Aplikacija MoneyGram zdaj omogoča nakup in prodajo $BTC, $ETH in $LTC

Cross-border P2P payments service provider MoneyGram International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGI) has launched “a new service enabling consumers to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrency via the MoneyGram mobile app.”

On 10 June 2022, MoneyGram and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) razglasitve “the initial roll-out of a first-of-its-kind global on/off-ramp service for digital wallets to increase the utility of digital assets by creating a bridge between cash and cryptocurrencies.”

That service, which resulted from the strategic partnership between the two organizations that was announced in October 2021, is available “in a number of key remittance markets, including Canada, Kenya, Philippines and the U.S. for the first wave of users,” with the press release noting that “global cash-out functionality” would become available by the end of June 2022.

V sporočilo za javnost issued by MoneyGram on 1 November 2022, the money transfer company stated that the newly launched crypto service “gives MoneyGram customers in nearly all U.S. states and the District of Columbia the ability to trade and store Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Litecoin (LTC) by using the Company’s leading mobile app.”

The press release went on to say that “this is the latest crypto-related service launch from a company bringing real-world cryptocurrency and blockchain use cases to life,” such as “on/off-ramp services for digital wallets through partnerships with Coinme, Stellar and G-Coin” or “cross-border settlement through Circle’s USD Coin (USDC).”

MoneyGram Chairman and CEO Alex Holmes said:

"Kriptovalute so dodatek k vsemu, kar počnemo pri MoneyGramu. Od dolarjev do evrov do jenov in tako naprej, MoneyGram omogoča takojšen dostop do več kot 120 valut po vsem svetu, kripto in digitalne valute pa vidimo kot drugo vhodno in izhodno možnost. Kot naslednji korak v razvoju MoneyGrama smo navdušeni, da lahko našim strankam omogočimo dostop do zaupanja vredne in za uporabo enostavne platforme za varen nakup, prodajo in hrambo izbranih kriptovalut...

"Ker zanimanje potrošnikov za digitalne valute še naprej narašča, smo v edinstvenem položaju, da zadovoljimo to povpraševanje in premostimo vrzel med verigo blokov in tradicionalnimi finančnimi storitvami zahvaljujoč našemu globalnemu omrežju, vodilnim rešitvam skladnosti in močni kulturi fintech inovacij. Navdušeni smo nad tem naslednjim poglavjem na naši poti."

The press release also mentioned that “the ability to buy, sell and hold crypto using the MoneyGram app is made possible through the Company’s existing partnership with Coinme, a licensed crypto exchange and API-driven crypto-as-a-service provider.”

MoneyGram expects to “expand its future selection of crypto coins as the Company explores expansion to other markets in 2023, as global regulations allow.”