Remittances

How This Taiwanese Fintech Company Wants to Bridge the World Using Stablecoins
How This Taiwanese Fintech Company Wants to Bridge the World Using Stablecoins
Taiwan’s conservative outlook and strict regulatory environment has limited the country from being a regional financial hub like neighbors Hong Kong and Singapore. Wayne Huang...
How This Taiwanese Fintech Company Wants to Bridge the World Using Stablecoins

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law and Impact on Remittances
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law and Impact on Remittances
El Salvador’s new bitcoin wallets could cost money services providers like Western Union and MoneyGram $400 million a year in commissions for remittances, according to CNBC. “...
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law and Impact on Remittances

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Thai Remittance Platform Starts Processing Ripple Payments
DeeMoney has become the first non-banking institution to use RippleNet in Thailand.
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Money Sender Azimo to Use Ripple Tech and XRP for Philippines Remittance Corridor
European money transfer service Azimo is tapping Ripple's On-Demand Liquidity and XRP to speed up remittances to the Southeast Asian nation.
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Intermex Partners With Ripple for XRP-Based Remittance Corridor
Intermex has said it will use use RippleNet for its U.S.-Mexican remittance corridor.
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Bitspark Fades Out Following COO Maxine Ryan's Departure
The company, with operations in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam, will be permanently shuttering its doors on March 4.
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Watch Civic's CEO Talk About His New Cross-Border Payment System
The Civic Wallet is a noncustodial money transfer system that uses your face instead of complex keys.
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This Tiny Crypto Startup Has Lessons for Libra's 'Unbanked' Dreams
If Facebook’s Libra project truly aims to serve the globe’s 1.7 billion unbanked, Hong Kong-based Bitspark might offer some insights.
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Overstock Caps Series A for Bitcoin Startup Ripio With $400k Funding
Overstock subsidiary Medici Ventures has added the South American bitcoin payments startup to its stable of blockchain-focused investments.
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Why Bitcoin Regulation Lags Where it's Needed Most
Africa has significant market potential for bitcoin companies, but its challenging regulatory environment is deterring development.
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