FinTech

When Bill Harris, former CEO of PayPal, described Bitcoin as “the greatest scam in history” in an article for Vox, the last thing that would come to his mind was the role his company would play in the global adoption of this cryptocurrency.This was in 2018, just when Bitcoin was on a major bearish trend. The bubble —as Harris described it— exploded. But things changed, a new CEO replaced Harris and Bitcoin’s price slowly recovered. Well, slowly until PayPal jumped on the Bitcoin...

ti&m ist erster unabhängiger Integrationspartner für «TransferWise for Banks» in der Schweiz Transferwise ist so günstig und erfolgreich, dass sogar Schweizer Banken (!) anfangen, Transferwise zu nutzen. Das hat ein Startup gemerkt und dieses hilft nun den Banken, Transferwise zu integrieren: ti&m ist erster unabhängiger Integrationspartner für „TransferWise for Banks“ in der Schweiz. Wer Transferwise mal ausprobieren möchte,...

PayPal is clearly moving as quickly as it can. Just a few weeks ago, the company announced that it was changing its platform so that users could potentially purchase cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and Ethereum. In addition, customers could also pay for items and services utilizing digital assets.PayPal Removes All Recent RestrictionsWell today, it looks like all of PayPal’s cryptocurrency services are being made available to all customers in the United States, suggesting that the company is...

When the Crypto Twitter community reacts, it does so in a big way. And when the guys from the Bitcoin neighborhood unite, there’s nothing to stop them, especially when it comes to criticizing traditional financial institutions —whether they’re crypto-friendly or not. If this seems hard to believe, ask PayPal, who had to deal with significant criticism after publishing something about Bitcoin that was not swallowed easily by the Crypto Twitter community. What PayPal Did In...

Bitcoin is up by a total of around 5% this week. However, the most interesting part is that it finally broke above the coveted $16,000 mark for the first time since January 2018. This time, however, things are looking a lot more stable. BTC had a few attempts at $16,000 and managed to convincingly break through today. Ironically, it’s Friday the 13th so there goes the myth of bad things happening on this date. At the time of this writing, the price is trading at above $16,200...

The giant online payment processor announced yesterday that all “eligible PayPal account holders in the US can now buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrency directly with PayPal.” The update of the original statement reads that users can interact with digital assets from their PayPal application or through their desktop accounts. The cryptocurrency community remains split in its opinion-whether this is actually good for Bitcoin in the long run.  From one side, people believe that...

As we all know by now, PayPal has announced that it’s planning to allow users to buy digital currencies through it’s platform. In addition, people can pay for goods and services with digital currencies. However, it appears the platform is also really looking to expand its overall crypto presence.PayPal Says Venmo Is ComingThis has been established in the fact that it has acquired a conditional Bit License and that it’s looking to potentially purchase Bit Go and other crypto custodial firms,...

Telegram is being made to pay more than $600,000 in legal fees to a company called Lantah over the use of the GRAM name that Telegram has given its recent cryptocurrency.Telegram Must Fork Over the DoughLantah was developed in the year 2017 by a man named Daniel Jeffery. Lantah is looking to create a “global, borderless marketplace” and assist those who cannot gain access to traditional banking services with cryptocurrency. As it turns out, both Lantah and Telegram have allegedly utilized the...

Mit der Debit Mastercard von TransferWise erhalten Kunden weltweit Zugang zu einem Multi-Währungs-Konto und zahlreichen Mobile-Payment-Lösungen im europäischen Wirtschaftsraum. Bitcoin soll Zahlungen und Finanztransaktionen weltweit schneller, kostengünstiger und sicherer machen. Und auch transparenter, weil die klassischen Banken als Finanzdienstleister wegfallen. Der Ruf von...

PayPal CEO Daniel Schulman said that the large online payment processor will add numerous new cryptocurrency-related features at the start of next year. In the most recent earnings call reported by Fortune, Schulman noted that the platform will enable crypto payments for goods and services at 28 million merchants. He reassured that it will not result in any “incremental fees for either consumers or merchants.” PayPal’s mobile payment service app Venmo, will also support...