MoneyGram announced that MoneyGram Ramps (Ramps) is now live on Solana, making its global cash and digital network available across multiple blockchain ecosystems as the company continues building an open, interoperable payments network.
MoneyGram announced the appointment of Will Karczewski as Executive Vice President and General Manager, Global Retail. In this role, Karczewski will lead the company's global retail and digital partner businesses, helping unlock growth opportunities across its global retail network while advancing the integration of retail and digital customer experiences.
MoneyGram announced its entry into the Solana ecosystem, reinforcing the company's commitment to supporting the continued growth of blockchain-based financial infrastructure. MoneyGram has become an active validator on the Solana network and joined Solana Developer Platform.
MoneyGram announced it had launched its own U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin on the Stellar blockchain. The stablecoin, dubbed MGUSD, will be embedded into the MoneyGram app, allowing customers to hold a dollar-denominated balance in a self-custodial wallet and transfer funds through the company's global payments network.
In this episode of Money Code, hosts Chuk Okpalugo and Raj Parekh sit down with Anthony Soohoo, Chairman and CEO of MoneyGram, who joined the company to refound its 85-year-old network for the stablecoin and AI era. They unpack how MoneyGram's network of 500,000 retail locations across 200 countries is becoming an API layer for stablecoins, why "cash is our inventory" reframes treasury for the blockchain era, and why building this kind of regulated footprint takes "three or four decades" to map the world.
MoneyGram CEO Anthony Soohoo joins Dani Burger on Bloomberg Open Interest to talk about why cash still dominates globally despite the crypto boom. He reveals how MoneyGram’s 500,000 retail locations give it a unique edge. Plus, why the company’s Kraken partnership could reshape crypto spending worldwide.
Banamex, formally Citibanamex, is one of Mexico’s oldest and most widely used banking institutions. Because so many families in Mexico bank with Banamex, many US-to-Mexico money transfers eventually need to land in a Banamex account.
If you’re sending money to family in the Philippines, there’s a good chance they already use GCash. It’s one of the country’s most popular mobile wallets, used for everything from paying bills and buying groceries to sending money, topping up mobile data, and managing everyday expenses.
The United States to Philippines remittance corridor is one of the largest and most established in the world. Many Filipinos in the US send money home regularly to support family across the Philippines.