MercadoLibre plans to accept BTC and cryptocurrencies as payment for all prod...
The Latin American e-commerce platform selected Brazil to kick-off crypto payments via its MercadoPago application. MercadoPago, the fintech arm of e-commerce giant MercadoLibre, has enabled its Brazilian customers to buy, sell and hold Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and the Paxos-issued U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin Pax Dollar (USDP). In a statement issued Thursday by U.S.-based Paxos, the blockchain infrastructure platform used by PayPal and Facebook, the partnership between MercadoPago and Paxos will allow users to pay for all products sold on the platform using cryptocurrency.Today marks....
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Mercadolibre, one of the biggest online retailers in Latin America, has started rolling cryptocurrency trading services to a selection of their customers and plans to expand this test in the coming weeks. Mercadopago, the payments service native to the platform, will allow these customers to purchase, hold and sell cryptocurrencies directly from the platform. The pilot run will start in Brasil and it might extend to other countries later.
Mercadolibre Forays Into Crypto Services
Mercadolibre, the biggest Latam-based company, has started including cryptocurrency services in its....
MercadoLibre, one of the Latin America's leading online marketplaces, has announced its plans to integrate Bitcoin into its payments platform MercadoPago. The announcement arrived in an email to users, describing how MercadoLibre is working towards introducing innovative and easy payment methods for its customers. While stating that Bitcoin would keep its merchants' "one foot in future", the e-commerce marketplace promised transparency and speediness in its new payment option. However, the mail shied away from mentioning the countries in which the Bitcoin payment button will be available.....
Mercadolibre Inc., Latin America’s leading e-commerce company with almost 70 million users on its marketplace, has bought bitcoins worth almost $8 million for its treasury. With this move, the company has joined a growing list of corporations with the cryptocurrency on their balance sheets. Mercadolibre Holds Bitcoin on Balance Sheet Mercadolibre Inc. reported its first-quarter financial results Wednesday declaring that the company is holding bitcoin on its balance sheet. An Argentine company incorporated in the U.S. that operates online marketplaces dedicated to e-commerce and....
MercadoLibre, Latin America's answer to eBay, has announced it is integrating bitcoin into its payments platform, MercadoPago. In an email to users, the marketplace said the initiative would keep its merchants "one foot in the future". The region has been tipped as a hotbed for bitcoin as users seek alternatives to their local currency, and easier ways to pay online. However, startups still have various hurdles to overcome. It's not yet clear when the roll out will occur, nor which of MercadoLibre's 13 countries will be supported. According to the company, the integration will be subtle -....
Mercadolibre, one of the biggest “e-tailers” in Latam, has partnered with credit giant Mastercard to make use of its tech to secure the cryptocurrency ecosystem of the company. Through this partnership, Mercadolibre will be able to use Mastercard’s Ciphertrace technology, to allow the company to enhance the control and security of the crypto transactions in its trading ecosystem.
Mercadolibre to Strengthen Crypto Vigilance
Mercadolibre, a leading e-tailer of Latam, has partnered with Mastercard, the credit tech company, to improve its due diligence when....