In December Mastercard shared that they were working on an international digital identity which would be able to verify financial...
A new study by Mastercard and Harvard Business Review reveals that fintech has so far had a limited impact; the...
There is poetry in the symmetry of this situation. Bitfinex is looking to raise $1 billion in capital to support the most popular stablecoin Tether, which it controls. Facebook is reportedly looking to raise $1 billion in capital from First Data, Visa and Mastercard and other payments companies to shore up its own stablecoin asset. Poetry is where the similarities end, and all these devils are in the details.
Mastercard is launching a partnership with UK fintech Yoyo Wallet; Yoyo is a mobile wallet that can be used at...
Let's make a collective decision to see the glass as half-full. While physical banking (7,000 US branches gone during 2012-2017) and employment in the sector (425,000 jobs lost since 2013) has been contracting, digital commerce, banking, and investment management have been growing. Even DFA is finally giving in and lowering fees on their $600 billion institutional mutual fund family. Of course, Fintech has been a slow and gradual transformation, not a rapid disruption. We can make a choice to bemoan the loss of the past, or a choice to express an excitement for the future and participate in its making. Which side are you on?
After the Bust, Are Bitcoins More Like Tulip Mania or the Internet? Google’s Ulku Rowe on how innovative financial services...
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Facebook has been quietly working on a new cryptocurrency-based payments system. Dubbed Project...
After 18 months of secret development with Apple and Goldman Sachs Mastercard plans to bring to digital first features of...
Facebook plans to reveal their crypto plans next week and now they count a group of impressive backers to support...
China’s central bank as accepted Amex’s application to start a bank card clearing business, but they still need to receive...