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Visa approves Monaco cryptocurrency card for Singapore residents

Bloomberg Published on Thu, Nov 02, 2017 / 7:27 AM GMT+8

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(Nov 2): Visa has approved a prepaid card backed by the cryptocurrency Monaco as the world’s largest payments network continues its foray into digital currencies.

Monaco’s prepaid card has been approved for issuance to Singaporean residents, Visa spokeswoman Lea Cademenos said in an email. Visa approved the program through Monaco’s issuer, Wirecard AG.

“The demand for the Monaco Visa prepaid cards has exceeded our expectations with over 17,000 cards reserved, based on word of mouth alone,” Kris Marszalek, Monaco’s chief executive officer, said in a statement on Tuesday. “This is an important step towards Monaco’s vision to introduce cryptocurrency to the mass market.”