A turf war is breaking out in the vast world of digital payments — and the incumbents are suddenly on defense.

Fresh off of a big IPO, the fintech is applying for a national trust charter. Approval would help it avoid the time and ...

If the national bank regulator grants Circle approval, it plans to spin up a national trust bank called First National ...

Circle’s move to establish a bank is not the first by a digital-currency player, but represents a major step toward establishing stablecoins as a widely used and accepted form of money, observers say.

Most stablecoins in circulation today, such as USDC and USDT, are fiat-backed and centrally issued. While this has helped with mainstream adoption, it also anchors them to legacy systems—custodial ...

World leader in digital payment technology announces new innovations in the Philippines to drive flexibility, security and ...

AllScale, a financial technology startup building stablecoin solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has ...

New legislation regulating stablecoins could reshape huge parts of the banking and payments system both domestically and ...

Circle is seeking approval from the OCC to establish a national trust bank to oversee its USDC stablecoin reserves.

A stablecoin, for those who have yet to dip their toes into the digital world, is a cryptocurrency without the notorious ...