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\n<\/p>\nFirst Crypto-Linked Mastercards in Asia-Pacific Region
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International payments giant Mastercard announced<\/a> on Monday to have partnered with three crypto service providers in the Asia-Pacific region. Together they are \u201cto launch the region\u2019s first crypto-linked payment cards.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n The partners are Amber Group and Bitkub in Thailand, and Coinjar in Australia. The three are all cryptocurrency exchanges in their respective jurisdictions and now they \u201cwill be launching crypto-funded Mastercard payment cards,\u201d as per the announcement:<\/p>\n For the first time, consumers and businesses in the Asia Pacific region will be able to apply for crypto-linked Mastercard credit, debit or prepaid cards.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The crypto cards \u201cwill enable them to instantly convert their cryptocurrencies into traditional fiat currency, which can be spent everywhere Mastercard is accepted around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n It’s official! We’re launching #crypto<\/a>-funded cards with @ambergroup_io<\/a>, @BitkubOfficial<\/a> and @GetCoinJar<\/a>. With crypto-linked #Mastercard<\/a> payment cards \u2014 Mastercard APAC (@MastercardAP) November 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js<\/a><\/p>\n Mastercard clarified that the three exchanges are pioneers in their regions and said:<\/p>\n \u201c[They] are the first APAC-based cryptocurrency platforms to join Mastercard\u2019s global Crypto Card Program which was designed to make it simpler and faster for crypto firms to bring secure, compliant payment cards to market, as consumers increasingly seek to fund everyday transactions securely and efficiently with digital currencies.\u201d<\/p>\n The payments firm furthermore noted that the timing is impeccable:<\/p>\n \u201cThis announcement comes at a time when interest in cryptocurrencies is at an all-time high across the Asia Pacific region.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n A month ago, Mastercard partnered with cryptocurrency platform Bakkt<\/a> in a push to further drive mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies. An earlier study by Mastercard revealed that 40% of millennials<\/a> have already accepted crypto and plan to be using it within the coming year.<\/span><\/p>\n The post First Crypto-Linked Mastercards in Asia-Pacific Region<\/a> appeared first on iGaming.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n
First Crypto-Linked Mastercards in Asia-Pacific Region
International payments giant Mastercard announced on Monday to have partnered with three crypto service providers in the Asia-Pacific region. Together they are \u201cto launch the region\u2019s first crypto-linked payment cards.\u201d The partners are Amber Group and Bitkub in Thailand, and Coinjar in Australia. The three are all cryptocurrency exchanges in their respective jurisdictions and now they \u201cwill be launching crypto-funded Mastercard payment cards,\u201d as per the announcement: For the first time, consumers and businesses in the Asia Pacific region will be able to apply for crypto-linked Mastercard credit, debit or prepaid cards. The <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110223,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[13],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.i-conseils.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1f4b3-1.png?fit=72%2C72&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6D2Px-sFM","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-conseils.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110222"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-conseils.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-conseils.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-conseils.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-conseils.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-conseils.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110224,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-conseils.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110222\/revisions\/110224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-conseils.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-conseils.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-conseils.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-conseils.fr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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#cryptocurrencies<\/a> can be instantly converted to fiat and spent everywhere Mastercard is accepted. https:\/\/t.co\/Wym7GMVXOo<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/swQPiLrjnF<\/a><\/p>\n
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