Robinhood Launches Credit Card for Gold Customers
Mar 27, 2024 07:04 am UTC| Business Fintech
Robinhood Markets introduced a new credit card on Tuesday to bolster its position in the personal finance realm and enhance premium tier subscriptions. The credit card, exclusively tailored for Robinhood Gold customers,...
Visa Expands Digital Wallet Capabilities with Visa Commercial Pay
Feb 13, 2024 08:10 am UTC| Business Fintech
Visa, a global leader in digital payments, has announced the extension of digital wallet capabilities within Visa Commercial Pay. This suite of B2B payment solutions, developed in partnership with Conferma Pay, aims to...
Paytm Shares Plummet as Regulatory Crackdown Takes Toll
Feb 05, 2024 06:28 am UTC| Business Fintech
Shares of Indian digital payments firm Paytm slumped 10% to a near-record low on Monday, triggered by a regulatory crackdown on its banking unit. The new low extended a route from last week. Regulatory Crackdown...
Indian Banks Disburse Employee Benefits Through Digital Rupee, Boosting RBI's Target Transactions
Jan 05, 2024 08:58 am UTC| Business Fintech
Indian banks have made strides in adopting digital currency by disbursing employee benefits through the digital rupee. These efforts have helped the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) achieve its target of one million daily...
Elon Musk's X to Launch In-App Payment Services on Social Media Platform in Mid-2024
Dec 22, 2023 10:12 am UTC| Business Fintech
Elon Musks highly anticipated everything app, X, is expected to introduce in-app payment services on its social media platform around mid-2024. Users have eagerly awaited the integration of these payment services, although...
Alchemy Pay Forms Strategic Partnership with Worldpay to Expand Cryptocurrency Payment Channels
Dec 20, 2023 10:14 am UTC| Business Fintech
Alchemy Pay, the pioneering fiat-crypto payment gateway, has joined Worldpay to amplify payment channels and elevate payment capabilities. This collaboration allows Alchemy Pay to access Worldpays Visa and Mastercard...
Mastercard's Shopping Muse: A New Era in AI-Driven E-commerce Personalization
Dec 01, 2023 09:54 am UTC| Business Fintech Technology
Dynamic Yield by Mastercard, a digital personalization and artificial intelligence subsidiary of Mastercard, has unveiled its latest innovation, Shopping Muse. This generative AI chatbot assistant aims to revolutionize how...
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