Central Maryland RTA adds mobile ticketing, fare capping

March 29, 2021

Passengers using buses operated by the Regional Transportation Agency of Central Maryland can now use their credit card to purchase and store digital bus…

Abu Dhabi theme parks using face recognition for entrance, payments

March 26, 2021

Visitors to Abu Dhabi's Yas Island theme park and resort may now use face recognition to make contactless payments to enter the parks as well as at retail and…

Six arrested in connection with Bitcoin ATM money laundering

March 24, 2021

The FBI arrested six people in the town of Keene, New Hampshire, on money laundering charges.

Quipu introduces Garmin Pay, Fitbit Pay to Ecuador

March 18, 2021

Banco ProCredit Ecuador, with support from Quipu, an IT consultancy and software development company providing end-to-end solutions for banks and financial…

Flywire's eStore providing digital commerce capabilities

March 18, 2021

Boston-based Flywire Corporation, a global payments and software company, is launching the Flywire eStore, an online platform that provides a seamless, secure…

Wirex launches multicurrency Mastercard debit card

March 17, 2021

Digital payment platform, Wirex, has launched a multicurrency Mastercard debit card and rewards program in the U.K. and EEA. The card will help to make…

Why contactless technology adoption needs to accelerate

by Miroslav Katsarov

Miroslav Katsarov is CEO of Modeshift, a technology company with the mission to enable small and middle-size transit agencies to provide intelligent…

SoFi fintech acquires Golden Pacific Bancorp

March 15, 2021

SoFi has completed a $22.3 million acquisition of Golden Pacific Bancorp, a California-based community bank with $150 million in assets. The acquisition, which…

Hippo Kiosks partners with ChainBytes to deliver more bitcoin ATMs to Pennsylvania

March 12, 2021

ChainBytes and Hippo Kiosks, both located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, have partnered to bring a fleet of bitcoin ATMs to Lehigh Valley. Hippo Kiosks has…

Digital Yuan trials in Shanghai stores

March 11, 2021

The Bank of Communications and China Construction Bank conducted digital yuan trials at two major department stores in Shanghai from March 5-7. The trials were…

US Bitcoin ATMs up 177% in US

March 10, 2021

According to the latest data from Coin ATM Radar, worldwide, close to 10,000 new Bitcoin ATMs have been installed since March 1, 2020. The current number of…

German bank to offer cryptocurrency services

March 9, 2021

Donner & Reuschel, a private bank in Germany, will soon be offering cryptocurrency buying and saving to its clients. The bank is planning to launch the…

Mizuho ATM outage triggered by digital passbook shift

March 4, 2021

Mizuho Bank returned over 90% of the 5,244 cash cards and passbooks swallowed up by an ATM glitch last week. The reason for the glitch a bank spokesperson said…

Mobile wallet transaction volumes overtake cash payments in stores

March 3, 2021

Worldpay from FIS released its Global Payments Report 2021 and the new research shows digital wallet payments at the POS is growing faster than those made by…

Digital Cash Processing, Genmega partner to deliver next generation ATM functionality

March 3, 2021

Digital Cash Processing has partnered with ATM equipment manufacturer Genmega to provide ATM and kiosk deployers with a next generation, integrated processing…

Cash2Bitcoin Announces a Powerful Online Tool for Locating Bitcoin ATM in Detroit and Other Areas

Bitcoin has become one of the most powerful cryptocurrencies in the past few years, with multiple uses and applications. However, it’s still a bit challenging…

Tokenization: Embracing the great unifier

by Andre Machicao

Consumers expect their personal payment data will be protected when shopping online. For many companies that requires tokenization: using an algorithmically…

CoinFlip lists Dogecoin across 1,800 ATMs, gives access to all consumers

March 2, 2021

CoinFlip, a U.S. Bitcoin ATM provider announced it listed Dogecoin (DOGE) on its 1,800-terminal ATM network, opening access up to all consumers.

CurrencyWorks partners with cannabis retailers to launch digital currency card

March 2, 2021

CurrencyWorks Inc., a financial technology blockchain pioneer and alternative digital payments provider, has signed a deal to partner with leading cannabis…

Fidor Solutions, SIA, partner to offer instant payments service in Europe

March 1, 2021

Fidor Solutions, a subsidiary of Sopra Banking Software, has partnered with SIA, a payment services and infrastructure company controlled by CDP Equity to…