Latest Moneygram International News: Finextra Research

UN pilots blockchain-based system for getting aid to people in Ukraine

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is piloting the use of blockchain technology to get digital cash payments to internally displaced people in Ukraine.

20 December 2022

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MoneyGram lets US customers buy and sell crypto

MoneyGram users in the US can now buy, sell and hold cryptocurrency via the money transfer firm's mobile app.

02 November 2022

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MoneyGram buys stake in cryptocurrency cash exchange Coinme

MoneyGram has acquired a four per cent stake in Coinme, a US outfit that facilitates the cash purchase and sale of bitcoin at physical locations. Financial terms were not disclosed.

07 January 2022

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MoneyGram and Stellar team on instant crypto-to-cash transfers

Having tipped its nose at Ripple, MoneyGram has formed a partnership with rival blockchain network Stellar to support instant money transfers using the USDC stablecoin.

07 October 2021

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MoneyGram locations to let customers buy and sell bitcoin with cash

MoneyGram is working with cryptocurrency cash exchange Coinme to enable the cash funding and payout of digital currency purchases and sales.

12 May 2021

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Ripple and MoneyGram wind down partnership

As it faces up to litigation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ripple says its partnership with MoneyGram is over.

09 March 2021

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MoneyGram suspends Ripple pact over SEC suit

MoneyGram has suspended trading on Ripple's platform over concerns about the latter's litigation with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

22 February 2021

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Ripple buys stake in MoneyGram

Ripple has agreed to invest up to $50 million in MoneyGram as part of a two-year partnership that will see the old-school money transfer player tap the blockchain startup's XRP digital currency for cross-border payment and foreign exchange settlement.

19 June 2019

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MoneyGram trials Ripple's XRP digital currency

Shares in MoneyGram gained on Thursday on news that the old-school money transfer player has teamed up with Ripple to pilot the blockchain startup's XRP digital currency in its payments flows.

11 January 2018

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