.

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ForkLog 21 02.12.2020

65% of PayPal customers willing to use Bitcoin as a payment method

65% of PayPal customers say they are willing to pay with Bitcoin for goods and services at 28 million points of sale, according to a survey by Mizuho Securities USA.

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