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Period: 25 May 2007 - 08 Feb 2024

Regulators and politicians respond to Facebook's crypto plans

Regulators, politicians and other crypto players have all responded to yesterday's unveiling of Facebook's Libra project and suggested that the social media giant's digital currency plans may face several challenges.

Facebook reveals digital wallet plan

Social media platform Facebook has unveiled further details of its much-anticipated digital currency offering, which it hopes will transform financial services.

Facebook gets big backers for GlobalCoin project

Facebook has reportedly landed Visa, Mastercard, Paypal and Uber as founder members of its forthcoming stablecoin ecosystem.

Facebook to launch cryptocurrency in 2020

Facebook is finalising a digital payments system called ‘GlobalCoin’, which is expected to be available across 12 countries by the start of 2020.

Facebook in talks with banks and payment processors over stablecoin launch

Facebook has reportedly met with Visa, Mastercard and a number of bulge-bracket financial institutions in the hope of securing a $1 billion investment for its secretive cryptocurrency project,

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Facebook Marketplace lets users buy directly

Facebook Marketplace users in America can now pay for their purchases directly on the platform and then get their goods shipped to anywhere in the country.

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Facebook shuts down Messenger P2P payments in the UK and France

Facebook is shutting down its P2P payment service in the UK and France after the Messenger-based service failed to gain traction with consumers.

Facebook talks to cryptocurrency exchanges about selling its new digital coin - NYT

Facebook's plan to introduce its own digital coin that people can send and receive, across borders, over WhatsApp is so advanced that talks are already underway with cryptocurrency exchanges about selling the new token, according to the New York Times.

Facebook posts 'marketplace payments blockchain' job ad

In another hint of its intentions in the payments space, Facebook has been advertising for a 'Technical Program Manager, Marketplace Payments Blockchain'.

Facebook acqui-hires Chainspace team for blockchain push

Facebook has reignited speculation about its plans in the payments space by aqui-hiring the team behind London-based blockchain startup Chainspace.

Royal Bank of Canada named in Facebook privacy scandal

Royal Bank of Canada has become embroiled in a privacy scandal engulfing Facebook after it emerged that the social network appeared to provide a raft of Big Tech companies with privileged access to user accounts.