Payments

IBM has launched a blockchain-based payment system called Blockchain World Wire. According to IBM, the new payment network uses digital currency on Stellar's blockchain to "clear and settle cross-border payments" in near real time.

The technology could be a game changer for both Bitcoin lightning and mainnet users, as it would remove the transaction barriers between them.

U.S.-based digital currency exchange Coinbase has filed a patent on a new bitcoin payment system designed to make cryptocurrency payments safer.

Blockchain money transfer company Wyre has announced a partnership with MakerDAO, creator of the Dai stablecoin, to offer Dai as part of a fiat-crypto trading pair in more than 30 countries across the world including the U.S.

One of the biggest retail merchants to sit at Bakkt’s table will be Starbucks, allowing customers to make purchases cryptocurrency.

Online travel agency CheapAir.com has announced it is no longer working with Coinbase to process its customers’ bitcoin payments. In Coinbase's stead, the company has turned to BTCPayServer, an open-source bitcoin payment processor.

A brief overview of some of the Lightning Network mobile bitcoin wallets under development.

Bitcoin payroll and invoicing platform Bitwage, with operations in the U.S and the U.K., has launched two new products: Inwage, an advisory firm that...

Utilizing the Lightning Network, merchants could accept bitcoin payments instantaneously at reduced transaction fees.

Payments Canada, the Bank of Canada, TMX Group and Accenture have shown — through their collaboration on Project Jasper — that it is feasible to instantaneously clear and settle securities on-ledger.