Jorge Carrasco: “Financial institutions can benefit most from this technology”
Jorge Carrasco, Blockchain and Web3 expert at FTI Consulting delves into the evolving digital assets landscape in the Middle East.
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Bitpanda MENA observes significant uptick in UAE’s crypto adoption
Walid Benothman, Managing Director of crypto platform Bitpanda MENA believes the UAE is entering a new era that will see it become a leading global crypto hub.
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Open banking payments to outpace BNPL and crypto over next five years
Open Banking will likely be a more popular payment method that Buy Now Pay Later and Crypto in five years time, according to new emerchantpay research.
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5 payment trends accelerating social commerce in 2024
Here are 5 payment trends driving the surge in social commerce in 2024.
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Seamless ME 2024: Full interview with Meryem Habibi, CRO of Bitpace
Seamless Xtra Editor, Mark Dowdall speaks with Chief Revenue Officer of Bitpace, Meryem Habibi at...
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Bitpanda expands digital assets infrastructure to the UAE
Bitpanda will open its first regional office in Dubai and has already appointed Walid Benothman, Nadeem Ladki and Waleed Rassuli to tailor its B2B solution to the needs of the local market
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Tether and Fuze to tackle digital asset education in Turkey and the Middle East
Under a newly-signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Tether and Fuze are planning to address various facets of education around the digital asset space.
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Crypto.com gets go-ahead from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority
Crypto.com’s Dubai entity has received full operational approval to launch a new exchange for institutional investors.
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UAE’s Tungsten secures FSRA licence to transform custody for $23 billion digital assets sector
Tungsten is the first UAE-built and regulated custody platform purposely designed to store digital assets securely for institutional investors.
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Bitpay: XRP payments surge by 42% but Bitcoin remains king
Five industries came out on top for cypto payments in a year when spending rallied among the XRP community
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Alchemy Pay launches fiat-crypto payment services on Bitcoin.com
Through Alchemy Pay On-Ramp, partners can enable users to purchase crypto directly with fiat currency via a variety of local and global fiat payment methods.
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South Africans can now withdraw cryptocurrency as cash at designated ATMS
An app that integrates with users’ crypto wallets so they can withdraw their cryptocurrency as cash at designated ATMS across South Africa has been unveiled by payment company, Paycorp.
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UAE’s Fuze receives licence approval from Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority
Through the licence Fuze will be able to offer regulated virtual asset activities for Broker-Dealer services in the region.
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Mastercard partners Moonpay to add Web3-based experiential marketing
Mastercard will soon incorporate additional Web3 technologies into their experiential marketing efforts as part of a deal with payments infrastructure firm, Moonpay.
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Emmanuel Daniel: “Banking thrives on being not seamless and that needs to change”
Author and founder of the Asian Banker, Emmanuel Daniel, tells Seamless Xtra why bankers need to get rid of outdated assumptions about what banking really is.
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Swift releases the results of its blockchain experiments
Financial messaging system Swift has released results from a series of experiments, which, it says is evidence that its infrastructure can help the transfer of tokenised value across multiple public and private blockchains.
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PayPal launches U.S. dollar stablecoin to expand into crypto payments
The company announced that the stablecoin, which is fully backed by U.S. dollar deposits, short-term U.S. treasuries and similar cash equivalents, is now being rolled out to eligible U.S. PayPal customers.
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N26 launches crypto trading product for European markets
N26 Crypto is set to roll out progressively to customers in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Portugal and Ireland
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