Stripe builds new crypto team for payments three years after dropping Bitcoin
U.S. fintech giant Stripe is hiring a new blockchain team to enable crypto payments for its users. The $100 billion company is returning to the crypto sector three years after it pulled back from offering Bitcoin support due its slow transaction times and rising fees. According to a job listing page on Stripe’s website, the […]
PayPal releases new consumer app for crypto, savings and direct deposits
PayPal has announced the release of a new app billed to be a one-stop-shop for all of the digital payment needs of the company’s customers. As previously reported by Cointelegraph, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman stated back in July that the company’s super app was ready for a rollout in the United States. According to a […]
Venmo enables users to automatically buy crypto with ‘cash back’ rewards
Paypal-owned payments firm Venmo has launched a new crypto ‘cash back’ feature that includes zero transactions on crypto purchases. According to an Aug. 10 announcement, Venmo’s “Cash Back to Crypto” service went live yesterday and enables credit card customers to spend their cashback rewards on digital assets hosted on the platform. Say hello to Cash […]