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Our Friday newsletter has an in-depth profile of Facebook’s new cryptocurrency and blockchain technology plans as well as our usual extensive Friday payments news roundup.

Facebook Gets Serious About Payments, Cryptocurrency

When Facebook announced a small cryptocurrency development SWAT team earlier this week, it wasn’t quite clear where they might go with it. A new report from Cheddar shines some light on the cryptocurrency and payments possibilities. Read more…

Weekly global payments news roundup

global payments newsWe include a roundup of the latest payments news, trends, research and innovations to carry you through the weekend. Included are research reports from Forrester, Auriemma Consulting Group and Criteo as well as news about Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay and IATA. Good reading ahead. Read more…