Mobile banking apps are failing to meet many customer needs in the U.K. Most users are willing to switch banks for better service and customer care.  Futurice UK published a…

Quantoz Payments announced the issuance of USDQ, a dollar-pegged stablecoin, and EURQ, a euro-pegged stablecoin, in the European Economic Area. The assets are MiCA compliant.  Quantoz Payments, a subsidiary of…

Cross-border payments and real-time financial information will become more accessible to more than 32 million customers in 35 countries across Africa.  Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), the parent company of pan-African…

Visa Flexible Credential (VFC), previously available only to Olive card users in Japan, is expanding its geographic availability to the United States and the United Arab Emirates.  Visa announced a…

Swiss bank UBS developed and successfully tested a blockchain-based payment solution designed to increase transparency and security of cross-border payments and speed up their processing. UBS, the world’s largest private…

Mastercard Move and Buna joined forces to enhance and facilitate cross-border payments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.  Mastercard officials announced that the company joined regional cross-border…

Mastercard launched a new service that allows cardholders to use digital wallets to pay for purchases at millions of merchants in Asia Pacific.  Mastercard announced the launch of Pay Local…

A group of major traditional financial and crypto companies teamed up to support the Global Dollar Network project, which aims to accelerate the global adoption of stablecoins. Representatives from Paxos…

Singapore’s financial regulator will develop commercial use cases for tokenized assets, the next step after successful industry trials under Project Guardian.  The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced plans to…