Visa’s Digital Currencies: Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP) By: Grace Highum, Wellesley Hills Financial Visa (V: NYSE) recently announced their intention to launch a new Ethereum blockchain based business-to-business payment service which includes fiat currency backed tokens, such as US Dollars and Euros, next year. The Visa Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP) will start with BBVA as the participating bank.…
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Banking on Bangkok By: Jessica Bernstein As part of the 2024 FinTech Business Development Mission to Hong Kong and Thailand, we arrived in Bangkok late in the evening from our first stop in Hong Kong. The next day, our managing partner, Paul Schaus, and I met with the U.S. Embassy for a briefing and discussion of key financial statistics…
Transaction Laundering: Best Practices for Detection and Mitigation To celebrate International Fraud Awareness Week (Nov. 17-23, 2024), LegitScript is happy to present a special webinar: Transaction Laundering – Best Practices for Detection and Mitigation. Transaction laundering is a powerful tool cybercriminals use to obtain a merchant account under false pretenses. Despite the risks it poses, many payment companies…
Paytronix Announces Generative AI Assistant to Simplify and Streamline Guest Engagement Practices Brands can quickly access data and personalized recommendations to plan campaigns, build reports and analytics, or find help desk information NEWTON, Mass., Nov. 11, 2024 — Paytronix, the leader in guest engagement for restaurants and convenience stores, today announced the Paytronix Assistant,…
VEON Launches AI-Powered Super App Hambi in Uzbekistan Amsterdam, Dubai and Tashkent, 1 November 2024 – VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), a global digital operator, today launches the Hambi super app, an AI-powered innovative platform that consolidates a comprehensive suite of digital services and connectivity into a single application, which is now accessible…