What We're Reading: Page 139
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
May 20, 2021
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Mashable
Venmo is pausing some payments being sent to Palestinian relief funds
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Wall Street Journal
After Credit Cards, Which Debt Should You Pay?
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Reuters
China bans financial, payment institutions from cryptocurrency business
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Reuters
Payments company Square makes Ireland its first eurozone launch
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The Economist - YouTube
Could digital currencies put banks out of business?
May 19, 2021
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Bloomberg
Central Bank Digital Currencies Could Facilitate Fairer Online Payments, Says Klarna CEO
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Forbes
BlockFi Mistakenly Deposits Outsized Bitcoin Payments
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Crunchbase News
Thunes Banks $60M Growth Round To Bolster Cross-Border Payment Network
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Vox
Afterpay, Klarna, Affirm: Buy now, pay later is growing beyond retail
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CNBC
Bitcoin (BTC) price plunges below $37,000, lowest level since Feb. 3
May 18, 2021
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Financial Times
Lithuanian fintech under scrutiny over potential role in Wirecard fraud
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Bloomberg
Dorsey’s Square Is Selling $2 Billion of Bonds in Junk Debut
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The Economist
The digital currencies that matter
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Reuters
Electronic billing startup Paymentus targets over $2 bln valuation in U.S. IPO
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Finextra
HSBC to take on fintech rivals with multi-currency digital wallet
May 17, 2021
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Wall Street Journal
PayPal Plans to Shift Core Applications to Google Cloud
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PYMNTS.com
Atlanta Fed Forms Committee: Inclusive Payments
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Bloomberg
Elon Musk Just Reopened an Old Wound in the Bitcoin World
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Wall Street Journal
From Bitcoin to Dogecoin: What's Driving Cryptocurrencies' Rise and the Challenges Ahead
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Reuters
Households including most U.S. children to get monthly stimulus payment
May 14, 2021
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WSJ
Coinbase Profit Surges in Crypto Exchange’s First Report as Public Company
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Forbes
Brex Partners With TravelBank To Launch Bitcoin And Ether Rewards Program For Businesses
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Bloomberg
Hong Kong Looks to Expand Cross-Border Tests of Digital Yuan
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Finextra
Central Bank of Bahrain taps JPMorgan Onyx for digital currency trials
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Bloomberg
Africa News: Kenya's Safaricom Talks to Amazon.com (AMZN) on Mobile Payments
May 13, 2021
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WSJ
JPMorgan, Others Plan to Issue Credit Cards to People With No Credit Scores
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Reuters
U.S. Senate votes to repeal 'true lender' banking rule issued under Trump
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Bloomberg
TikTok Tests In-App Shopping to Challenge Facebook
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WSJ
Facebook-Backed Digital Currency Project Revamps to Address U.S. Regulators’ Concerns
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Ledger Insights
SWIFT wants to be trusted party for cross border CBDC payments, create DLT network
May 12, 2021
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WSJ
Credit-Card Debt Keeps Falling. Banks Are On Edge.
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Los Angeles Business Journal
Green Dot Plans Move to Texas
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PYMNTS.com
State Farm Enlists Fiserv For Faster Payouts
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Bloomberg
China’s Much-Hyped Digital Yuan Fails to Impress Early Users
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PaymentsSource
PayverisCU sees demand go beyond faster payments