Mexican bitcoin exchange Bitso has been working with Canadian payments firm Paycase to create a new remittance corridor between the two countries.
Financial messaging giant Swift may have introduced new payments tech, but bitcoin startups still feel confident about their role in the industry.
Luis Buenaventura looks at new rules aimed at bitcoin firms in the Philippines, arguing that, cost burden aside, there's reason to be optimistic.
An announcement from the UAE last week marked an unusual development that highlights intriguing socio-economic and geopolitical trends.
Abra CEO Bill Barhydt talks to CoinDesk about the bitcoin payments startup's long-awaited global rollout next month.
Bitspark's George Harrap lists his takeaways from three years of running a bitcoin-based remittance startup.
Cross-border remittance was expected to be bitcoin’s killer app, but that just hasn't happened. CoinDesk looks at why.
MoneyGram still doesn't think bitcoin will impact its business – but it sees blockchain-powered banks as a potential way for it to cut costs.
Visa’s London-based innovation lab has announced its latest blockchain trial will focus on interbank payments.
Consulting firm Bain & Company believes banks are at risk of missing out on the adoption of digital currencies – and the revenue that might come with it. The Boston-based firm has published research that argues financial firms are effectively holding themselves back amid an environment of regulatory and technological uncertainty. The consultancy’s report specifically targets international payments, stating […]
Mizuho Financial Group announced this week it will pilot Ripple's distributed ledger technology for use in cross-currency settlement.
Bitcoin remittance startup Freemit is officially closing down, two years after the effort to build the service began.
After months of small-scale testing in the Philippines, blockchain payments app Abra launched in the US today.
A new research report by banking giant Citi asserts that it does not view bitcoin and other digital currencies as a disruptive threat.
CoinDesk interviews Abra CEO Bill Barhydt on why he believes his startup is poised to be the "WhatsApp for payments".