PayPal ropes in UPI, China's Tenpay to ease global payments for two billion usersPayPal is planning to launch PayPal World—a cross-border payment platform in partnership with UPI and Tencent's Tenpay Global—later this ye...
23 Jul, 2025, 03.15 PM IST
Road to a $3.7 trillion Stablecoin market is full of obstaclesStablecoins are on the brink of mainstream adoption, with the US Senate advancing legislation and major firms like PayPal and Amazon eyeing...
21 Jun, 2025, 12.24 PM IST
Regulation, deals and crypto: Fintech themes to watch in 2025The bankruptcy of banking-as-a-service startup Synapse Financial Technologies left thousands of fintech customers without access to funds h...
01 Jan, 2025, 08.14 PM IST
How stablecoins serve as a bridge between crypto and fiat: Insights from Anush JaferStablecoins are crucial in cryptocurrency, offering stable value by being pegged to assets like fiat currencies or other cryptocurrencies. ...
14 Oct, 2024, 12.00 PM IST
More than 90% of stablecoin transactions aren’t from real users, study findsOut of about $2.2 trillion in total transactions in April, just $149 billion originated from “organic payments activity,” according to Visa.
06 May, 2024, 09.04 AM IST
PayPal stock surges as pledge to turn 'leaner' keeps crypto concerns at bayThe company's shares climbed nearly 7% to $55.12 on Thursday as a strong full-year profit forecast also calmed market jitters about a spend...
02 Nov, 2023, 07.56 PM IST
PayPal stock surges as pledge to turn "leaner" keeps crypto concerns at bayThe company's shares climbed nearly 7% to $55.12 on Thursday as a strong full-year profit forecast also calmed market jitters about a spend...
02 Nov, 2023, 07.45 PM IST
Analysis-Why PayPal's stablecoin is likely to succeed where Facebook's Libra failedThe move, which comes as PayPal transitions to a new CEO announced last week, seems risky after Facebook's stablecoin was crushed by politi...
21 Aug, 2023, 03.44 PM IST
Why PayPal's stablecoin is likely to succeed where Facebook's Libra failedPayPal this month said it was launching PayPal USD, a crypto token pegged to the U.S. dollar, making it the second major global company to ...
21 Aug, 2023, 03.37 PM IST
PayPal names Intuit's Alex Chriss as its new CEOThe change of guard marks a watershed moment for digital payments giant PayPal, which has been looking to push deeper into the cryptocurren...
14 Aug, 2023, 07.45 PM IST
Congresswoman Maxine Waters 'deeply concerned' with PayPal's stablecoin launchEarlier this week, PayPal became the first major financial technology firm to embrace digital currencies for payments and transfers with th...
10 Aug, 2023, 10.14 AM IST
State banks need to obtain clearance from US Fed before stablecoins' transactionsThe Fed also said it is creating a new supervisory program to oversee the activities of the banks it supervises related to cryptocurrency, ...
09 Aug, 2023, 09.39 AM IST
PayPal debuts US dollar-backed stablecoin for paymentsPayPal USD is issued by Paxos Trust Company and backed by dollar deposits and similar cash holdings, the online payments giant said in a re...
08 Aug, 2023, 09.08 AM IST
PayPal becomes first major fintech to launch dollar-backed stablecoinWhile stablecoins - crypto tokens whose monetary value is pegged to a stable asset to protect from wild volatility - have been around for y...
07 Aug, 2023, 10.02 PM IST
PayPal launches stablecoin in crypto pushDigital payments firm PayPal Holdings on Monday launched a US dollar stablecoin in a bid to push for crypto adoption for its payments and t...
07 Aug, 2023, 07.53 PM IST
PayPal pauses stablecoin work amid regulatory scrutiny of cryptoPayPal had hoped to debut the stablecoin, which will be backed one for one by the dollar, in the coming weeks, Bloomberg reported, citing a...
11 Feb, 2023, 10.50 PM IST
Facebook readies secretive blockchain currency for India with ex-PayPal recruitsThe blockchain group is developing a stablecoin, a type of digital currency pegged to the US dollar or a basket of currencies, making it le...
09 May, 2019, 09.38 AM IST