article thumbnail

86: What Is Digital Currency?

Strategic Treasurer

Session 86 Coffee Break Session: What Is Digital Currency? In this episode, Paul Galloway and Jason Campbell discuss digital currency and its implications for treasury professionals. Series Episodes The post 86: What Is Digital Currency? Crypto has been gaining popularity in the past decade.

article thumbnail

MUFG Links With Recruit For Possible B2B Digital Currency

PYMNTS

4), with separate reports noting that the collaboration aims to deploy a digital currency for B2B payments. Citing The Japan News, reports said MUFG and Recruit are working together to develop a digital currency that would first be tested for smartphone consumer payments, with plans to expand the technology into B2B payments use cases.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Today In B2B: Visa Embraces Digital Currency For Corporates, Basware Enhances AP Offering

PYMNTS

Today in B2B payments, Visa embraces the USDC digital currency for corporate payments. Visa Teams With Circle on USDC Digital Currency Corporate Card. Visa will provide a credit card that allows companies to make and receive payments with the digital currency once Circle graduates from Visa’s Fast Track initiative.

article thumbnail

Why Accounts Receivable Is Warming Up To Digital Currency

PYMNTS

In many ways, the rise of crypto and digital currencies like Bitcoin aims to address some of these issues, empowering payers and payees with a way of bypassing the “middleman” of the inter-banking system for faster transaction speeds. Choice, he said, is key to guiding corporates toward a digital currency ecosystem.

article thumbnail

B2B Payments Drive Instant Payments, Crypto Innovation

PYMNTS

Separately, research finds B2B payments as the key driver behind surging instant payments volume in the years ahead. The first company it's working with is Wirex, which provides a crypto-friendly currency account and enables cross-border payments via Visa card. B2B Payments To Drive Instant Payments Adoption.

B2B 129
article thumbnail

UNFCU, Thunes Partner To Allow B2B Transfers In Local Currencies

PYMNTS

United Nations Federal Credit Union (UNFCU) has partnered with cross-border payment network Thunes in order to bring mobile wallet money transfers in local currencies to members, according to a press release. UNFCU, which holds billions in assets and serves over 120,000 members worldwide, recognizes the need for U.N.

article thumbnail

B2B Innovators Explore The New Payment Rail Combinations

PYMNTS

Payment innovators are embracing the opportunities to mix payment rails old and new in search of business-to-business (B2B) solutions that can tackle longstanding friction. Visa To Use Card Rails For Digital Currency B2B Payments. Dollar Coin (USDC) on the ethereum blockchain.

B2B 88