What We're Reading
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Apr 16, 2021
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WSJ
Bitcoin Payments to Be Banned in Turkey After Confidence Drops in Lira
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TechCrunch
Altman brothers lead B2B payment startup Routable’s $30M Series B
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Payments Journal
On the Heels of the Insurrection, the Payments Industry Needs Clear Definitions of Hate and Harm
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WIRED
Who Let the Doge Out? The Cryptocurrency Is As Nutty and Joyful As Ever
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Financial Times
Restaurant payment app secures Europe’s largest seed-funding round
Apr 15, 2021
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Reuters
Coinbase listing marks latest step in crypto's march to the mainstream
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American Banker
Citi’s self-service portal helps big clients follow their own money
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CNBC
IRS is probing the dark web to look for cryptocurrency, NFT tax evasion
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Forbes
To Support Payments Innovation, Congress Should Revisit Interchange Price Limit
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Wall Street Journal
The Dollar’s Sliding Share in Global Currency Reserves is a Red Herring
Apr 14, 2021
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Cointelegraph
CEO says PayPal’s crypto commerce may reach $200M volume in just months
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Reuters
Digital pound would boost post-Brexit City of London, think-tank says
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Wall Street Journal
Gap to Replace Longtime Credit-Card Issuer Synchrony With Barclays
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CoinDesk
Europe's Investment Bank Plans to Settle Bonds in Euros Using Blockchain: Report
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Finextra
MoneyGram partners Sigue on payments-as-a-service
Apr 13, 2021
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Bloomberg
Biden Team Eyes Potential Threat From China’s Digital Yuan
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Fortune
Coinbase IPO: The mathematical improbability of Coinbase justifying a $100 million valuation
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Wall Street Journal
How Payment Processor Stripe Became Silicon Valley’s Hottest Startup
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PYMNTS.com
PayPal Introduces New Fraud Protection Tool
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9to5Mac
New patent shows how Apple could use the iPhone's U1 chip to enhance Apple Pay
Apr 12, 2021
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Bloomberg
Trustly CEO Hints at Dual U.S. Listing After Stockholm IPO
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MarketWatch
Mastercard will let you track the climate impact of your spending habits
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Barron's on YouTube
SEC Hester Peirce on Bitcoin "I dont see how you could ban it...Be foolish for government to try"
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Bloomberg
China Poised to Dominate Digital Currency, Electronic Payments
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Bloomberg
Ant to Be Financial Holding Firm in Overhaul Forced by China
Apr 09, 2021
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Bloomberg
Visa’s Incentives to Banks Examined by Justice Department
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Finextra
Citi partners IDB on blockchain-based cross-border payments trial
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PYMNTS.com
Afterpay, Adyen Team On Installment Payments
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Finextra
Mastercard releases end-user application for UK Request to Pay framework
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BleepingComputer
VISA: Hackers increasingly using web shells to steal credit cards
Apr 08, 2021
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PYMNTS.com
Fed Introduces Uniform Definition Of SIF
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Women's Wear Daily
Bluemercury Rolls Out Klarna to 183 Stores, Nationwide
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Henrico-based The Brink's Co. acquires the nation's largest privately held provider of ATM services for $213 million
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Cointelegraph
Paxos applies for clearing license with SEC following successful pilot tests
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Clubhouse
Introducing Clubhouse Payments