payments
Epic Games Blasts Apple's 'Anti-Competitive' Payments Practices in Lawsuit
The Fortnite developer says in-app bitcoin and crypto payments could flourish if not for Apple's payments monopoly.
Facebook Taps David Marcus to Lead Payments Initiatives
Marcus will continue running Libra's Novi digital wallet as he takes on Facebook Financial.
Federal Reserve Is Rushing to Get Its Instant Payments Offering Ready
COVID-19 proved the need for FedNow, even though the U.S. central bank admits the service is still years away.
Leading Austrian Telecom Provider Adds Cryptocurrencies to Its Cashless Payment Network
A1 Telekom Austria said cryptocurrencies will now be available to use in its cashless payment app, allowing over 2,500 merchants to accept bitcoin, ether and dash.
You Can Now Buy Hedera Hashgraph’s HBAR Token via Simplex
Users can buy and sell cryptocurrency with a debit or credit card through global payment processor Simplex’s fiat gateway solution.
Bitcoin Has American Mindshare but Few Users
The results from the Federal Reserve's annual Survey of Consumer Choice are in: Most people know of bitcoin, few are using it.
Bitcoin App Bottlepay Is Back From the Dead With a New Lightning App
Bottlepay remodeled its whole product to comply with EU regulations. Roughly 1,000 people are now on the waitlist for the app's relaunch.
WikiLeaks Shop Now Accepts Bitcoin Lightning Payments
In 2011, WikiLeaks was among the first organizations to accept donations in bitcoin. Now its shop is taking bitcoin payments over Lightning.
Bitcoin Startup Zap Is Working With Visa
Lightning Network startup Zap, Inc. is partnering with Visa to offer the most user-friendly bitcoin services since Cash App.
After Years of Resistance, BitPay Adopts SegWit for Cheaper Bitcoin Transactions
Payments processor BitPay has added support for SegWit, three years after a competing block size proposal fractured the Bitcoin community.
