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Ripple‘s partner MoneyGram, a leading payment provider, has continued to position itself among the leaders in cross-border crypto payments. After its major deal with Ripple for On-Demand Liquidity in 2019 worth $50 million, the company has now announced a new collaboration with Lulu Exchange.The exchange ranks among the most prominent crypto and non-banking finance providers in the United Arab Emirates region. Lulu has its headquarters in Abu Dhabi and operates more than 180 active...

Square Crypto is building a Lightning Dev Kit that will give developers more flexibility for Lightning tech and bitcoin wallets. Square’s crypto arm expects that bitcoin payments will overtake cash. Bitcoin’s volatility has gotten in the way of its use case for payments. While some of Twitter gets on Jack Dorsey’s case for allegedly trying to interfere with the presidential election, he has set his sights on something else – crypto. Square Crypto, the Bitcoin...

The World Economic Forum (WEF) 2020 is currently taking place in Davos, Switzerland. The WEF is a meeting of some of the most powerful people in the world, as they discuss the global economy and other related issues. As it turns out, according to British investment exec, the major problem among WEF participants in Davos is deciding the best investment channel for their hefty funds.WEF Attendees Are Keen on Investment but Don’t Know What to DoSpeaking to CNBC’s Steve Sedgwick on Monday, the...

Less than a week ago, Coinspeaker reported that payment giant Visa now owns fintech startup Plaid. Visa acquired the San Francisco-based company in an interesting deal worth $5.3 billion. As we reported, the figure is more than double of Plaid’s 2018 valuation and is expected to stoke the fintech flame already burning in the company.So far, reactions to the acquisition have been great as people believe that their collaboration will do wonders for the fintech industry.The financial world is...

Last week on Friday, January 17, Google‘s parent company Alphabet hit the trillion-dollar milestone. Alphabet became the fourth public listed tech company to achieve this feat.Despite staying in controversy with the regulators over the issues of privacy concerns, Alphabet had a good show in 2019 in the stock market. The Alphabet stock surged nearly 50% in a single year thereby pushing the company’s growth.Apple Inc. was the first company to achieve the trillion-dollar milestone in 2018,...

Tomorrow, the business leaders and politicians from the globe are meeting at another session of the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland.This is the 50th anniversary of the event with a theme: “Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World.” The annual economic gathering will run from January 21 until January 24.United Kindom Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Downing Street said on Monday. Johnson asserted that his...

Ripple has indicated a serious interest in planting itself in the financial and remittance market of the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The giant blockchain company believes that the region is still a largely untapped mine and has its eyes firmly placed on this region for the year 2020.Ripple Has 2020 Plans for Asia-PacificIn an official Ripple publication on Thursday, the company breaks down the Asia-Pacific region, underscoring how much of a gold mine it is. Citing an article by the World...

Researchers claim Tesla car company will be gaining in the market weight as well as in the electric car sphere. The FANG or FAANG list may change the name to FAAMGT because Microsoft and Tesla are the two big corporations in a hurry to achieve perfection. The corporations in that list are considered by many as the saviors of the American economy.Analysts from Ark Investment Say Tesla to Go BullishCatherine Wood is a professional with a vision who claims that Tesla stock can easily reach the...

It looks like Visa is on an investing spree. One of the world’s leading payment processors is heavily investing in fintech companies, which could indicate, that Visa is on the verge of some kind of change. Or that they simply want to support the expansion of fintech. Just recently Visa invested around $5.3 million in a fintech company Plaid. Now it’s turn for VGS.While the investment in Plaid was revealed, this investment in VGS (Very Good Security) currently is undisclosed.However, this is...

Facebook is facing a lawsuit from a group of four plaintiffs who are accusing the social media giant of anti-competitive moves. The complainants are demanding a court order that will force the company to shed some of its weight and sell its assets.The Facebook LawsuitOn Thursday, four tech startups initiated the lawsuit. In the filing, the plaintiffs suggest Facebook’s unlawful moves have built what they describe as a “social data barrier to entry.” This continues to prevent them from being...