PayPal stablecoin: What it could mean for payments
PayPal has confirmed it is exploring a stablecoin. Here’s how experts see the potential impact of a PayPal Coin. PayPal confirmed on Jan. 8 it is “exploring a stablecoin” that could be called PayPal Coin after a developer found evidence of such a stablecoin within the source code of the company’s iPhone app.PayPal senior vice president of crypto and digital currencies Jose Fernandez da Ponte said at the time that if the company plans to move forward with the stablecoin, it will do so while working closely with relevant regulators — an approach that could help the fintech firm avoid the....
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The development of an in-house stablecoin was first discovered in the source code of Paypal’s iPhone app by developer Steve Moser. American fintech giant PayPal Holdings has reportedly confirmed its intent to launch its own stablecoin named PayPal Coin. The development of an in-house stablecoin was first discovered in the source code of Paypal’s iPhone app by developer Steve Moser.Confirming the evidence found on the PayPal app, Jose Fernandez da Ponte, PayPal’s SVP of crypto and digital currencies, told Bloomberg News:“We are exploring a stablecoin; if and when we seek to move forward, we....
Once seen as a direct competitor, PayPal has warmed up quite a lot to Bitcoin. Last year, PayPal's president David Marcus stated that his company was "thinking about" bitcoin. Then, just recently, PayPal announced bitcoin integration through one of its smaller projects - Braintree. And today, PayPal has partnered with three major bitcoin payment processors - BitPay, Coinbase, and GoCoin, to allow PayPal's digital goods merchants to accept bitcoin payments. PayPal Payments Hub. The PayPal Payments Hub is the company's alternative payments platform used exclusively for digital goods such as....
Payments giant Paypal has launched the “Checkout With Crypto” service to allow consumers to make payments at millions of merchants using cryptocurrencies in their Paypal wallets. “This is the first time you can seamlessly use cryptocurrencies in the same way as a credit card or a debit card inside your Paypal wallet,” said Paypal’s CEO. Crypto Payments Through Paypal Now Enabled at Millions of Merchants Paypal Holdings Inc. announced on Tuesday the launch of a new service called “Checkout with Crypto.” The announcement details: Available at....
Centralized payment firms like Visa, Mastercard and PayPal have an opportunity to offer innovative stablecoin payment networks, the research firm said.