Tag: cryptocurrency

October 6, 2022

Farfetch has announced it will offer customers the chance to purchase items on its marketplace with cryptocurrency in 37 countries. The luxury fashion platform said it will initially accept six cryptocurrencies which include Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), USD Coin (USDC), […]

August 24, 2022

Retailers may be missing out by not accepting payments in cryptocurrency, according to a new report by specialised payments platform Paysafe. The research reveals that a staggering 80% of crypto owners want to pay for goods with their crypto balances […]

April 26, 2022

The value of digital wallets transactions will exceed $12 trillion in 2026, from $7.5 trillion in 2022, according to a new study from Juniper Research. To capitalise on this growth, the research predicts leading digital payment vendors will diversify their […]

February 23, 2022

No matter how fast the modern payment ecosystem is developing, the pursuit of the best customer experience isn’t going anywhere. To answer customers’ demands, business leaders must find the balance between adapting services to consumers’ digitally-driven shopping behaviors and staying […]

January 24, 2022

Almost every big technological innovation has its skeptics. Smartphones and social media were no exception. But what’s unique or different about the metaverse is that it’s not a single innovation but the culmination of many that is now propelling it […]

March 31, 2021

PayPal has announced it is giving customers the chance to ‘checkout with crypto’ at its 29 million merchants for everyday purchases. The service, which is currently only available to consumers in the US, will enable the payment of goods with […]

March 9, 2021

PayPal has announced plans to acquire cryptocurrency security firm Curv in a move which suggests the payment giant could soon allow customers to pay using digital currency. According to Decrypt, which first reported the deal, PayPal has been in talks […]

December 7, 2020

Chinese ecommerce giant JD.com Inc on Saturday announced it had become the country’s first platform to accept Beijing’s digital yuan. The company’s finch arm JD Digits will accept Beijing’s homegrown digitals currency as payments for some products on its online […]

May 14, 2019

Blockchain-based technology like cryptocurrencies have been hyped for several years, but concrete applications, particularly for the end consumer, have remained extremely limited. Wild fluctuations in the markets and the prevalence of fraudulent Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have also made investors […]