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Visa, Mastercard Race to Capture a $253 Billion Crypto Threat
- Wednesday July 2, 2025
- World News | Emily Mason and Olga Kharif, Bloomberg
A turf war is breaking out in the vast world of digital payments - and the incumbents are suddenly on defense.
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Mastercard, Kraken Team Up to Scale Card-Based Crypto Spending in UK, Europe
- Wednesday April 9, 2025
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Mastercard has teamed up with Kraken to enable card-based crypto payments for day-to-day purchases. In the coming weeks, Kraken will be launching physical and digital debit cards to facilitate payments through crypto.Â
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www.gadgets360.com
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Kazakhstan and UAE Central Banks Sign MoU to Collaborate on VDA Regulations, CBDCs
- Friday April 4, 2025
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
The National Bank of Kazakhstan and the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) have signed an MoU to collaborate on fintech, cybersecurity, and CBDCs, focusing on how UAE's financial hubs leverage blockchain and crypto for payments and transactions.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Trump Family's World Liberty Financial Crypto Venture to Launch Stablecoin
- Wednesday March 26, 2025
- Reuters
Donald Trump's World Liberty Financial will launch a dollar-pegged USD1 stablecoin. USD1 will be launched on the Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain blockchains - digital ledgers that underpin the movement of crypto coins.
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India Delays UPI Payments Market Share Cap in Relief for PhonePe, Google Pay
- Tuesday December 31, 2024
- Reuters
India has pushed back the implementation of market share caps for UPI apps like Google Pay and PhonePe. According to the proposal, first made in November 2020, digital payment firms would not be allowed to hold more than 30 percent share of the volume of transactions processed via India's popular unified payments interface (UPI).
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www.gadgets360.com
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EBA Establishes Stricter Oversight for Firms Handling Crypto-Assets and Payments: Details
- Friday November 15, 2024
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has directed payment service providers to screen all firms seeking to register their businesses in EU member states. Additionally, EU lawmakers have mandated that virtual digital asset service providers (VASPs) conduct comprehensive due diligence, including detailed risk assessments.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Paytm To Sell Entertainment Ticketing Business To Zomato For Rs 2,048 Crore
- Wednesday August 21, 2024
- India News | Reuters
Food delivery platform Zomato said on Wednesday it will acquire the movie and events ticketing businesses of digital payments firm Paytm for a combined Rs 2048 crore.
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www.ndtv.com
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Paytm Q4 FY24 Loss Widens To Rs 550 Crore After RBI Action Against Payments Bank
- Wednesday May 22, 2024
- Business News | Reuters
Digital payments firm Paytm posted a wider loss in the fiscal fourth quarter on Wednesday, hurt by weakness in its payments and financial services business after the central bank shut down its banking unit.
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www.ndtv.com
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Paytm Payments Bank Board Is Independent, Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma Says
- Tuesday April 23, 2024
- Reuters
The board of India's Paytm Payments Bank is independent and capable of addressing regulatory concerns, the chief executive officer of digital payments firm Paytm, formally known as One97 Communications Ltd, (OCL) said on Monday.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Payments Bank Board Is Independent: Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma
- Tuesday April 23, 2024
- Business News | Reuters
The board of India's Paytm Payments Bank is independent and capable of addressing regulatory concerns, the chief executive officer of digital payments firm Paytm, formally known as One97 Communications Ltd, (OCL) said on Monday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Paytm Gets Third-Party UPI App License From NPCI as Payments Bank Ceases Operations
- Friday March 15, 2024
- Reuters
Indian digital payments firm Paytm, formally known as One 97 Communications, was on Thursday granted a third-party application provider license by the country's payments authority, which will enable it to facilitate payments after its banking unit ceases operations.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Paytm Gets Third-Party App Licence From Payments Authority
- Thursday March 14, 2024
- India News | Reuters
The National Payments Corporation of India on Thursday said it granted digital payments firm Paytm a third-party application provider license.
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www.ndtv.com
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Paytm Payments Bank Said to Cut About 20 Percent of Staff as Business Halt Looms
- Thursday March 14, 2024
- Reuters
Indian digital payments firm Paytm plans to cut close to 20 percent of staff at its banking unit amid uncertainty over the unit's future due to a looming central bank deadline for it to halt most operations, two sources said.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Paytm CEO Quits Payments Bank Board In Major Shakeup Amid RBI Clampdown
- Monday February 26, 2024
- India News | Reuters
Digital payments firm Paytm said on Monday that Vijay Shekhar Sharma would step down as non-executive chairman and board member of its payments bank's unit.
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www.ndtv.com
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Crypto Ransom Attack Payments Hit Record $1 Billion in 2023: Chainalysis
- Friday February 9, 2024
- Reuters
Payments from crypto-related ransom attacks nearly doubled to a record $1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,304 crore) in 2023, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis said on Wednesday. Scammers targeting institutions such as hospitals, schools and government offices for ransom pocketed $1.1 billion (roughly Rs. 9,133 crore) last year, compared with $567 mill...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Visa, Mastercard Race to Capture a $253 Billion Crypto Threat
- Wednesday July 2, 2025
- World News | Emily Mason and Olga Kharif, Bloomberg
A turf war is breaking out in the vast world of digital payments - and the incumbents are suddenly on defense.
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www.ndtv.com
-
Mastercard, Kraken Team Up to Scale Card-Based Crypto Spending in UK, Europe
- Wednesday April 9, 2025
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Mastercard has teamed up with Kraken to enable card-based crypto payments for day-to-day purchases. In the coming weeks, Kraken will be launching physical and digital debit cards to facilitate payments through crypto.Â
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www.gadgets360.com
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Kazakhstan and UAE Central Banks Sign MoU to Collaborate on VDA Regulations, CBDCs
- Friday April 4, 2025
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
The National Bank of Kazakhstan and the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) have signed an MoU to collaborate on fintech, cybersecurity, and CBDCs, focusing on how UAE's financial hubs leverage blockchain and crypto for payments and transactions.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Trump Family's World Liberty Financial Crypto Venture to Launch Stablecoin
- Wednesday March 26, 2025
- Reuters
Donald Trump's World Liberty Financial will launch a dollar-pegged USD1 stablecoin. USD1 will be launched on the Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain blockchains - digital ledgers that underpin the movement of crypto coins.
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www.gadgets360.com
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India Delays UPI Payments Market Share Cap in Relief for PhonePe, Google Pay
- Tuesday December 31, 2024
- Reuters
India has pushed back the implementation of market share caps for UPI apps like Google Pay and PhonePe. According to the proposal, first made in November 2020, digital payment firms would not be allowed to hold more than 30 percent share of the volume of transactions processed via India's popular unified payments interface (UPI).
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www.gadgets360.com
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EBA Establishes Stricter Oversight for Firms Handling Crypto-Assets and Payments: Details
- Friday November 15, 2024
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has directed payment service providers to screen all firms seeking to register their businesses in EU member states. Additionally, EU lawmakers have mandated that virtual digital asset service providers (VASPs) conduct comprehensive due diligence, including detailed risk assessments.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Paytm To Sell Entertainment Ticketing Business To Zomato For Rs 2,048 Crore
- Wednesday August 21, 2024
- India News | Reuters
Food delivery platform Zomato said on Wednesday it will acquire the movie and events ticketing businesses of digital payments firm Paytm for a combined Rs 2048 crore.
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www.ndtv.com
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Paytm Q4 FY24 Loss Widens To Rs 550 Crore After RBI Action Against Payments Bank
- Wednesday May 22, 2024
- Business News | Reuters
Digital payments firm Paytm posted a wider loss in the fiscal fourth quarter on Wednesday, hurt by weakness in its payments and financial services business after the central bank shut down its banking unit.
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www.ndtv.com
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Paytm Payments Bank Board Is Independent, Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma Says
- Tuesday April 23, 2024
- Reuters
The board of India's Paytm Payments Bank is independent and capable of addressing regulatory concerns, the chief executive officer of digital payments firm Paytm, formally known as One97 Communications Ltd, (OCL) said on Monday.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Payments Bank Board Is Independent: Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma
- Tuesday April 23, 2024
- Business News | Reuters
The board of India's Paytm Payments Bank is independent and capable of addressing regulatory concerns, the chief executive officer of digital payments firm Paytm, formally known as One97 Communications Ltd, (OCL) said on Monday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Paytm Gets Third-Party UPI App License From NPCI as Payments Bank Ceases Operations
- Friday March 15, 2024
- Reuters
Indian digital payments firm Paytm, formally known as One 97 Communications, was on Thursday granted a third-party application provider license by the country's payments authority, which will enable it to facilitate payments after its banking unit ceases operations.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Paytm Gets Third-Party App Licence From Payments Authority
- Thursday March 14, 2024
- India News | Reuters
The National Payments Corporation of India on Thursday said it granted digital payments firm Paytm a third-party application provider license.
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www.ndtv.com
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Paytm Payments Bank Said to Cut About 20 Percent of Staff as Business Halt Looms
- Thursday March 14, 2024
- Reuters
Indian digital payments firm Paytm plans to cut close to 20 percent of staff at its banking unit amid uncertainty over the unit's future due to a looming central bank deadline for it to halt most operations, two sources said.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Paytm CEO Quits Payments Bank Board In Major Shakeup Amid RBI Clampdown
- Monday February 26, 2024
- India News | Reuters
Digital payments firm Paytm said on Monday that Vijay Shekhar Sharma would step down as non-executive chairman and board member of its payments bank's unit.
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www.ndtv.com
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Crypto Ransom Attack Payments Hit Record $1 Billion in 2023: Chainalysis
- Friday February 9, 2024
- Reuters
Payments from crypto-related ransom attacks nearly doubled to a record $1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,304 crore) in 2023, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis said on Wednesday. Scammers targeting institutions such as hospitals, schools and government offices for ransom pocketed $1.1 billion (roughly Rs. 9,133 crore) last year, compared with $567 mill...
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www.gadgets360.com