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Santander launches blockchain-based international money transfer with Ripple XRP
Banco Santander has launched new international money transfer service using blockchain-based technology from Ripple. The service is available to retail customers in Spain, UK, Brazil and Poland, and will be rolled out across more countries in the coming months. The new service, known as ‘Santander One Pay FX’, makes it possible for customers to complete [...]
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Invoices instead of smileys – will we soon be able to pay via WhatsApp?
WhatsApp is now firmly integrated into the everyday lives of millions of people across Europe. The question of where and when to have drinks or dinner is now often discussed and agreed through a WhatsApp group. Instead of a holiday postcard, images are shared immediately via the app. Making audio and video calls is another [...]
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Global mobile wallet users to total 2.1 billion in 2019
Nearly 2.1 billion consumers worldwide will use a mobile wallet to make a payment or send money in 2019, up nearly 30% from 1.6 billion recorded at the end of 2017, according to a new study. The Juniper study claims that while contactless card payments were far more prevalent than NFC mobile payments in many markets, [...]
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Voice enabled P2P payments growing through digital assistant
Google recently announced a new Google Assistant feature: the ability to make P2P payments money transfers to your friends as well as request cash using voice and Google Pay. The feature is one of a number of others in the market and is a growing trend that will work not only on Android smartphones and tablets, but [...]
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Walmart extends financial services with money transfer operation
Walmart like Amazon is moving itself further into traditional financial services provider territory, by expanding its money transfer operation to 200 countries Through the new money transfer operation, people will be able to deliver money from Walmart’s nearly 5,000 US stores to locations abroad within 10 minutes. As more consumers increasingly rely on Walmart and [...]
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