{"id":51595,"date":"2021-08-26T16:17:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T15:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=51595"},"modified":"2021-08-26T16:17:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T15:17:48","slug":"facebook-to-launch-digital-wallet-this-year-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/facebook-to-launch-digital-wallet-this-year-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook To Launch Digital Wallet This Year -Official"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-thumbnail-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container ad-container-adsense\">\n<div class=\"ad-adsense\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7167863529667065\" data-ad-slot=\"5871986787\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" data-ad-status=\"filled\"><ins id=\"aswift_0_expand\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\"><ins id=\"aswift_0_anchor\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"aswift_0\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?client=ca-pub-7167863529667065&amp;output=html&amp;h=280&amp;slotname=5871986787&amp;adk=53725143&amp;adf=4226087025&amp;pi=t.ma~as.5871986787&amp;w=590&amp;fwrn=4&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1629990682&amp;rafmt=1&amp;psa=1&amp;format=590x280&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fpunchng.com%2Ffacebook-to-launch-digital-wallet-this-year-official%2F&amp;flash=0&amp;fwr=0&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;wgl=1&amp;dt=1629990681000&amp;bpp=40&amp;bdt=149358&amp;idt=1137&amp;shv=r20210816&amp;mjsv=m202108240101&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3Df19f57e637373c32%3AT%3D1628519656%3AS%3DALNI_Ma6ymjQ2jC5Qpke6Ey6GiAa9y97cw&amp;correlator=1083475201070&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=2&amp;ga_vid=2013276625.1628356198&amp;ga_sid=1629990682&amp;ga_hid=429853077&amp;ga_fc=0&amp;u_tz=60&amp;u_his=3&amp;u_java=0&amp;u_h=1024&amp;u_w=600&amp;u_ah=1024&amp;u_aw=600&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_nplug=0&amp;u_nmime=0&amp;adx=0&amp;ady=679&amp;biw=600&amp;bih=850&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=226&amp;eid=42530671%2C182982000%2C182982200%2C31062297&amp;oid=3&amp;pvsid=3945799167840328&amp;pem=443&amp;ref=https%3A%2F%2Fpunchng.com%2F&amp;eae=0&amp;fc=896&amp;brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C600%2C0%2C600%2C946%2C600%2C946&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=o%7C%7CeE%7C&amp;abl=CS&amp;pfx=0&amp;alvm=r20210823&amp;fu=128&amp;bc=31&amp;ifi=1&amp;uci=a!1&amp;fsb=1&amp;xpc=Nz9ATYZdAf&amp;p=https%3A\/\/punchng.com&amp;dtd=1372\" name=\"aswift_0\" width=\"590\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-google-container-id=\"a!1\" data-google-query-id=\"COeD2cj8zvICFVE10wod7hkD2A\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/ins><\/ins><\/ins><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-main\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Facebook is ready to launch a digital wallet that would let users store cryptocurrencies, a senior company executive said in a US media interview Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>David Marcus, head of Facebook\u2019s crypto unit, told The Information news site that company leaders \u201cfeel pretty committed\u201d to launch the digital wallet called Novi this year.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus said he would have preferred to release Novi alongside Diem, a digital currency tied to the dollar that the company is also developing, but Diem\u2019s timing was uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn theory, Novi could launch before Diem, but it would mean launching without Diem and that\u2019s not necessarily something that we want to do,\u201d Marcus told The Information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt all depends on how long it\u2019s going to take for Diem to actually go live and that\u2019s not something I\u2019m personally looking after.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2019 Facebook said it plans to introduce a cryptocurrency that at the time was called Libra. The project however faced regulatory resistance over concerns about security and reliability.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2020 the Libra changed its name to Diem and moved its operations from Switzerland to the United States as part of a \u201cstrategic shift.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook is ready to launch a digital wallet that would let users store cryptocurrencies, a senior company executive said in a US media interview Wednesday.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[2354],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-51595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-news","tag-facebook"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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